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Darwin Blanch #221United States1Andres Andrade #251Ecuador2

Sets 6-3 · 3-6 · 5-7Thu 24 Sept 2026, 21:26 Predictions gradedSecond RoundHard

Predictions3–633%

Edges1–150%

Player Profiles

Ranking advantageDarwin Blanch · 30 places

Darwin Blanch

United States

Left-handed player with limited reliable public profile information surfaced in the requested searches. Use structured recent-form data as the main current-performance context.

Current ranking: #221
Peak ranking: —
Current age: —
Preferred surface: —
Hand: Left handed
Height: 185 cm

Andres Andrade

Ecuador

A 27-year-old Ecuadorian right-hander whose ITF profile lists hard as his preferred surface. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 210 on 2026-05-18 and is currently ranked No. 251.

Current ranking: #251
Peak ranking: #210 · 2026
Current age: 27
Preferred surface: Hard
Hand: Right handed
Height: 180 cm

Quick Take

Pre-match view

Context last updated 24 Sep 2026, 15:11 · Europe/Bucharest

Blanch brings a six-match hard-court streak and a first Challenger title into a second-round match against an Andrade who has already played Davis Cup in London and a three-set opener, and returns for a second day in a row.

Andrade's opening sets and return game keep him live; Blanch is the marginal pick, but 1.45 is too thin. The worthwhile quoted prices are Andrade at 2.4 for the first set and 2.6 for the match.

Context

The title was won, four days before this second-round match, and it followed a semi-final against Michael Zheng decided by two tie-break sets. It is why a player ranked No. 245 in mid-September now sits inside the top 200 and arrives here on a six-match winning streak on hard courts. What limits the read is level and cost: the wins came at 125 level, the highest-ranked opponent beaten was No. 92, and three of the five matches needed a deciding set or a tie-break.
- Blanch came from a set down to beat Michael Mmoh in the Tiburón Challenger final
- He became the youngest American champion of a category-125 tournament
- He had beaten Michael Zheng in the semi-final by two tie-break sets
ConfirmedSources checked 24 Sep 2026, 15:09 · Europe/Bucharest
Blanch's ranking of No. 166 still carries the weight of eight straight defeats from July into the US Open, while the form behind it is a week of wins on hard courts that began with the five-match-point escape at Tiburón. That contrast is the reason his stored results over the past six weeks understate what he has produced in the last ten days. The counterweight is sample size and opposition: the losing run and the winning run are both short, and part of the recovery came against a player ranked No. 292 in a third-set tie-break.
- Blanch saved five match points in his opening match at Tiburón
- The win ended a run of eight straight defeats
ConfirmedSources checked 24 Sep 2026, 15:09 · Europe/Bucharest
Andrade goes from a Davis Cup tie in London, which ended, to a first-round match in San Diego and a second-round match the following day, while Blanch played on 22 September and then had a day off. The recovery imbalance sits with a player whose game is built on long baseline exchanges, and this match is his second in two days after intercontinental travel. He has already carried the load once by winning a three-set opener from a set down, so the effect is a live condition rather than an established handicap.
- Andrade won his first-round match in San Diego 4-6 7-5 6-3 against Abedallah Shelbayh
- The Davis Cup tie in London concluded, two days before his San Diego opener
- Blanch played his first-round match on 22 September and had free
ConfirmedSources checked 24 Sep 2026, 15:09 · Europe/Bucharest
Andrade's front-loaded set record makes the opening exchanges his strongest stretch of the season.
Andrade's opening sets have been his strongest passage on hard this season, taken in 11 of 15 matches, while his second sets have gone the other way at 6-9. That makes the early part of this match his likeliest edge, though Blanch has won after dropping the opener in his two most recent matches.
- Hard-court best-of-three window from 28 July to 23 September 2026, 15 completed matches: Andrade 11-4 in first sets
- Same 15-match window: Andrade 6-9 in second sets
- First sets average 5.27 games won to 4.13 lost; second sets average 5.0 won to 5.27 lost

