 Xinzhen Zong vs. Aslan Karatev is the third quarterfinal for the Madrid Open for the men for 2023. And both guys were not supposed to be in the quarterfinal stage. Song entered the tournament unseated and would take on the qualifier Rodiyanov in the first round. And after a close first set, he would get through in straights 7-6-6-4. In the second round he'd take on the 21st seed Shapovalov. And this was the start of his battles as he'd have to play a third set tiebreak, getting through Shapo 6-7-6-4-7-6. In the third round he'd take on the 11th seed Nori. And again, he'd have to go the distance getting through in 3-2-6-7-6-7-6 to get to the fourth round. In the fourth round he'd take on the number 8 seed Fritz. And again, after going down a first set, he'd have to fight back, saving match points along the way 3-6-7-6-7-6 to get to a quarterfinal. Karatev entered the tournament as a qualifier and would take on Jera in the first round. And after a couple of close sets, he would get through in straights 7-6-7-5. In the second round he'd take on the 23rd seed Vanizanshu. And after a close second set, would get through in straights 6-2-7-5. In the third round he'd take on the 16th seed Diminor. And after dropping his first set for the week, he would come back to win in 3-6-3-4-6-6-4. In the fourth round he'd take on the number 2 seed Medvedev. And after winning a close first set, would beat him in straights 7-6-6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. These guys have actually played the one time before. That was last year in Astana with Song getting the win. But that was on an indoor hard court, so the clay courts will be a different story. If Song's gonna win this one, he needs to just keep playing with fearlessness. That's how he beat Fritz and Nori in those very very tense moments at the end. He has nothing to lose and he's gonna keep playing like that if he's gonna get through Karatev. If Karatev's gonna win, he needs to be aggressive and play like he's got nothing to lose. It's gonna be an interesting one between these two because both guys have been playing so aggressive to this point. So Karatev almost needs to forget that Song is also unseeded. This is such a weird matchup because in the quarterfinals of these events we don't expect to get these kind of random names. But I'm gonna go with Karatev in this one. I think his experience at this level, of course remember he had that amazing run in the Australian Open a couple of years ago. I'm gonna go with him to make the semi-finals, but let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's gonna win this match?