Jacob Fearnley and Tristan Boyer meet in the round of 16 at Bloomfield Hills on Thursday. Tristan Boyer is searching for form, having lost 3 in a row (5 of the last 10). Jacob Fearnley has won 6 in a row and 8 of the last 10 overall.
The two have never played — a first meeting always adds a layer of uncertainty the numbers can't fully capture.
Neither the serve numbers nor the ratings separate these two by much, which is why our number stays close to even. Fearnley comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Boyer is exactly that — a lean.