A spot in the next round is at stake on Wednesday, when Aliaksandra Sasnovich goes up against Talia Gibson in the Beijing first round. Talia Gibson has won 5 of the last 10. Aliaksandra Sasnovich is 3-7 across recent matches.

Gibson's 64.4% behind the first serve (against 60.5% for Sasnovich) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Gibson is exactly that — a lean.