 Egas Fiontek vs. Arena Sabalenka is the women's final for the Madrid Open for 2023. And both ladies cruised for their semi-finals to get to this stage. Sabalenka started the tournament off as the number two seed and get a buy in the first round. In the second round she take on Castella who had actually beaten her earlier in the year in Miami. But Sabalenka got her revenge, getting through in straight set 6-4, 6-3. In the third round she take on the wild Cardo Sorio who had had some solid wins to get to this stage. This was no problem for Sabalenka, getting through in straight sets 6-4, 7-5. In the fourth round she take on another wild Cardo, the teen sensation on Drava, who had taken out Adajmaia and Lynette to get to this stage. And after a close first set, experience showed and prevailed. Sabalenka winning 6-3, 6-1 to get to another Madrid quarter-final. In the quarter-finals Sabalenka would take on the unseeded Sharif, who had been very impressive to get to the quarter-finals. And after dropping the first set Sabalenka would have to fight back to win 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Sabalenka would take on the number nine seed Zachary, who she had never played on a clay court. And after a close first set Sabalenka would run away with it 6-4, 6-1 to advance to another Madrid final. Shriyantek started the tournament off as the number one seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round she take on the lucky loser Graba, this was no problem for Shriyantek getting through in straight sets 6-3, 6-2. In the third round she take on the number 28 seed Perra, but again this was no problem for Shriyantek getting through in straights 6-3, 6-2. In the fourth round she take on the 16th seed Alexandrova, who had taken out Zheng in the previous round. And this is where the battle started. Shriyantek being up a set and a break, with Alexandrova coming back the fourth or third. Shriyantek eventually winning in two and a half hours, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals Shriyantek would take on the number 27 seed Martich, who had just beaten Krajikova along the way. But this was by far the best win for Shriyantek so far, getting through in just over an hour, 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Shriyantek would take on the number 12 seed Kunmatova, who had just beaten Pagula in the previous round. But just like their last three meetings this was no different, Shriyantek winning easily 6-1, 6-1 to advance to her first Madrid final. This would lead to seven times the four with the head-to-head lead to Shriyantek 5-2, including their last match was actually two weeks ago in the Stuttgart final, with Shriyantek getting the win. If Sabaleng is going to win this one, she's going to have to use the conditions to her advantage. We know this court is a little bit quicker than the average clay court. There's a little bit quicker than the Stuttgart court as well, so she's going to have to serve big, hit big and try and be aggressive. If Shriyantek's going to win this one, she needs to limit the errors. There were times in that Kunmatova match where she was under a little bit of pressure from Kunmatova, and we do know that it gets Alexanderova. Shriyantek did have a struggle there with that power. This would be the most powerful opponent she plays for the entire week, so she's got to be prepared. This is such a fun matchup. It's been such a long time since we've got the number one and two in the world, playing each other in consecutive finals. So I'm excited to see this again. I reckon Sabaleng might get a revenge here. I think she might win in three sets. I'm going with the upset. I reckon Sabaleng is going to get in three sets, get revenge. We might go to the French Open. Hopefully we get round three on the clay over there, but let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win the final?