Lilli Tagger and Magda Linette meet in the round of 16 at Guangzhou on Thursday. Lilli Tagger comes in at 4 wins from the last ten. Magda Linette is 3-7 across recent matches.

Tagger's 67.3% behind the first serve (against 63.3% for Linette) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Tagger is exactly that — a lean.