 Daniel Merbedev vs Janik Sinner is the second semi-final for the AWP finals for 2023. And both have had impressive runs to get to the stage. In his first round robin match, Sinner would take on the number 6 city pass who'd been in some bad form of late. And it showed as Sinner got through in straights, 6-4, 6-4. In his second match he'd take on the world number 1 Novak Djokovic, a man who he'd never beaten before. But with the crowd on his side, Sinner was able to get through in 3, 7-5, 6-7, 7-6. In his final match he'd take on the number 8 seed Runa, a man that he'd also never beaten before. And after splitting the first 2 sets, Sinner would eventually get through in 3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals undefeated. Merbedev entered the tournament as the number 3 seed and would take on Rubelev in the first match. There's no problem getting through in straights, 6-4, 6-2. In his second match he'd take on Zverev, a man that he'd played 5 times already this year. And like 4 of those previous matches, Merbedev would get through, 7-6, 6-4. In his final match he'd take on Elkres, the number 2 seed, who he'd just beaten to the US Open a couple months earlier. But with Merbedev already in the semi-finals, he didn't need the win. And Elkres would beat him in straights sets, 6-4, 6-4. But he still played 8 times before with Merbedev leading the head-to-head 6-2. However, Sinner has won their previous 2 matches over the last month or two, with their last match being in Vienna 2 weeks ago, Sinner getting a very close 3-set win. Sinner's going to win this one, he needs to serve well and get that crowd going crazy early. Because we know Merbedev doesn't deal well with the crowds at times, so if Sinner can get the crowd going really early on, maybe he can frustrate Merbedev and also needs to serve well as he has been during this week. If Merbedev is going to win this one, he needs to keep his call and he needs to serve better than he did against Elkres. Against Elkres, it looked like he wasn't trying super hard. He already made it to the semi-finals, maybe he didn't want to use too much energy, but he needs to try hard in this one because he's going to have to face Sinner and the crowd, so he needs to serve really well and be aggressive. What a great matchup, they've played 4 times this year and the head-to-head this year alone is Split 2-2. But I've got to go with Sinner in this one. With the crowd on his side and being undefeated, I feel like Sinner is just on such a high right now and I reckon he gets Merbedev again in a very close 3-setter, but let me know down in the comments below who's making the final.