A spot in the next round is at stake on Friday, when Jerome Kym goes up against Lorenzo Giustino in the Hagen quarterfinal. Jerome Kym has won 7 of the last 10. Lorenzo Giustino has won 5 of the last 10.
The serve is where this match separates: Kym has been winning 74.8% of first-serve points to Giustino's 67.3%, and on clay that gap compounds fast. Kym comes in off a compressed schedule; Giustino comes in off a compressed schedule. Expect resistance, but the match-level math tilts clearly toward Kym.