 Daniel Mervidev vs. Karin Hashinov is the first semi-final for the men's Miami Open for 2023. And both guys have been impressive to get to this stage. Hashinov started the tournament off as the number 14 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. The second round he take on Etcheverry, the Argentinian. And after dropping the second set, we're going to have to fight back to win 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. In the third round he take on the Hechka, the in-form check player who had beaten some big names in 2023. But Hashinov found no problem with him getting through in straight sets 6-2, 6-4. In the fourth round he take on the second seed, Siddi Pass, who had been battling a shoulder injury for the past couple of weeks. But this didn't bother Hashinov getting his first win over Siddi Pass in straight sets 7-6, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, Hashinov would take on the number 25 seed, Serendolo, who had backed up his performance from last year's Miami Open. Unfortunately for Serendolo, Hashinov was too good getting through in straights 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the semi-finals. Mervidev started the tournament off as the number four seed and we're going to buy in the first round. And the second round he take on Bayana. This was no problem for Mervidev winning in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. In the third round he was supposed to play Mulchan. Unfortunately Mulchan pulled out with injury, allowing Mervidev to get the easy win with a walkover. In the fourth round Mervidev would take on Hallis, who had saved match points against Diminor a couple of rounds ago. But this was no problem for Mervidev getting through in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals Mervidev would take on the qualifier U-Banks, who was having a dream run at this event. And after a bit of a rain delay and a very close second set, Mervidev would eventually get through in straights 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the semi-finals. He still played four times before with Mervidev leading the head to head 3-1, including a win in Adelaide at the start of the year. The straight sets win there. Hashinov hasn't beaten Mervidev in over five years. And since that time Mervidev of course has become World No. 1 in the Grand Slam champion. The keys to the match thanks to Tennis Insights. Based on shot quality, Mervidev leads the serving shot quality with an 8.0 to Hashinov 7.9. He also leads the return shot quality 7.8 to Hashinov 7. So the serving might be close, but the returning of Mervidev is going to trouble Hashinov a lot more. Also in the ground strokes, when the rally gets started, Mervidev's four-hand shot quality over the last 52 weeks has been an 8.2, higher than the 7.7 of Hashinov. And the backhand quality is the same. Mervidev winning that as well, 7.8 to the 7.5 of Hashinov. So in all the categories, according to Tennis Insights, Mervidev has the win. But still going to give Hashinov a chance because this week he's been playing incredible. Shot quality is a part of a range of new insights from the team at Tennis Insights. It is calculated in real time and analyzes each shot's speed, spin, depth, width, and impact on the opponent. The number of the player cards are actually the 52 week rolling averages. Go check them out on Twitter, link down below. This is a very fun matchup. Two very good friends on and off the tour. But I'm going to go with Mervidev in this one. I think it's hard to say Mervidev can't win this one after what happened in Adelaide. I mean, Hashinov's had a great run. Maybe he can do something special. But I'm going to go with Medi in this one in a close straight sets to make the final. But let me know down in the comments below who you think is going to win.