 André Ruebler versus Casper Rood is the second semi-final at the Monte Carlo Masters for 2021, and both guys have been very impressive this week on the clay. The unseeded Rood started his campaign off against the wildcard Rune in the first round and won in straight sets 6-2, 6-1. His second round was against 7th seed Diego Schwarzman and again Rood put in an impressive performance winning in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. His third round would be his toughest match to date against the 12th seed Corino Buster and after winning the first set this match went the distance with Rood eventually getting through 7-6, 5-7, 7-5. In his quarterfinal he had to take on defending Monte Carlo Champion and 15 seed Fabio Finini and after a close first set going back and forth Rood eventually prevailed in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. André Ruebler entered the tournament as the 6th seed getting a buy in the first round. His second round match would be against qualifier Caruso getting through in straight sets 6-3, 6-2. His third round against 9th seed Patista Ragu and he had to fight his way to get through that third round eventually prevailing in 3, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3. His quarterfinal matchup was against number 3 seed and the god of clay Rafa Nadal and although Rafa had been very impressive leading into the quarterfinals he was not himself making a lot of errors and Ruebler capitalised getting the job done in 3 sets 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. These two have played 3 times before with Ruebler getting 3 out of 3 wins and he leads their head to head on clay 2-0 with both of those happening at Hamburg over the last couple of years. However Rood has put in a very impressive performance this week beating the likes of Schwartzman and Fanini who are great clay court players and how will Ruebler be feeling after the biggest win of his career against Rafa Nadal? If Rood is going to make his first Masters 1000 final he's going to have to take his chances against Ruebler. Ruebler is going to give him some break point opportunities but Rood has to take him. If Ruebler is going to win this match he has to stay patient like he did against Rafa and mentally keep his head in the game and pretend like he's the underdog. This is a tough one for me because Ruebler is the favourite in this match and he should win but that doesn't always mean that the favourite does win especially this tournament. We've had a lot of favourites lose but I'm going to stick with Ruebler. I'm going to say he's going to win this one in 3. Let me know down the comments below who's going to make the final.