A spot in the next round is at stake on Friday, when Andrey Rublev goes up against Luca Van Assche in the Estoril quarterfinal. Andrey Rublev is rolling — 4 straight wins, 7 of 10 in recent play. Luca Van Assche comes in at 8 wins from the last ten.
The ledger favors Andrey Rublev, 1-0 across their 1 meetings with Luca Van Assche.
The serve is where this match separates: Rublev has been winning 74.1% of first-serve points to Assche's 67.6%, and on clay that gap compounds fast. Assche needs several things to break right at once; the percentages say they usually don't.