Belinda Bencic and Katarzyna Kawa meet in the round of 16 at Ningbo on Thursday. Belinda Bencic has dropped 2 straight and sits at 6-4 over the last ten. Katarzyna Kawa comes in at 3 wins from the last ten.

The serve is where this match separates: Bencic has been winning 66.3% of first-serve points to Kawa's 57.8%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Kawa needs several things to break right at once; the percentages say they usually don't.