Wednesday's Jingshan round of 32 pits Masamichi Imamura against Petr Bar Biryukov on hard. Petr Bar Biryukov is 4-6 across recent matches. Masamichi Imamura has dropped 2 straight and sits at 4-6 over the last ten.

The serve is where this match separates: Biryukov has been winning 74.5% of first-serve points to Imamura's 66.7%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Biryukov fractionally more likely to land the big points.