Fajing Sun faces Jie Cui in the Jinan round of 32 on hard. Fajing Sun is the paper favourite — ranked #303, a roughly 120-point hard Elo advantage — but Jie Cui has won 5 of their 7 previous meetings. Recent hard form is closely matched.
Hard: Cui J. leads 4–1 · Clay: level 1–1
Umpiry, "Fajing Sun vs Jie Cui — Jinan Round of 32", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-10-12/cui-vs-sun-jinan-r32?utm_source=cite (as of 12 October 2026).