 Onsch Drebber vs Egas Fiontech is the second semi-final for Stuttgart for 2023. And both ladies have had to fight to get to this stage. Drebber started the tournament off as a number 3 seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round she took on Osta Penko, who just destroyed Rado Karno in the first round and after being down a set and a break, Drebber would fight back to win 167563 to get to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals she took on Adajmaia, who'd just taken out Rabakina in the previous round. But this was no problem for Drebber getting through in straight sets, 6-3, 6-love to get to the semis. Fiontech started the tournament off as the number 1 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'd take on Zheng, player that she had to fight last year a couple of times in some close matches. This was no problem for Fiontech getting through in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. In the quarterfinals she'd take on Pliskovac, who'd taken out Sakurin Vekic to get to this stage. And this was brutal for Fiontech starting down 4-love with Pliskov taking the first set, having to fight back to win eventually getting through in 3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to get to another Stuttgart semifinal. These two have played 5 times before, with Fiontech leading the head-to-head 3-2, having won their last two meetings and also winning their only match on clay last year in Rome. But back then, Drebber was coming off a very tough match the previous day, so it wasn't really a fair fight. If Drebber's gonna win this one, she needs to use the variety. We know she can hit a great drop shot and she did that against Adajmaia and also did that against Ostapenko in the comeback, but she also needs to weather the storm with Fiontech, because we know Fiontech can go on a little bit of a run, so like we she did against Ostapenko, try and keep her cool and try and just let the storm pass. If Fiontech's gonna win this one, she needs to get off to a better start than she did against Pliskovac, because if she does that against Drebber, it's not gonna be as good. Also, she needs to probably hit the ball a little bit harder and be a little bit more aggressive because, of course, Pliskovac doesn't have the great defense that Drebber does, so she needs to make Drebber move a lot more and probably play a lot more shots, maybe even come to Net and Volley. This is a very fun matchup and we haven't seen this match since the US Open Final where these two clashed almost went three sets there in that final, so we're getting a rematch, but I'm gonna go with Fiontech on Clay. It's so hard to pick against her on Clay. She only lost one match last year on the surface, so I'm gonna keep picking her until she maybe loses a couple. If she loses a couple, I think she's gonna win this one in three sets, but let me know down in the comments below who thinks she's gonna win this semi-final.