 Yannick Sinner vs. Thomas Mahatch is the first quarter final for the men's Miami Open for 2024. Both guys have had different roads to get to this stage. Mahatch entered the tournament unceded and would take on the wild card blanche in the first round, but this was no problem getting through in straights. 6-4-6-2 in the second round he took on the number 5 seed Rubelev, who hadn't been in good form lately and this showed with Mahatch winning in straights. 6-4-6-4 in the third round he took on Andy Murray, who had had some battles to get to this stage. And with one of the longest matches of the tournament, Mahatch would fight back to win 5-7-7-5-7-6 to take out the veteran. In the fourth round he took on Anoudi, who had taken out Bublik and Shapovalov along the way. This was no problem getting through in straights. 6-3-6-3 to advance to the quarter final. Sinner entered the tournament as the number 2 seed, and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he took on the qualifier of Avisori, which was no problem getting through in straights. 6-3-6-4 in the third round he took on Griggsbor, the 25th seed. And this was a battle. After dropping the first set, Sinner would fight back to win 5-7-7-5-6-1 to beat Griggsbor. In the fourth round he took on O'Connell, who had beaten Tiyafo to get to this stage. There's no problem for Sinner getting through in straights. 6-4-6-3 to advance to the quarter final. These two have actually never faced off before, so this should be a really interesting matchup. And it's funny because they've actually been in the same generation. They're both of similar age, so really weird that they haven't faced off yet, but we are going to get to see this, and it should be fireworks. If Mahatch is going to win this one, he needs to make sure he's aggressive. He also probably needs to shorten the points, because he's played a lot more tennis than Yanik Sinner has this week, especially that Murray match. That was a marathon, so he's going to have to shorten the points and be aggressive against Sinner. Sinner is going to win this one. He deserves well, and get off to a good start as well, because he didn't get off to the best start against O'Connell. He got away with it. We all know what happened against Grigsforre as well. He almost went down in that one, so he's going to get off to a quick start as well, and really push Mahatch around. Really fun matchup. Great to see Mahatch having a good run, and of course we all know what Yanik Sinner is all about. He's so good right now. I've got to go with Sinner in a close straight sets. I think Mahatch has had a great run, but I feel like the moment might just get to him, and Sinner should get through, because it is Sinner's time right now. He's on top of the world, but let me know down in the comments below who's making the semis.