Thursday's Iasi round of 16 pits Taro Daniel against Zdenek Kolar on clay. Taro Daniel has won 6 in a row and 8 of the last 10 overall. Zdenek Kolar is 5-5 across recent matches.
This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.
Neither the serve numbers nor the ratings separate these two by much, which is why our number stays close to even. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Daniel is exactly that — a lean.