Sunday brings the Newport final: Adam Walton against Jacob Fearnley. Adam Walton has won 4 in a row and 8 of the last 10 overall. Jacob Fearnley has won 4 in a row and 6 of the last 10 overall.
This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Walton comes in off a compressed schedule; Fearnley comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Walton is exactly that — a lean.