 The final Sidney Pass vs. Karin Hashinov is the first semi-final for the men's Australian Open for 2023. And both guys have had different rows to get to this stage. Stepanel Sidney Pass started the tournament off as a number 3 seed and took on Halles in the first round and would get through in 3 tight sets. 6-3, 6-4, 7-6. In the second round he took on the wildcard Hitchikata. And this was Steph's most impressive performance dominating in straight sets. 6-3, 6-love, 6-2. In the third round he'd take on Gricksbor who'd won a tournament earlier in the season before the Australian Open. But it didn't bother Steph who got through in straight sets. 6-2, 7-6, 6-3. In the fourth round he'd take on the number 15 seed Sinner who had played at last year's Australian Open. And this turned into a classic. After Steph took the first two sets, Sinner would fight back to 4th or 5th. But Steph would get through in 5th, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 to advance to another Australian Open quarter-final. In the quarter-finals Sidney Pass would take on the unseated LeHetschka who had had a very good run to get to his first quarter-final. But experience came through with Steph winning in straight sets. 6-3, 7-6, 6-4 to get to another Australian Open semi-final. Hashinov started the tournament off as the number 18 seed and would take on Morales in the first round. And after a first set that went into a tie break, he got through in straights. 7-6, 6-2, 6-love. In the second round he'd take on the wild card Kubla. And after playing a 70 shot rally and dropping the second set, Hashinov got through in 4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. In the third round he'd take on the number 16 seed Tiafo who was looking very, very strong. But Hashinov dismissed him in 4, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6. In the fourth round Hashinov would take on the number 31 seed Nishioka. And this was by far the easiest match of Hashinov's tournament. Double bagling in the first two sets to prevail in 3, 6-love, 6-love, 7-6 to get to another Grand Slam quarter-final. In the quarter-finals Hashinov would take on the very impressive 29 seed Sebastian Korda who had had a dream run to get to this stage. And after the first two sets went to Hashinov, Korda unfortunately had to retire due to a wrist injury handing Hashinov another semi-final at a slam, 7-6, 6-3, 3-love, retirement. These guys have played five times before with City Pass leading the head to head 5-0. Hashinov is barely won a set. But this will be the first time that these guys meet at a Grand Slam in best of five sets. If Hashinov is going to win this one, he needs to figure out how to push City Pass around and try and push the ball through him. Because Hashinov can't hit a hard ball, sometimes he just gets in a little bit of a pattern though, where he rallies, he needs to be more aggressive and try and hit the ball a little flatter so he can get City Pass moving out of the court. If City Pass is going to win this one, he needs to play with variety. That's what he's been doing so well in the last probably six to nine months. He's been playing really, really well. Coming to the net, serving big, he's going to have to do that again against Hashinov. It's going to be a very fun matchup because we thought City Pass would be here, but Hashinov is a bit of a random one. But I'm going to go with City Pass in four sets. I think his experience at this level and the fact that he really wants to get to a Grand Slam final again after Paris from two years ago, I think he'll beat Hashinov in four sets. But let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this semi-final?