Tomas Machak, the 30th seed, reached the quarterfinals of the Masters for the second time and will face third seed Carlos Alcaraz. Alcaraz is in great shape, having won his last 12 matches, including the final of the Chinese Open, where he beat Jannick Sinner. He is ranked second in the ATP and reached the quarterfinals, defeating Juncheng Zhang, Yibing Wu and Gael Monfils without losing a single set.
Machak, who rose to 29th place in the ATP, entered the top 30 for the first time. In this tournament, he won against Alejandro Davidovich Fokin, Alexander Vukic and 11th-seeded Tommy Paul, despite losing sets. The match is expected to take place with more than 18.5 games