A spot in the next round is at stake on Friday, when Andre Ilagan goes up against Yi Zhou in the Guangzhou quarterfinal. Yi Zhou has won 6 of the last 10. Andre Ilagan comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.

Hold strength tells the story — 71.6% versus 64.8% on first-serve points in Zhou's favor. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Zhou is exactly that — a lean.