Friday's Hangzhou round of 16 pits Hugo Gaston against Jaime Faria on hard. Jaime Faria has won 6 of the last 10. Hugo Gaston limps in on a 2-match losing skid, just 6 wins in 10.
The serve is where this match separates: Faria has been winning 71.1% of first-serve points to Gaston's 65.7%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Faria is exactly that — a lean.
The numbers behind the pick
Serve
| Serve (last 52 weeks) | Hugo Gaston | Jaime Faria |
|---|
| 1st serve in | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 1st serve points won | 65.7% | 71.1% |
| 2nd serve points won | 50.6% | 47.7% |
The rest of the numbers
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