Elena Gabriela Ruse and Linda Noskova meet in the round of 64 at Beijing on Friday. Linda Noskova is rolling — 3 straight wins, 8 of 10 in recent play. Elena Gabriela Ruse has won 5 of the last 10.

Noskova's 69.3% behind the first serve (against 63.6% for Ruse) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. Ruse needs several things to break right at once; the percentages say they usually don't.