 Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Fritz is the first quarterfinal for the Australian Open men's for 2024. Both players have had different roads to get to this stage. Fritz entered the tournament as the number of 12 seed and would take on Diaz Acosta in the first round. After going down two sets of one, we'd have to fight back to win 4-6-6-3-3-6-6-2-6-4. The second round he took on the lucky loser Gaston. No problem getting through in straights. Six loves 6-3-6-1. And the third round he took on Marijan, who had taken out Chilich and Serundolo along the way. And after dropping the first set, Fritz would fight back to win 3-6-6-4-6-2-6-2. In the fourth round he'd take on the number 7 seed City Pass. Last year's finalist. And after splitting the first two sets, Fritz would run away with it 7-6-5-7-6-3-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinal. Djokovic entered the tournament as the number one seed and would take on the qualified Prismich in the first round. And after dropping the second set, would take it out in 4-6-2-6-7-6-3-6-4. In the second round he'd take on Alexey Proprin. And after losing the second set and saving set points in the third, would eventually get through in a tight 4 sets. 6-3-4-6-7-6-6-3. In the third round he'd take on the 30th seed Etraveri, who had taken out Montfies and Murray along the way. There's no problem for Djokovic getting through in straights. 6-3-6-3-7-6. In the fourth round he'd take on the 20th seed Manorino, who had come off 3-5-setters to make it this far. And it showed with Djokovic demolishing Manorino 6-1-6-1-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. These guys have played 8 times before with Djokovic winning all 8 matches, including two matches last year that were very one-sided. In fact Fritz has only won two sets against Djokovic, but luckily for him it was three years ago here at the Australian Open, so maybe Fritz could remember that time at the Australian Open and use those memories to get an upset win. Fritz is going to win this one. He needs to be really aggressive. Like he was against Sidney Pass, he played so well against Steph. And maybe even use what Proprin did against Djokovic. Try and get those big serves in, try and be aggressive, and try and maybe frustrate Nole as well. Try and get the crowd on his side, that probably helps as well, because we know that Nole does have a bit of a weird relationship with crowds at the time, especially when they don't cheer him on. So that would help Fritz a lot. If Djokovic is going to win this one, he just needs to play like he has. He knows how to beat Fritz. We saw it in Cincinnati. We saw it at the US Open last year. He didn't even break a sweat in some of those matches. So he should be able to get this win if he just plays like he does. If Fritz does raise his level though, that's when Djokovic is going to have some problems, and he's going to have to mix it up and really push Fritz around. This is a strange matchup because they have played a few times and some of the matches have been close, but Djokovic still ended up winning them. I have to go with Djokovic again. I reckon it's going to be four sets. I give Fritz a set. He plays like he did against Step. I mean, he looks like he looked really good there. So I'll give him a set, but I think Djokovic is going to win four. Let me know down in the comments below. Who's making the semis?