Philip Sekulic and Yuta Shimizu meet in the round of 32 at Phan Thiet 4 (Vietnam) on Tuesday. Yuta Shimizu limps in on a 2-match losing skid, just 4 wins in 10. Philip Sekulic is searching for form, having lost 3 in a row (5 of the last 10).
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Little separates them; Shimizu gets the nod on the finest of margins.