Darwin Blanch and Murphy Cassone meet in the round of 32 at Newport on Wednesday. Murphy Cassone limps in on a 2-match losing skid, just 4 wins in 10. Darwin Blanch has dropped 3 straight and sits at 5-5 over the last ten.
Murphy Cassone leads the head-to-head 1-0, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one.
Neither the serve numbers nor the ratings separate these two by much, which is why our number stays close to even. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Cassone is exactly that — a lean.