A spot in the next round is at stake on Thursday, when Kaitlin Quevedo goes up against Mayar Sherif in the Iasi round of 16. Mayar Sherif brings a 5-match winning streak into this one, 8-2 across the last ten. Kaitlin Quevedo has won 5 of the last 10.
There is no history here: this is their first tour-level meeting.
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Quevedo comes in off a compressed schedule; Sherif comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Sherif is exactly that — a lean.