 Carlos Alcarez vs. Elegant Zverev is the second quarterfinal for the Indian Wells tournament for the men for 2024. And both of our different roads to get to this stage. Zverev entered the tournament as the number 6 seed when we get a buy in the first round. In the second round he take on O'Connell, there's no problem getting through in straights. 6-4-6-4. In the third round he take on Griggsball, the 27 seed. And after a close first set, saving set points, Zverev would come back to win 7-6-6-3. In the fourth round he take on the number 10 seed, Demonor, a man that he'd lost to at the start of the season at the United Cup. And after a drop in the first set, he would fight back to win 5-7-6-2-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. Alcarez entered the tournament as the number 2 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he take on the Italian Alnaldi. And after a drop in the first set, he would fight back to win 6-7-6-7-6-1. In the third round he take on the 31 seed, Ojalius Seam, a man that he'd lost to a few times previously. There's no problem for Alcarez getting through in straights 6-2-6-3. In the fourth round he take on Marijan, the man that upset him in Rome on the clay courts of last year. But there was no repeat with Alcarez getting through in straights 6-3-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. These guys have played eight times before with Zverev leading the headdead 5-3, including winning their last two matches, one of the AWP finals last year, and also the Australian Open this year in the quarterfinals. So Zverev has really got his lucky chances on the hard courts at Indian Wells. Zverev is going to win this one. He needs to serve big and he needs to figure out that forehand. His forehand was so bad against Demonor, he just kept missing everything on that side. So he needs to figure that out real quick because he's not going to get as many free points as he did against Alcarez as he did against Demonor. If Alcarez is going to win this one, he needs to get that serve working as he's been doing all week. His serve has been really really strong and also bring that variety. He's got to try and figure out as well how to beat Zverev on a hard court because the last time he did beat him on a hard court, Zverev was coming off a five set epic. So he needs to really figure out how to beat Zverev, a fresh Zverev as well, on a hard court if he's going to get through this one. Very fun matchup. Love to see these guys play. It was a great match in Australia. It was a great match at the end of last year. But I'm going to go with Alcarez in three sets. I think that Indian Wells being the defending champion, I reckon he might be able to figure it out. Maybe Zverev's serve is a little bit off and also the game wasn't great against Demonor. So if it's the same Zverev, Alcarez should wrap this one up in three. But let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is making the semis?