A spot in the next round is at stake on Tuesday, when Florent Bax goes up against Maximus Jones in the Phan Thiet 3 (Vietnam) round of 32. Florent Bax limps in on a 2-match losing skid, just 5 wins in 10. Maximus Jones is searching for form, having lost 2 in a row (4 of the last 10).
The serve is where this match separates: Bax has been winning 76% of first-serve points to Jones's 70.6%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Bax is exactly that — a lean.