Jorge Flores edged Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 in Guangzhou, winning the sets that mattered despite being outdone on serve across the match. Trongcharoenchaikul hit 11 aces to his opponent's four and won more service points overall (61 to 52), but Flores took the opening tie-break and the decider.
Neither player converted a break point in the first set, which ran on serve to 6-6 before Flores claimed the tie-break. Trongcharoenchaikul then produced the cleanest passage of the match, converting twice and reeling off five games in a row to take the second set 6-1. In the third Flores made the single decisive break, and Trongcharoenchaikul, who saved three of four break points in that set, could not find a break of his own.
The standout number belongs to the loser: 11 aces, 5/6 break points saved and 81% of first-serve points won for Trongcharoenchaikul, all without a win. Flores got home on the back of his second-serve returns, taking 15 of 33 (45%) across the match.