Thursday's Seoul round of 16 pits Alibek Kachmazov against Seong Chan Hong on hard. Alibek Kachmazov is 3-7 across recent matches. Seong Chan Hong has won 7 of the last 10.

Kachmazov's 70.9% behind the first serve (against 66.2% for Hong) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Kachmazov is exactly that — a lean.