 Daniel Mehbedev vs Holger Brunner is the final of the Rome Open for 2023. Both players have been very impressive to get to the final. Brunner started the tournament off as the number 7 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round he take on the qualifier feasts. There's no problem for Brunner getting through in straight sets. 6-3, 6-3. In the third round he take on the wild cut for Nene, who had taken out Murray and catch Menovic along the way. But even with the crowd against him, Brunner would get through in straights. 6-4, 6-2. In the fourth round he take on another qualifier, Popperon, who had taken out Felix Ozealia-Siemel on the way. And after dropping the second set he would fight back to win 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Brunner would take on the number one Djokovic, who was also the defending champion and a one in this tournament multiple times of four. After dropping the second set though, Brunner was very impressive. Despite dropping the second set, still able to beat Djokovic in 3-6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to advance to the semi-final. In the semi-final Brunner would take on the number four seed Rude, who had never beaten in previous meetings. And after dropping the first set he'd have to fight back to win 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the final. Mevedev started the tournament off as the number three seed. We get a buy in the first round. And the second round he take on Russivori. There's no problem for Medi getting through in straight 6-4, 6-2. And the third round he take on the 31 seed, Morales. He'd actually been pretty good on the clay this season. To drop in the first set, Mevedev would fight back to win 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. In the fourth round he take on 19th seed, Alexander Zverev. He'd had some very big battles with this year. This was very impressive for Mevedev getting through in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Mevedev would take on the qualifier Hanfman, who had taken out Rubelevin Fritz along the way. But this was so far Medi's most impressive performance, getting through in straights 6-2, 6-2 to advance to a semifinal on Rome. In the semifinals, Mevedev would take on the number five City Pass, who had lost his last two meetings too. But after a rain delayed first set, Mevedev would fight through in straights 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the final. These two have only played the one time before and it was actually a couple of weeks ago in Monte Carlo with Runa getting the straight sets win. So it's a very early rivalry, but based on that clay call win, Runa will have the confidence going into this match. Having good shot quality for both these guys over the last 52 weeks, on the serve, Mevedev leads with an 8.0 compared to a 7.7 for Runa. He also leads in the return with a 7.7 compared to Runa 6.4. On the forehand side, Mevedev again leading with an 8.1 compared to Runa 7.7. And again on the backhand, Mevedev with a 7.7 compared to Runa 7.3. The shot quality is calculated in real time by analyzing each shot's speed, spin, depth, width, and the impact it has on the opponent. This is a new way of analyzing matches brought to you by Tennis Insights. If you want to check out more, you can go check them out on Twitter, linked down in the description. This is such a random final. With Mevedev being in a final of a clay event, it's always going to be random. And Runa, making a second Masters 1000 Clay Court event final this year. I've got to go with Runa to win this one and three sets. I think Mevedev's been great this week. And I think he's really proved to everybody that he can play on clay and he's actually starting to enjoy playing on clay, I reckon, as well. Let me know down in the comments below who's winning Rome this year.