Saturday's Newport semifinal pits Alexis Galarneau against Jacob Fearnley on grass. Alexis Galarneau has won 3 in a row and 5 of the last 10 overall. Jacob Fearnley brings a 3-match winning streak into this one, 6-4 across the last ten.
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. Galarneau 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 Galarneau is exactly that — a lean.