A spot in the next round is at stake on Thursday, when Darwin Blanch goes up against F. A. Gomez in the Tiburon round of 16. F. A. Gomez is rolling — 3 straight wins, 7 of 10 in recent play. Darwin Blanch is 2-8 across recent matches.
Neither the serve numbers nor the ratings separate these two by much, which is why our number stays close to even. Blanch arrives with very little recovery time; Gomez comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Gomez is exactly that — a lean.