 Kasparud vs Francisco Serendolo is the second quarterfinal for the men in Rome Open for 2023. Both players have been very impressive to get to this stage. Serendolo entered the tournament as the number 24 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round he'd take on Wu who had just taken out Gascay in the previous round and after dropping the first set he'd have to fight back to win in 3, 4, 6, 6, 2, 6, 3. In the third round he'd take on the Frenchman Barrere who had just taken out Hashinov in the previous round and again after dropping the first set he'd have to fight back to win 6, 7, 6, 2, 6, 2. In the fourth round he'd take on Yannick Sinner the number 8 seed and the hometown favourite and again after dropping the first set Serendolo would have to fight back to win 6, 7, 6, 2, 6, 2 to advance to the quarterfinal. Rude entered the tournament as the number 4 seed and we get a buy in the first round. In the second round he'd take on Rindinich who's no problem for Rude getting through in straight sets 6, 4, 6, love. In the third round he'd take on Bublik but of a surprise to get him in the third round considering we're playing on Clay this is a very tough match for Rude having to fight in the third set eventually winning in a tie break 6, 1, 4, 6, 7, 6 to advance to the fourth round. In the fourth round he'd take on the unseeded Jera there's no problem for Rude again getting through in straights 6, 1, 6, 3 to advance to the quarterfinals of Rome. These two guys have played three times before but Serendolo leading the head to 2-1 including their previous two matches both beyond Clay courts and a recent match in Barcelona only a couple of weeks ago. Serendolo's going to win this one he needs to be the bigger hitter and the more aggressive player he also has the confidence because of what happened in Barcelona a couple of weeks ago so he's going to have to use that confidence as well to really push Rude around and really bully him. Rude's going to win this one he needs to pretend like those two matches didn't happen on the Clay and also forget about what happened last time they played in Barcelona this is a very slow Clay court and I think it might actually help Rude to be able to stay in the rallies a lot longer and just rally out Serendolo in the end. This is going to be a really interesting matchup because again two guys that may be not expected to be at this stage Rude hasn't had a great season and Serendolo has been a little bit up and down but I'm going to go with Rude to win this one. I reckon Rude's going to win this one in three he's played very well in Rome over the last couple of seasons and even though he hasn't had a great year might be a great way to get formed just before the French open of course happening in a couple weeks time but let me know down in the comments below who thinks he's going to win this one.