 Yannick Cineversa Lorenzo Mussetti is the fourth quarterfinal for the Monte Carlo Masters for 2023 and both players have had a battle to get to this stage. Mussetti started the tournament off as the number 16 seed and will take on Kechmenovic in the first round and after a close first set he would get through in straights 7-6-6-love. In the second round he take on fellow Italian Nardi who had qualified for the event. This was no problem for Mussetti handing down the biggest beat down of the tournament 6-love-6-love to get to the third round. In the third round he take on the number one in the world, Novak Djokovic, who had really struggled so far getting his form on the clay this week and after a drop in the first set, Mussetti would come back from a rain delay to eventually win in 3-4-6-7-5-6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. Ciner entered the tournament as the number 7 seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round he take on Schwarzman and unfortunately Schwarzman was carrying an injury and would have to retire mid-match with Ciner up 6-love-3-1 retirement. In the third round he take on very good friend number 10 seed Hubey Hercatch who had played in some big matches before and this was no exception. After Ciner dropping the first set and facing match points in the second he would come back to win in an epic fashion 3-6-7-6-6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. These two have only played the one time before. That was actually on an indoor hard court a couple of years ago with Ciner getting the straight sets win but this is a clay court and I feel like Mussetti might actually like his chances better on a bit of a slower surface. If Mussetti is going to win this one it needs to limit the errors. Too many errors against Djokovic but he was lucky because Djokovic is also hitting a lot of errors so he needs to limit the errors and he also needs to be a bit more aggressive. I feel like he's going to have to try and win over the crowd despite them both being Italian he might just have to do a couple more fancy things and get the crowd on his side. If Ciner is going to win this one he just needs to be solid like he has been. He was very lucky to get out of that Hercatch match he kind of turns it on towards the end of the second and obviously threw a run away with the third but he's going to have to also try and get the crowd on his side because the crowd is going to be gone for the Italians so that's what's really going to make a difference I think. More surface maybe Mussetti and Ciner but let's see if Ciner can also use the crowd to his effect. This is a very interesting matchup. We probably thought Djokovic was going to play Ciner in this matchup especially because Djokovic had beaten Mussetti so many times before but we've got Mussetti versus Ciner battling the Italians. I'm going to go with Ciner in this one. I think Ciner is going to be able to use his experience at this level a little bit more so I'm going to go with Ciner in this one but let me know down in the comments below who do you think is going to win.