 Carlos Alcárez vs. Daniel Medvedev is the final for the men's Indian Wells for 2024 and both have had to fight to get to the final stage. Medvedev entered the tournament as the number four seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he'd take on Bayanna. There's no problem with Medvedev getting through in straights. 6-2-6-3. Third round he'd take on the number 29 seed quarter. We've been a problem for Medvedev in the past and this was an ugly match with Medvedev dropping the second but eventually winning a three. 6-4-5-7-6-3. Fourth round he'd take on the 13th seed Dmitrov who hadn't dropped a set all week which was too easy for Medvedev getting through in straights. 6-4-6-4 to advance to the quarter final. In the quarter finals Medvedev would take on the number 7 seed Runa who'd been so good since getting Patrick Moritoglu back on board and after a long first set Medvedev would eventually win in straights. 7-5-6-4 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Medvedev would take on the number 17 seed Paul who'd just beaten Rude in the previous round and after dropping the first set Medvedev would get a little fortunate with Tommy Paul rolling his ankle giving Medvedev the three set win. 1-6-7-6-6-2 to advance to the final. Elkhra's into the tournament as the number two seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he'd take on the Italian Alnaldi and after dropping the first set he'd fight back to win. 6-7-6-7-6-1. In the third round he'd take on the 31st seed Ozealia Seym. A man that he'd lost to a few times previously which was no problem for Elkhra as getting through in straights. 6-2-6-3. In the fourth round he'd take on Marijan the man that upset him in Rome on the clay courts of last year but there was no repeat with Elkhra's getting through in straights. 6-3-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Elkhra's would take on the number 16's Vera. A man that he'd lost to five out of the eight times that they played including earlier on in the year in Australia. However this wasn't the case after a long two hour delay due to bee invasion Elkhra's would get through in straights. 6-3-6-1 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Elkhra's would take on Sinner the number three seed who hadn't lost a match all season and after losing the first set he would fight back against a cramping Sinner. 1-6-6-3-6-2 to advance to the final. These guys have played five times before with Elkhra's leading the head to head 3-2 including a match last year at the A to B finals where Elkhra's got a straight sets win in the group stage. In fact they played four times last year alone with Elkhra's winning three out of the four times. The only one that he lost was that semi-final of the US Open against Medvedev in that fourth setup. Having a look at the shot quality for both these guys throughout this tournament on the average. Elkhra's he leads with a 7.8 against Medvedev 7.4 and he has been serving really big lately so that's no surprise. He also beats Medvedev with an 8.1 on returns to Medvedev 7.9 and on the ground strokes his forehands at a 9.0 on average which is higher than Medvedev's 8.2 and an 8.1 on the backhand with Medvedev at a 7.4. The shot quality is calculated in real time by analyzing each shot's speed, spin, depth, width and the impact it has on the opponent. This is a new way of analyzing matches brought to you by Tennis Insights. If you want to check out more you can go check them out on Twitter linked down in the description. Very fun matchup, of course a rematch of last year's final and I think we might get a similar result. I reckon Elkhra's might win this one in straight sets. I think it's going to be closer than their last match. Medvedev just hasn't played well enough for me to pick him. So Elkhra's in straight sets but let me know down in the comments below who you got winning this final.