Lilli Tagger and Liudmila Samsonova meet in the round of 32 at Osaka on Monday. Liudmila Samsonova comes in at 5 wins from the last ten. Lilli Tagger is searching for form, having lost 3 in a row (5 of the last 10).

The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Samsonova fractionally more likely to land the big points.