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.