 Alexander Zverev vs. Andre Rublev is the first semi-final for the Dubai championships for 2023, and both players are about to fight to get to this semi-final stage. Zverev entered the tournament as the number 7 seed and would play the informal Hechka in the first round, and after losing the first set, he had to fight to come back, eventually getting through in 3, 4, 6, 6, 3, 6, 4. In the second round he'd take on the qualifier O'Connell, who had been in a little bit of form the last few weeks, and after a close first set, Zverev would get through in straights 7, 5, 6, 4. In the quarter-finals he'd take on the Italian Senago, who had just beaten Ozealia Seem in the previous round, but again Zverev, after a close first set, got through in straights 7, 5, 6, 4 to advance to the semi-finals. Rublev entered the tournament as the number 2 seed, and would take on Kryanovich in the first round, and after a very close first set he got through in straights 7, 5, 6, 2. In the second round he would take on David Overtrakina in one of the toughest matches of the week so far, and after saving multiple match points, Rublev got through in a very long match, 1, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6 to get through for Kiena. In the quarter-finals he'd take on the unseeded Vandezanshal, who had beaten Hashinov in the first round, and after getting through the first set, Rublev had to battle in the second, getting through in straights 6, 3, 7, 6 to advance to the semi-finals. These two have played 5 times before with Zverev leading the head to head 5, 0, and Zverev having not lost a set to Rublev, with the only chance that Rublev ever had of winning a set, being a tie break that was 4 years ago. Zverev is going to win this one, he needs to serve well, and he needs to do what he's been doing against all these guys. He's been super solid, especially against Lehetko in that first round, very similar type of player to Rublev, so if he can be solid and be patient, he might be able to grind Rublev down. If Rublev is going to win this one, he needs to keep his patience, and he needs to keep his head, because he knows that the head to head is so one-sided in favour of Zverev, and he does get frustrated, we see that at the best of times, so he needs to keep his head, keep his cool, and be aggressive. This is going to be a really fun matchup, but it is very one-sided according to the head to head data, so I'm going to go with Zverev in a close straight set, so I think Rublev can make Zverev work, but I think Zverev is going to make his first final in his comeback, comment down in the comments below, what do you think is going to happen in this one?