Over the last meetings Shin, Sanhui holds victories - 3, losses - 2. Arutiunian, Erik on the other hand ends the latest games with victories - 2, losses - 3. Based on the games played we can assume that Shin, Sanhui currently is in better form, unlike Arutiunian, Erik.
Shin, Sanhui: Keisuke Saitoh – (Loss 1:2), Ryotaro Taguchi – (Win 2:0), Hitesh Chauhan – (Win 2:1), Chang, Alexander – (Loss 0:2), Yuttana Charoenphon – (Win 2:0).
Arutiunian, Erik: Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong – (Win 0:2), Egor Pleshivtsev – (Win 0:2), Kenta Miyoshi – (Loss 0:2), Quinn Vandecasteele – (Loss 2:0), Justin Boulais – (Loss 0:2).Both contenders have moved to the round_of_32 while beating worthy opponents on their way there. In tournaments as Kazakhstan, Astana, Hard every game is meaningful which is why a great matchup awaits us.