Thursday's Shanghai first round pits Kimmer Coppejans against Stefanos Tsitsipas on hard. Stefanos Tsitsipas comes in at 7 wins from the last ten. Kimmer Coppejans limps in on a 3-match losing skid, just 4 wins in 10.

Tsitsipas's 74.8% behind the first serve (against 64% for Coppejans) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. Anything other than a Tsitsipas win would rank among the bigger surprises of the week.