Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Ekaterina Alexandrova meet in the round of 64 at Beijing on Friday. Ekaterina Alexandrova is 6-4 across recent matches. Aliaksandra Sasnovich is 4-6 across recent matches.

The serve is where this match separates: Alexandrova has been winning 67.1% of first-serve points to Sasnovich's 60.5%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Alexandrova should have enough here, though Sasnovich has the tools to make the scoreboard uncomfortable.