 Daniel Medvedev vs Alejandro Davidovic Fakina is the first quarterfinal for the men's Indian Wells for 2023. And both players have had to fight to get to the quarterfinal stage. Fakina started the tournament off as the number 23 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round he take on the Chinese player Wu who got a wild card into this event. This pose no problem for Fakina getting through in straights 6-4-6-1. In the third round he take on the 13th seed Hashinov who had made the semi-finals of the Australian Open only a couple of months ago. But after dropping the second set Fakina regrouped to winning 6-3-1-6-6-4. In the fourth round he take on the qualifier Garin who had just beaten Kasparud in the previous round. But again this pose no problem for Fakina getting through in straights sets 6-3-6-4 to advance to another Masters 1000 quarterfinal. Medvedev started the tournament off as the number five seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round he take on Nakashima who had just beaten John Isner in the previous round. But this was no problem for Medvedev getting through in straights 6-4-6-3. In the third round he take on Avashka who had just beaten Van Zanshub in the 28th seed in the previous round. And this was a tough match for Medvedev after complaining about the court several times he got through in three sets 6-2-3-6-6-1. In the fourth round he take on the 12th seed Zverev who was coming back nicely from his injury. And this was the all-time match of the tournament so far going over three hours with Medvedev eventually winning 6-7-7-6-7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals. These two have only played the two times before with Medvedev getting both wins against Fakina including a win in three sets only a few weeks ago in Rotterdam on the hard courts. If Fakina is going to win this one he needs to rally, rally, rally. He needs to get everything back against Medvedev and really just be a brick wall. He's got great defensive skills just for Fakina and he's really going to have to frustrate Medvedev who we all know is not actually liking being out here in any world. If Medvedev is going to win this one he needs to be patient and he needs to keep his cool. And he also needs to make sure that his ankle is okay because he did roll his ankle in this Zverev match. He's going to have to do a lot of running against Fakina so keeping his head and hopefully keeping his body intact will get him to win. This is going to be a very interesting match and with Medvedev having problems with the court and also problems with his injury with this ankle problem it could be very tough for Medvedev but I'm going to go Medvedev in three sets but very tentative three sets for me. I wouldn't be surprised if Fakina wins this one because of where Medvedev has been mentally lately in this tournament but I'm going to go with Medvedev in three but let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this one?