 Carlos Alcárez vs. Grigory Dmitrov is the third quarter final for the men's Miami Open for 2024. Both players have been super impressive to get to this stage. Dmitrov entered the tournament as the number 11 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he take on Tobillo. After losing the first set, would fight back to win. 6-7, 7-6, 6-2. In the third round he take on Halfman, who had just beaten Manorino in the previous round. There's no problem for Dmitrov beating Halfman in under an hour, 6-1, 6-love. In the fourth round he take on the number 8 seed, Hercatch, who had just played an epic match against Korda the day before. And this is no different with Dmitrov losing the first set and fighting back to win. 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 to advance to the quarter finals. Alcárez started the tournament off as the number 1 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he take on Bayana. There's no problem getting through in straights. 6-2, 6-1. Third round he take on Moffice. And again, no problem for Alcárez getting through in straights. 6-2, 6-4. In the fourth round he take on the 23rd seed Mousedi, who had just beaten Shelton in the previous round. But again, no problem for Alcárez getting through in straights. 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarter finals. This was played 4 times before with Alcárez holding a 3-1 head-to-head lead. However, last time they played was a 3-setter in Paris, was a 3-setter in Shanghai, and Dmitrov finally getting a win over Alcárez. So the confidence will be with him going into this one. Dmitrov is going to win this one. He has to win the first set. He's never won the first set against Alcárez and in Shanghai, he was able to come back, but he just played such a long match. He's got to be tired, especially being the age that he is. He's a veteran these days, so he needs to get that first set and be aggressive against Alcárez as well. He can't stay back into slice. If Alcárez is going to win this one, he needs to attack Dmitrov and be aggressive and almost try and lengthen the rallies as well, because he knows that the longer this match goes on, the better for him. So a third set wouldn't actually be a bad idea as well. You know, maybe losing the first set is not a bad thing for Alcárez in the long term if he can get to a third set. Very fun matchup. Great to see Dmitrov continuing to play well. And after making the quarter finals here, he's made the quarter finals of all the 1,000 events, but I've got to go with Alcárez in this one. I think Alcárez wins this one in a close straight set. I think Dmitrov might just run out of gas. He's played a couple of tough matches and Alcárez hasn't lost a set. So he's going to be feeling fresh, but let me know down in the comments below who's making the semi.