 Yannick Sinner vs. Carlos Alcárez is the second semi-final for the men's event at Indian Wells for 2023. And both players have had different roads to get to the semi-final stage. Alcárez started the tournament off as the number one seed and we get a buy in the first round. In the second round he'd take on the qualified Coconarchus. This was no problem for Alcárez, getting through in straights, 6-3-6-3. In the third round he'd take on the 31st seed Griggsbor, who'd been very, very good this season. And after a close first set, Alcárez dispatched him 7-6-6-3. In the fourth round he'd take on Draper, the exciting young Brit, who'd just beaten Andy Murray in the previous round. But unfortunately, Draper got injured after a set and Alcárez got the easy win, 6-2-2 love retirement to get to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, Alcárez would take on the number 8 seed Ojalia Seem, who had just saved multiple match points in the previous round against Tommy Paul. And even though Felix had had a 3-0 record over Alcárez, Alcárez won easily in straight sets, 6-4-6-4, to advance to the semi-finals. Sinner started the tournament off as the number 11 seed and we get a buy in the first round. In the second round he'd take on Richard Gascay, the veteran, and under a close second set, Sinner would get through in straights 6-3-7-6. In the third round he'd take on another Frenchman, Manorino, and again, he'd have to battle through a tiebreaker set, but go through in straights 7-6-6-4. In the fourth round he'd take on Stan Vavrinca, who would just come off a very epic match against the 7-seed Runa. But they had played in Rotterdam a couple weeks before, and Sinner just replicated that score, getting through stand-in straights 6-1-6-4 to get to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, Sinner would take on the number 4 and defending champion, Taylor Fritz, who'd been very impressive throughout the week, and after dropping the second set, Sinner would have to fight in 3, getting through 6-4-4-6-6-4 to advance to the semi-finals. These two have played four times before, with the head-dead split down the middle to a piece, with their last match being a 5-set epic. At the US Open last year, Alcra has got the win after saving multiple match points. So over the past 52 weeks, shot quality for both these guys are very even and above the tour average. However, Sinner has the advantage in the serve and return department, so he's going to have to use both those things to his advantage to win points. When the rally gets started, Alcra actually has the advantage, with an 8.1 forehand shot quality, and a 7.7 backhand shot quality, and will have to use both of those ground strokes to try and beat Sinner in this semi-final. Shot quality is a part of a range of new insights from the team at Tennis Insights. It is calculated in real-time and analyzes each shot's speed, spin, depth, width, and impact on the opponent. The number of the player cards are actually the 52-week rolling averages. Go check them out on Twitter, link down below. This is going to be a really, really fun matchup, and we've seen these guys play epic matches over the past 12 months. Some of the best matches on the tour, and this is probably one of the most favorite rivalries we've got. I'm going to go with Alcra's though. I reckon he's going to beat Sinner in this one, and of course there's going to be a three-setter. You have to go with that. Probably a tiebreaker too as well. Why not? I think he's going to make the final, but let me know down in the comments below. Who's going to win this one?