A spot in the next round is at stake on Friday, when Kamilla Rakhimova goes up against Maya Joint in the Tokyo quarterfinal. Kamilla Rakhimova has won 6 of the last 10. Maya Joint comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.

The serve is where this match separates: Rakhimova has been winning 62.4% of first-serve points to Joint's 59.3%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Little separates them; Rakhimova gets the nod on the finest of margins.