 Carlos Alcárez vs. Alexander Zverev is the final quarterfinal of the men's Australian Open for 2024. Both guys have had different roads to get to this stage. Zverev entered the tournament as the number 6 seed and will take on Coppa in the first round. And after dropping the first set, would fight back to win 4-6-6-3-7-6-6-3. In the second round he'd take on the qualified Klein and this was a battle. After dropping two of the first three sets, Zverev would fight back to win 7-5-3-6-4-6-7-6-7-6. In the third round he'd take on the youngster Mikkelsen who had just taken out Lehechka in the previous round. There was no problem for Zverev getting through in straights. 6-2-7-6-6-2. In the fourth round he'd take on Nori, the 19th seed, who had just beaten Kasparud in the previous round. And again, Zverev would be forced to play 5, winning it in a tie break in the end. 7-5-3-6-6-3-4-6-7-6 to advance to the quarterfinal. Alcárez entered the tournament as the number 2 seed and will play Gasgay in the first round. And after a close first set, Alcárez would run away with an X. 7-6-6-1-6-2. In the second round he'd take on Senago and after splitting the first two sets, Alcárez would be forced to fight to win 6-4-6-7-6-3-7-6. In the third round he'd take on Zheng, the wild card sensation from China. But unfortunately, Shang wasn't up to the task, with Alcárez getting through him easily. 6-1-6-1-1-1, love, retirement. And the fourth round he'd take on Ketれないch. Who had just saved match points against Tommy Paul in the previous round. There's no problem for Alcárez. Getting through it's knocked. 6-4-6-4-6-Love, to advance to the quarterfinal. These two have played 7 times before with Zverev actually leading the HeadDead, 4-3 however, Alcárez has won 2 of their last 3 matches, including the U.S. Open quarterfinals last year. But Zverev did win their last match up at theA giving finals, 3-setter in the group stage, so Zverev's gotta be feeling good about that one. If Zverev's going to win this, he needs to be very good on Serve. We know that that is the weakness and also the strength of Zverev. He also needs to sort of be more aggressive I don't think he can afford to stay behind the baseline that much and try and out rally Elkroz Because unless Elkroz has a bad day, it's not gonna be good for Zverev So he needs to be a little bit more aggressive and obviously have a big day on his serve. If Elkroz is gonna win this one, he needs to keep that variety But also not be silly with it because he does sometimes just play a little bit random and try and throw out things that Maybe he shouldn't with some big forehands when maybe they're not there So he needs to play smart here because we know Zverev is capable of playing long matches We've seen that already this week. What a fun matchup and especially considering Zverev won their last match This is gonna be really really interesting, but I think Zverev won't get it done I think Elkroz will get it done in four sets, but I think it's gonna be Elkroz's day I think he's gonna get it done in four sets against Zverev I think it's gonna be early, maybe a bit close to early But then after that Elkroz will get the better of him and make the semis But let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is gonna win?