Lucky to get this second chance!

Blanchet is picked as a lucky loser and he ends up playing against a qualifier..

Very tense and nervous during his loss in the final qualifying round today, Blanchet. He started well before collapsing and basically throwing away the third set. I'm not a huge fan of the Frenchman indoors, I think he's very good but only when he has time: his swings are closed and he likes having time and a rather high bounce to set his game up. He does try to adapt and pulls off some nice things offensively, but let's say he plays better outside of indoor conditions. Up against a player who likes taking time away and has a perfect net game, it’s likely to be tough.

Vavassori isn’t just a doubles specialist! In fact, the Italian already said in Australia that he’d trained seriously and wanted to give singles another real shot, which isn’t stupid given that every time he plays singles tournaments, he does well. Big-serving quality, exceptional net game, reliable forehand and sliced backhand — simple but effective. He can be patient too; I saw him construct points with volume and height in qualies, he’s hard to beat and he’d already shown that in Adelaide. Coming through qualifying and beating Diallo, he can play at a good level, higher than Blanchet’s, yes...