Wednesday's Cassis round of 16 pits Daniel Rincon against Ugo Blanchet on hard. Ugo Blanchet has dropped 5 straight and sits at 2-8 over the last ten. Daniel Rincon is 5-5 across recent matches.

The serve is where this match separates: Blanchet has been winning 71.9% of first-serve points to Rincon's 68.4%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Rincon comes in off a compressed schedule; Blanchet comes in off a compressed schedule. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Blanchet fractionally more likely to land the big points.