Friday's Jingshan round of 16 pits Bernard Tomic against Yuta Shimizu on hard. Bernard Tomic has won 6 of the last 10. Yuta Shimizu comes in at 5 wins from the last ten.
The serve is where this match separates: Tomic has been winning 71.3% of first-serve points to Shimizu's 67.7%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. The edge belongs to Tomic — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.
The numbers behind the pick
Serve
| Serve (last 52 weeks) | Bernard Tomic | Yuta Shimizu |
|---|
| 1st serve in | 67.5% | 61.8% |
| 1st serve points won | 71.3% | 67.7% |
| 2nd serve points won | 49.5% | 48.8% |
The rest of the numbers
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