Shintaro Mochizuki and Yosuke Watanuki meet in the quarterfinal at Jinan on Friday. Yosuke Watanuki comes in at 5 wins from the last ten. Shintaro Mochizuki is 4-6 across recent matches.

Hold strength tells the story — 76.5% versus 67.8% on first-serve points in Watanuki's favor. Mochizuki comes in off a compressed schedule; Watanuki comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Watanuki is exactly that — a lean.