A spot in the next round is at stake on Friday, when Adrian Mannarino goes up against Ze Zhang in the Hertogenbosch quarterfinal. Adrian Mannarino has won 3 of the last 10. Ze Zhang comes in at 4 wins from the last ten.
Adrian Mannarino leads the head-to-head 1-0, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one.
Mannarino's 70.3% behind the first serve (against 65.8% for Zhang) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. Mannarino comes in off a compressed schedule; Zhang comes in off a compressed schedule. Mannarino should have enough here, though Zhang has the tools to make the scoreboard uncomfortable.