A spot in the next round is at stake on Friday, when Quentin Halys goes up against Vit Kopriva in the Cincinnati first round. Quentin Halys brings a 6-match winning streak into this one, 8-2 across the last ten. Vit Kopriva comes in at 3 wins from the last ten.

The serve is where this match separates: Halys has been winning 77.3% of first-serve points to Kopriva's 66.5%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Little separates them; Halys gets the nod on the finest of margins.