It all comes down to Sunday at Shanghai, where Alejandro Davidovich Fokina faces Rafael Jodar for the trophy. Rafael Jodar is rolling — 4 straight wins, 7 of 10 in recent play. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina brings a 3-match winning streak into this one, 8-2 across the last ten.
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Fokina comes in off a compressed schedule; Jodar comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Jodar is exactly that — a lean.