Friday's Guangzhou quarterfinal pits Akira Santillan against Jie Cui on hard. Jie Cui comes in at 4 wins from the last ten. Akira Santillan has won 4 of the last 10.

The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Santillan comes in off a compressed schedule; Cui arrives with very little recovery time. Little separates them; Cui gets the nod on the finest of margins.