 Carlos Alcaroz vs Karin Hashinov is the first quarterfinal for the men's Madrid Open for 2023. And both players have been very impressive to get to the quarterfinals. Hashinov started the tournament off as a number 10 seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round he'd take on Montero and after losing the second set, he'd have to fight back to win 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. In the third round he'd take on the 20th seed, Batistra Gou, and after a little controversy at the end of the match, Hashinov would eventually get through in a tough three set up, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, to advance to the fourth round. In the fourth round he'd take on the number 5 seed and Monte Carlo champion, Rublev, who'd been very impressive on the clay, but after a very close first set, Hashinov would get through 7-6, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals. Alcaroz started the tournament off as a number 1 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he'd take on Roussevore, 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 26th seed, Dimitrov. This was no problem for Alcaroz, getting through in straight sets 6-2, 7-5. In the fourth round he'd take on the 13th seed, Zverev, the man that he beat in last year's final, and this result was the same, if not better, with Alcaroz demolishing Zverev, 6-1, 6-2, to get to another Madrid quarterfinal. These guys have played twice before, with it being 2-0 in favour of Alcaroz, both matches on a clay court. Hashinov not having won a set in either of those matches, and also Alcaroz serving up a bagel the last time they played. If Hashinov's going to win this one, he needs to make sure he's aggressive. But something that Zverev didn't do, he just stood in the baseline and was just grinding the baseline. He needs to be more aggressive than what Zverev was doing, and also take it up to Alcaroz, come to the net, and actually serve big as well, because that's something that Zverev did struggle with as well. If Alcaroz is going to win this one, he needs to just do the exact same thing he did against Zverev. Hashinov is a very similar player to Zverev, with a big serve and likes to stand back, so Alcaroz needs to hit a lot of drop shots, come to the net, hit a lot of volleys, and get the crowd involved. It's going to be an interesting matchup, because I think we all expected Rublev to be in this stage, and we also thought that maybe Alcaroz would have a tougher time with Zverev, but I don't think he's going to win again against Hashinov. I think it's going to be two easy matches in a row, make the semi-finals, probably straight sets after what they played last year. It was just so easy for Alcaroz. Let me know down in the comments below, who do you think is going to win this one?