Ilya Ivashka won 6-3 6-3
This one lands on the correct side of the ledger: 58% on Ilya Ivashka, who won 6-3 6-3.
Friday's Shanghai quarterfinal pits Ilya Ivashka against Yi Zhou on hard. Ilya Ivashka comes in at 6 wins from the last ten. Yi Zhou has won 5 of the last 10.
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Ivashka comes in off a compressed schedule; Zhou comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Ivashka is exactly that — a lean.
Hard rating
Overall rating
| Serve (last 52 weeks) | Ilya Ivashka | Yi Zhou |
|---|---|---|
| 1st serve in | 63% | 60.8% |
| 1st serve points won | 69.6% | 70.9% |
| 2nd serve points won | 48.2% | 49.4% |
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