A spot in the next round is at stake on Friday, when Diana Shnaider goes up against Jelena Ostapenko in the Wuhan quarterfinal. Diana Shnaider comes in at 7 wins from the last ten. Jelena Ostapenko comes in at 5 wins from the last ten.

There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. Shnaider comes in off a compressed schedule; Ostapenko comes in off a compressed schedule. The edge belongs to Shnaider — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.