Nicolas Kicker and Thiago Seyboth Wild meet in the quarterfinal at Santa Cruz 2 on Friday. Thiago Seyboth Wild has won 9 of the last 10. Nicolas Kicker is 7-3 across recent matches.

Hold strength tells the story — 69% versus 64.1% on first-serve points in Wild's favor. Kicker comes in off a compressed schedule. Kicker needs several things to break right at once; the percentages say they usually don't.