Mert Alkaya and Yu Hsiou Hsu meet in the quarterfinal at Ningbo on Friday. Mert Alkaya comes in at 5 wins from the last ten. Yu Hsiou Hsu is 3-7 across recent matches.

Alkaya's 71.1% behind the first serve (against 66.1% for Hsu) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Alkaya is exactly that — a lean.