 Igor Svjontek vs. Elena Rabakina is the third quarterfinal for the ladies roam open for 2023. Both players have been very impressive to get to the quarterfinal. Rabakina started the tournament off as the number 7 seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round she take on Paulini and after a close first set we'll get through in straights 7-6-6-1. In the third round she take on Callan Skyer who had taken her out in Madrid only a couple weeks ago but unfortunately Callan Skyer got injured and was unable to finish the match with Rabakina leading 4-3 retirement. In the fourth round she take on Von Drusava who had taken out Zachary in the previous round and this was so far Rabakina's best performance getting through in straights 6-3-6-3 to get to the quarterfinal. Svjontek started the tournament off as the number one seed will get a buy in the first round. In the second round she take on Pavlia Cenkava and this was an absolute clinic for Svjontek getting through in straights at 6-love 6-love. In the third round she take on Sorenko and again Svjontek would put a beating on her only dropping two games 6-2-6-love coming back from 2-love down in that first set. In the fourth round she take on the 21st seed Vekic who she played a three set match against last year in San Diego but this time it was all Svjontek getting through in straights at 6-3-6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. These two ladies have played three times before with the head-to-head in favor of Rabakina 2-1 but this will be the first time that they've played on a clay court. If Rabakina is going to win this one she needs to play aggressive like she did in her last match. Her previous match she was playing so well against Von Drusava who is known as a clay court player so she needs to be aggressive hit the ball flat and go for her shots against Svjontek. Svjontek is going to win this one she needs to try and stand up on the baseline trying to get bullied by Rabakina. The last two times they've played Svjontek opened at the start of the year on Indian Wells in March being kind of pushed around and Rabakina has been able to do what she wants so Svjontek is going to kind of step up and try and push Rabakina around a little bit knowing that it's on her surface clay court. This is going to be such a fun match we love to see these two play and this time we're actually seeing it on Svjontek's preferred surface and I think that's going to make the difference. I reckon Svjontek is going to win this one maybe three sets maybe a close straight sets but I feel like Svjontek on clay right now especially in Rome is unstoppable and I think she's going to finally get that win over Rabakina this year but let me know down in the comments below who's going to win this one.