Thursday's Beijing first round pits Panna Udvardy against Xinyu Gao on hard. Panna Udvardy has won 3 of the last 10. Xinyu Gao is searching for form, having lost 5 in a row (4 of the last 10).

Udvardy's 62.5% behind the first serve (against 56% for Gao) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Udvardy is exactly that — a lean.