 Andre Ruebler vs. Taylor Fritz is the first semi-final for Monte Carlo Masters for 2023, and both guys have been very impressive to get to the semi-final stage. Fritz started the tournament off as the number 8 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round he take on Stan Vavrenka, the former Monte Carlo champion, and after a very close first set, Fritz would get to win straights 7-6-6-2. In the third round he take on the informer Hechka, who had transferred his very aggressive hard court game onto the clay, and after dropping the first set Fritz would have to fight back to win 4-6-6-4-6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals Fritz would take on the two-time defending champion and second seed is the final Sidney Pass, and this was by far Fritz's best match of the week, dominating Sidney Pass in straight sets 6-2-6-4 to make it to the semis. Ruebler started the tournament off as the number 5 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round he take on Munar and after dropping the first set Ruebler would have to fight back to win 4-6-6-2-6-2. In the third round he take on Countryman Hashinov, the number 9 seed, who had been sneaking through the draw, but after a close first set Ruebler have got through in straights 7-6-6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals Ruebler would take on the qualifier Strouff, who had been the surprise of the tournament, and after a very close second set Ruebler would eventually get through in straights 6-1-7-6 to advance to the semifinals. These guys have played six times before with Fritz leading the head to head 4-2 and having won their last three meetings including a very close match in Cincinnati last year, but they've never played on a clay court until today. Having a look at the shot quality for both these guys over the last year, Fritz edges out the serve with an 8.2, Ruebler at an 8.0 both well above tour average on the returns. Fritz also edges out Ruebler 7.2 to 7.0 again ahead of the tour average, but on the forehand side that is where Ruebler takes the edge with an 8.3 compared to the 8.1 of Fritz both again way ahead of the tour average and the backhand side is just ahead for Fritz with a 7.5 to 7.3 from Ruebler. The Ruebler is going to have to use his forehand to dictate the rallies and Fritz is going to have to use that big serve for him to get on top. Shot quality is a part of a range of new insights from the team at Tennis Insights. It is calculated in real time and analyzes each shot's speed, spin, depth, width and impact on the opponent. The number of the player cards are actually the 52 week rolling averages. Go check them out on Twitter, link down below. This is a very fun matchup and these guys have played so many times before but first time on clay and it was so impressive to see Fritz taking out City Pass so easily with some of those big serves that he hit. I'm going to go with Fritz in three sets. I reckon he's going to make the final and take out Ruebler. Unfortunately Ruebler has never won one of these big titles so I think Fritz's experience might play a part as well. Let me know down in the comments below who do you think is going to make it to the final.