 Novak Djokovic vs. Carlos Elcaraz is the final of the Cincinnati Open for 2023 and both guys have had different roads to get to this stage. Djokovic entered the tournament as the number two seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round he take on Fakina and after winning the first set Fakina was forced to retire in the second giving Djokovic the win, 6-4 retirement. In the third round he take on Mofis a guy that he'd beaten 18 times before and just like the previous meetings Mofis had no chance Djokovic get in the win 6-3-6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Djokovic would take on the number nine seed Fritz who had played a close match against last year at the ADB finals. However Djokovic was on another level beating Fritz in an hour 6-love 6-4 to advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals Djokovic would take on the number 16 seed Veraev who had a resurgence this week on the hardcourts and after a close first set Djokovic would get through in straights 7-6-7-5 to advance to the final. Elcaraz came into the tournament as the number one seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he take on the qualifier Thompson after dropping the second set would fight to win in 3-7-5-4-6-6-3. In the third round he take on the number 14 seed Tommy Paul the man who had beaten him last week in Canada not to split in the first two sets and a lot of rain delays Elcaraz would eventually prevail 7-6-6-7-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Elcaraz would take on the qualifier Purcell who had just taken out Rude and Vavrinka back to back and after dropping the first set Elcaraz again would have to fight back to win in 3-4-6-6-6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the semi-finals Elcaraz would take on Hubey Hercatch who played very well to get to this stage and having to save a match point Elcaraz would fight back to win 2-6-7-6-6-3 to advance to the final. These guys are played three times before and of course famously played a month ago in one of the best matches of recent memory at Wimbledon with Elcaraz getting the win in five sets they also played at the French Open in the semi-finals with Djokovic getting the win but it'll be the first time they play in hard court and with the head there being 1-1 this year alone the trilogy is going to be epic. If Djokovic is going to win this one he needs to limit the errors against Vavra who's a little bit sloppy at times especially early and late in those matches he can't do that against Elcaraz. Vavra did give him a lot of free points and we know that Elcaraz will not be doing that especially if he does anything like what he did at Wimbledon. If Elcaraz is going to win this one he needs to be aggressive and take Djokovic on. Vavra played a little bit too safe against Djokovic and also Fritz in the earlier match did the same thing in the quarters so so Elcaraz has to be aggressive and of course we know he's going to be aggressive come to the net and do all those things that we know we love and do all those things we love to see him do. What a great match up. It's a little preview into what we're going to hopefully see again in a couple of weeks in New York. We've seen some epic five set match with them already. It's going to be a three set this one but I reckon Elcaraz is going to get him. I just think Elcaraz looks a little better even though yeah he's played a lot more tennis and he's had to play three sets all around but I just think Elcaraz has confidence against Djokovic which no one else has in the world so I think he's going to use that and he might sneak out the win this time but let me know down the comments below who's going to win the final.