Tuesday's Winston-Salem round of 32 pits Aleksandar Kovacevic against Luca Van Assche on hard. Luca Van Assche has won 7 of the last 10. Aleksandar Kovacevic comes in at 2 wins from the last ten.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. Kovacevic comes in off a compressed schedule. The edge belongs to Assche — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.