Thursday's Shanghai first round pits Jan Lennard Struff against Martin Landaluce on hard. Jan Lennard Struff comes in at 4 wins from the last ten. Martin Landaluce comes in at 3 wins from the last ten.

Hold strength tells the story — 76.6% versus 70.3% on first-serve points in Struff's favor. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Struff is exactly that — a lean.