A spot in the next round is at stake on Friday, when Jerome Kym goes up against Maks Kasnikowski in the Iasi quarterfinal. Jerome Kym has won 7 of the last 10. Maks Kasnikowski comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.

This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.

The serve is where this match separates: Kym has been winning 75.2% of first-serve points to Kasnikowski's 70.3%, and on clay that gap compounds fast. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Kym is exactly that — a lean.