Joao Domingues and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will square off in the 2^nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Domingues who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Domingues is the pick to win this match.
Joao Domingues -> 1.45
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 2.67

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Prediction and head to head Joao Domingues vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz

There is no head to head record between Joao Domingues and Pablo Llamas Ruiz since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Joao Domingues

Ranked no. 274, Joao got to the 2^nd round after defeating Vit Kopriva 5-7 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Kopriva, Joao recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-2). During the match, Domingues scored 100 points vs Kopriva’s 90. Domingues was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Domingues scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Joao Domingues lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Domingues put 60% of his first serves in, winning 71% (37/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Kopriva 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).

Domingues has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (332-233). 22-16 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Domingues has an aggregate 214-159 record in the last years on clay.

The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Salvador De Bahia Challenger.

The Portuguese has an overall 22-19 win-loss record in 2022, 22-16 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Braga Challenger

Pablo Llamas Ruiz

Ranked no. 511, Llamas got to the 2^nd round after beating Jaime Faria 6-4 6-1, Raphael Collignon 6-4 3-6 7-5 and Pedro Araujo 3-6 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Araujo, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Llamas scored 81 points vs Araujo’s 70. Llamas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Llamas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Llamas put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Llamas broke Araujo 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Llamas’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Mataro.

Pablo has an overall 26-18 win-loss record in 2022, 24-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braga Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Domingues	Llamas
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	8
Tot Games	30	72
Pts	100-90	232-197
Total Points	190	429
Winners	37	88
%Winners	37%	38%

Domingues played 1 match while Llamas competed in 3 matches. Llamas started his run from the qualifications while Domingues had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Joao Domingues surrendered 1 set, while Pablo Llamas Ruiz dropped 2 sets. Domingues has played 5 set(s) less than Llamas (3 vs 8). Therefore, Domingues played 42 games less than Llamas. Joao scored 37 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo recorded 88 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Domingues	Llamas
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	1.7
1st in	52/86	134/206
%1st in	60%	65%
1st pts	37/52	88/134
%1st pts	71%	66%
2nd pts	14/34	33/72
%2nd pts	41%	46%

Domingues bagged 1 ace . Llamas also struck 5 aces (1.7 per match). Domingues won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Llamas won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Domingues	Llamas
Won	7	20
Converted	7/18	20/31
% Converted	39%	65%
Conceded	8	18
Saved	3	6
% Saved	38%	33%
Times Broken	5	12

Joao broke his opponent 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Joao dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo broke his opponents 20 times with a 65% conversion rate. Pablo conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Domingues
	R1 Kopriva	Total
Score	5-7 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	100-90	100-90
Total points	190	190
Winners	37	37
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	52/86	52/86
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	37/52	37/52
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	14/34	14/34
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/18	7/18
Converted %	39%	39%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	3/8	3
Saved %	38%	38%
Times Broken	5	5

Llamas
	Q1 Faria	Q3 Collignon	R1 Araujo	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-4 3-6 7-5	3-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	17	31	24	72
pts	55-41	96-86	81-70	232-197
Total points	96	182	151	429
Winners	20	36	32	88
%Winners	36%	38%	40%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	1	5
Double Faults	2	2	6	10
1st in	31/48	57/86	46/72	134/206
% 1st in	65%	66%	64%	65%
1st pts	20/31	36/57	32/46	88/134
% 1st pts	65%	63%	70%	66%
2nd pts	11/17	10/29	12/26	33/72
% 2nd pts	65%	34%	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	9	6	20
Converted	5/6	9/14	6/11	20/31
Converted %	83%	64%	55%	65%
Conceded	3	10	5	18
Saved	2/3	2/10	2/5	6
Saved %	67%	20%	40%	127%
Times Broken	1	8	3	12

Tennis Scores in Braga Challenger

• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Benoit PairePaire (7-5 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jelle SelsSels – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranNicolas – Alexandre MullerAlexandre (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Joao DominguesDomingues (0-0) – H2H and prediction