BetBugs edges

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BetBugs probabilities

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Result0 of 1 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Blanch arrives on six straight wins and a Challenger title, while Andrade is on a second consecutive match day after a three-set opener and a long trip from Davis Cup.
- Blanch has won his last six matches, including the Tiburón Challenger title and a San Diego first round on 22 September
- Hard-court season games won: Blanch 48.6% (155/319), Andrade 52.1% (188/361)
- Andrade played a three-set first round on 23 September after Davis Cup duty in London on 19 September
- Andrade return points won on hard 42.3% (472/1116); Blanch 34.1% (325/972)
BetBugs · Match WinnerlostDarwin BlanchEstimated chance55%

Games1 of 3 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Second sets have been the longer ones for both players, averaging above ten games, with eight second-set tiebreaks between them.
- Blanch's second sets average 10.7 total games; Andrade's 10.3
- Second-set tiebreaks: Blanch 5 in 12, Andrade 3 in 15
- Blanch beat Kozlov 2-6 7-6 after losing the second set
BetBugs · Set 2 Total GameslostOver 9.5Estimated chance55%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
First sets for both players average close to nine games and tiebreaks in the opening set are rare for both.
- Blanch's first sets average 9.75 total games; Andrade's 9.4
- Set-one tiebreaks: Blanch 1 in 12, Andrade 0 in 15
- Andrade's first sets average 5.27-4.13 games
BetBugs · Set 1 Total GameswonUnder 9.5Estimated chance52%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Near coin-flip · Not priced
The read
Both players' hard-court matches average just below the line, and most of their completed matches finish in two sets.
- Blanch's hard-court matches average 24.3 total games; Andrade's average 24.1
- Blanch has 7 of 12 hard-court matches finishing in two sets; Andrade 8 of 15
- Blanch's 2-0 wins here came at 6-3 6-3 and 7-6 7-6
BetBugs · Total GameslostUnder 24.5Estimated chance51%

Sets1 of 3 landed

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Blanch has the better second-set record while Andrade's second sets are his weakest stretch, and Blanch has repeatedly turned matches around after losing the opener.
- Hard-court second sets: Blanch 7-5, Andrade 6-9
- Blanch's second sets average 5.5 games won to 5.17 lost
- Andrade has lost 9 of his 15 second sets on hard
BetBugs · Set 2 WinnerlostDarwin BlanchEstimated chance53%
Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Market price 2.40
The read
Andrade has won 11 of 15 opening sets on hard this season while Blanch has lost 8 of 12 and has often started slowly during this win streak.
- Hard-court first sets: Andrade 11-4, Blanch 4-8
- Andrade's first sets average 5.27 games won to 4.13 lost
- Blanch dropped the opening set in three of his last six matches
BetBugs · Set 1 WinnerlostAndres AndradeEstimated chance52%
Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Near coin-flip · Not priced
The read
Blanch has gone the distance in half of his recent matches and Andrade needed three sets in his opener, so a decider is plausible.
- Blanch's last six matches: three went to a deciding set
- Andrade's first round here went three sets, 4-6 7-5 6-3
- Andrade averaged 2.47 sets per hard-court match
BetBugs · Total SetswonOver 2.5Estimated chance51%

Match stats1 of 1 landed

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
Tiebreaks appear in fewer than half of the completed hard-court matches for both players, and almost never in the opening set.
- Tiebreaks in 6 of Blanch's 12 hard-court matches and 4 of Andrade's 15
- Neither player's most recent match featured a tiebreak
- First-set tiebreaks: Blanch 1 in 12, Andrade 0 in 15
BetBugs · Tiebreak in MatchwonNoEstimated chance58%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Blanch's left-handed serve produces nearly six aces a match on hard and Andrade adds about three, taking the combined figure just past the line.
- Blanch averages 5.8 aces per hard-court match (76 in 13)
- Andrade averages 3.1 aces per hard-court match (44 in 14)
- Blanch first-serve points won on hard 73.6%; Andrade 70.8%
BetBugs · Total Acesnot gradableOver 8.5Estimated chance54%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Near coin-flip · Not priced
The read
The two players' double-fault rates add up almost exactly to the line, and a two-set match would keep the count low.
- Blanch averages 4.0 double faults per hard-court match (52 in 13)
- Andrade averages 3.6 per hard-court match (50 in 14)
- Combined expectation is roughly 7.6 per match
BetBugs · Total Double Faultsnot gradableUnder 7.5Estimated chance51%

