 Daniel Medvedev vs. Hubert Hercatch is the third quarter final for the men's Australian Open for 2024. And both have had to fight to get to this stage. Hercatch entered the tournament as the number 9 seed and will take on the qualifier Jezika in the first round. There's no problem getting through in straight. 7-6-6-4-6-2. The second round he take on another qualifier, men's seed. And after dropping two of the first three sets, he'd be forced to fight back in five. 6-7-6-1-5-7-6-1-6-3. Third round he take on Ugo Wimbare the 21st seed. And after splitting the first two sets, Hercatch would eventually get through in four. 3-6-6-1-7-6-6-3. And the fourth round he take on the wild card Kazo, who'd beaten Hogaruna along the way. And after a couple of closed sets, Hercatch would outlast Kazo 7-6-7-6-6-4 to make it to the quarter finals. Medvedev entered the tournament as the number 3 seed and will take on the qualifier Atmane in the first round. And after dropping the first set, Medvedev would fight back to win 5-7-6-2-6-4-1-love retirement. And the second round he take on Russivori, who'd been in a little bit of form to start the season. And after dropping the first two sets, Medvedev would fight back to win 3-6-6-7-6-4-7-6-6-6-love to finish it 3-3-3 in the morning Australian time. And the third round he take on the 27th seed, Ojele Asim, a man that he'd played in an epic five setter against two years ago. But this was not the same match with Medvedev getting through in straights 6-3-6-4-6-3. And the fourth round he take on Borges, the unseeded player who had come through players like Demetrov and Fakina along the way. And after dropping the third set, Medvedev would wrap it up in 4-6-3-7-6-5-7-6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. These guys have played five times before with Hercatch leading the head to head 3-2, which was a little bit surprising. Considering that Medvedev for the best part of the last three years has been the better player. And also having won their last two matches, both in 2022, Hercatch in straight set. If Hercatch are going to win this one, he needs to serve big and he also probably needs to volley and come to the net with that variation. We know Medvedev stands so far behind the baseline and a great way to beat him is coming to the net. We saw that a little bit with Borges as well. He was coming to the net a lot, really catching Medvedev off guard. So that's what Hercatch is going to have to do if he's going to win this match. Medvedev is going to win this one. He needs to keep his cool. He's being kind of cracking under the pressure a little bit lately with some of these matches. Of course, that Russivori match, he got out of jail there, was two points away from losing. And even against Borges, he was getting a little frustrated despite winning that match in the third or the second and third sets he was in the lead. He has to kind of keep that in check because he is going to be playing against Hercatch, who's very cool, calm and collected for the most part. What a great matchup. It's such an interesting style clash. I mean, they've both got massive serves. The head-to-head is almost identical. I'm going to go with Medvedev though in five sets. This is such an interesting match though because I think it could go to Hercatch, but I'll go with Medvedev. I think he just clutches it out at the end and gets to the semi-finals. But let me know down in the comments below who's going to win this one.