A spot in the next round is at stake on Sunday, when Luca Van Assche goes up against Titouan Droguet in the Montreal first round. Luca Van Assche is rolling — 5 straight wins, 9 of 10 in recent play. Titouan Droguet is 7-3 across recent matches.
Luca Van Assche leads the head-to-head 1-0, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one. On hard specifically it reads 1-0 Assche — worth more than the overall number this week.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. Little separates them; Assche gets the nod on the finest of margins.