Previous match context available

Darwin Blanch

7W 8L

4-6 7-6(9) 6-1#218Jeff Wolf

3-6 6-4 6-2#148Michael Mmoh 7-6(5) 7-6(9)#92Michael Zheng 6-3 6-3#602Bryce Nakashima

6-3 6-0#200Federico Agustin Gomez

6-3 2-6 7-6(10)#292Stefan Kozlov

6-3 6-2 6-4#10Taylor Fritz

6-4 7-6(2)#82Rinky Hijikata

6-4 6-2#136Lloyd Harris

6-3 7-6(4)#91Aleksandar Vukic

6-3 6-4#108Chak Lam Coleman Wong

6-4 5-7 6-4#143Mark Lajal

6-4 6-7(7) 6-3#182Bernard Tomic

6-3 6-3#94Jacob Fearnley

5-7 6-3 6-3#442Garrett Johns

Andres Andrade

9W 6L

4-6 7-5 6-3#250Abedallah Shelbayh

4-6 6-4 6-1#98Toby Samuel

6-3 7-6(7)#356Aidan Mayo

6-3 3-6 6-4#261Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

6-3 6-3#672Max Purcell

6-4 6-2#339Ivan Marrero Curbelo

6-4 7-6(5)#338Edward Winter

3-6 6-3 6-2#164Juan Carlos Prado Angelo

6-2 6-3#209Liam Draxl

4-6 7-5 7-6(2)#192Jack Pinnington Jones

6-3 6-3#172Gauthier Onclin

6-3 6-7(5) 7-5#185Joel Schwaerzler

6-3 6-4#184Andre Ilagan

6-2 6-3#202Braden Shick

7-5 3-6 6-1#130Alexei Popyrin

Stat Battle

Last 15 match performance, compared side by side.

DBDarwin BlanchBlanch

Last 15

4–5

9 core stats · 0 even

Andres AndradeAndradeAA

Andres Andrade carries the stronger recent form — Darwin Blanch's route runs through serve.

Serve · 3–2

1st Serve In15/15 · 14/1554.8%+3.0pp57.8%

1st Serve Won15/15 · 14/1572.0%+1.2pp70.8%

2nd Serve Won15/15 · 14/1552.7%+2.4pp50.3%

Aces / Match15/15 · 14/155.3+2.23.1

Double Faults / Match15/15 · 14/154.00.4 fewer3.6

Return · 0–1

Return Pts Won15/15 · 14/1534.1%+8.2pp42.3%

Pressure · 1–1

Break Pts Converted15/15 · 14/1539.5%+10.0pp49.5%

Break Pts Saved15/15 · 14/1560.0%+7.1pp52.9%

Points · 0–1

Total Pts Won15/15 · 14/1549.1%+2.7pp51.8%

Serve · 3–2

54.8%1st Serve In15/15 · 14/15+3.0pp57.8%

72.0%1st Serve Won15/15 · 14/15+1.2pp70.8%

52.7%2nd Serve Won15/15 · 14/15+2.4pp50.3%

5.3Aces / Match15/15 · 14/15+2.23.1

4.0Double Faults / Match15/15 · 14/150.4 fewer3.6

Return · 0–1

34.1%Return Pts Won15/15 · 14/15+8.2pp42.3%

Pressure · 1–1

39.5%Break Pts Converted15/15 · 14/15+10.0pp49.5%

60.0%Break Pts Saved15/15 · 14/15+7.1pp52.9%

Points · 0–1

49.1%Total Pts Won15/15 · 14/15+2.7pp51.8%