Tuesday's Osaka round of 32 pits Maya Joint against Zeynep Sonmez on hard. Maya Joint is searching for form, having lost 2 in a row (4 of the last 10). Zeynep Sonmez has dropped 3 straight and sits at 3-7 over the last ten.

The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Little separates them; Joint gets the nod on the finest of margins.