Elise Mertens and Jelena Ostapenko meet in the round of 32 at Beijing on Monday. Elise Mertens comes in at 6 wins from the last ten. Jelena Ostapenko is 6-4 across recent matches.

Elise Mertens is clearly higher-rated on hard — our number puts Mertens around 61%. Expect resistance, but the match-level math tilts clearly toward Mertens.