A spot in the next round is at stake on Wednesday, when Adam Walton goes up against Thanasi Kokkinakis in the Bloomfield Hills round of 16. Thanasi Kokkinakis comes in at 7 wins from the last ten. Adam Walton comes in at 7 wins from the last ten.
This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.
The serve is where this match separates: Kokkinakis has been winning 74.7% of first-serve points to Walton's 70.7%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Kokkinakis comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Kokkinakis is exactly that — a lean.