Kaichi Uchida and Rio Noguchi meet in the round of 32 at Guangzhou 2 on Monday. Rio Noguchi has won 5 of the last 10. Kaichi Uchida has dropped 10 straight and sits at 0-10 over the last ten.
Rio Noguchi is clearly higher-rated on hard — our number puts Noguchi around 67%. The edge belongs to Noguchi — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.