Over the last meetings Cassone, Murphy holds victories - 2, losses - 3. Blanch, Darwin on the other hand ends the latest games with victories - 2, losses - 3. Based on the games played we can assume that rivals are in similar shape.
Cassone, Murphy: Ethan Quinn – (Loss 1:2), Alex Molcan – (Loss 2:1), Filippo Romano – (Win 0:2), Yuta Shimizu – (Loss 1:2), Daniel Milavsky – (Win 2:0).
Blanch, Darwin: Dane Sweeny – (Loss 1:1), Filip Cristian Jianu – (Win 2:0), Zhizhen Zhang – (Loss 1:2), Jacob Fearnley – (Loss 0:2), Henrique Rocha – (Win 1:2).Both contenders have moved to the round_of_32 while beating worthy opponents along the way. In tournaments as Newport every game is extremely important which is why a great matchup awaits us.