 Carlos Elcores vs. Jahnland Strouf is a final for the Madrid Open for the men for 2023. And both guys have been very impressive to get to the final stage. Strouf started the tournament off as a lucky loser and take on Senegal in the first round. This is no problem for Strouf getting to in straight set 6-3-6-1. In the second round he'd take on Shelton the 30 second seed and he'd have to fight back from a set down. Getting through in 3-4-6-7-6-7-5. In the third round he'd take on Lyovic who was coming off 3 top 10 wins in the last couple of weeks. And again after dropping the first set he would have to fight back to win 6-7-6-3-6-3. In the fourth round he'd take on Cashion and this was a grind getting through in a long three set up. 7-6-6-7-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Strouf would take on the number four seed sitting pass. Strouf would battle to win in 3-7-6-5-7-6-3 to advance to a semi-final. In the semi-finals Strouf would take on the qualifier Aslan Karatsev. And after dropping the first set Strouf would come back to win 4-6-6-3-6-4 to become the first lucky loser to make it to a Masters 1000 final. Elkras started the tournament off as a number one seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he'd take on Russovori and after being down a set he'd have to fight back to win 2-6-6-4-6-2. In the third round he'd take on the 26 seed Dmitrov. This was no problem for Elkras getting through in straight sets 6-2-7-5. In the fourth round he'd take on the 13 seeds Varev the man that he beat in last year's final. And this result was the same if not better with Elkras demolishing Varev 6-1-6-2 to get to another Madrid quarter-final. In the quarter-finals Elkras would take on the number 10 seed Hashinov. Elkras would get through in straights 6-4-7-5 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Elkras would take on the number 17 seed Chorich the man that he'd never faced before. And this proved to be too easy for Elkras getting through in straight sets 6-4-6-3 on his birthday to make it to the final. These two guys have played twice before both the Grand Slams with the record split at 1-1 and Strouf having won their only clay court match at the French Open in 2021 in straight sets. Having the shot quality scores from Tennis Insights on the serve they're neck and neck at a 7.6 for their 52 week average. But Elkras has the lead in the returns at a 6.7 compared to Strouf 6.6. The forehand is also Elkras' favourite with an 8.1 compared to the 7.7 of Strouf and the backhand as well 7.6 for Elkras and a 7.1 for Strouf. So Strouf's going to win this one he's going to really have to rely on the serve and he's really going to have to pick it up on the ground strokes when the rally gets underway. And the shot quality is calculated in real time by analysing each shot's speed, spin, depth, width and the impact it has on the opponent. This is a new way of analysing matches brought to you by Tennis Insights. If you want to check out more you can go check them out on Twitter, link down in the description. This is going to be a very fun final and of course Elkras is having a great week. I reckon Elkras is going to win this one but I think it's going to be a close straight set. So I reckon Elkras will get the win, go back to back in Madrid. Just made me based on his experience but I reckon Strouf's going to test him early on in this match. His big hitting is going to worry Elkras but I think Elkras is good enough to get the win. Let me know down in the comments below who's going to win Madrid for this year.