Dusan Lajovic and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Maspalomas Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on MASPALOMAS CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dusan Lajovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.39
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 2.9

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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz

There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Pablo Llamas Ruiz since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 103, the Serbian reached the semifinal after defeating Andrey Chepelev 6-3 6-4, Imanol Lopez Morillo 6-3 6-4 and Adrian Andreev w/o.

In the quarter, The Serbian defeated Andreev (w/o). During the match, Lajovic and Andreev scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 103 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Dusan was not very aggressive to strike just winners.

Talking about the service games, Lajovic wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Dusan Lajovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lajovic hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Lajovic has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (305-282). 22-15 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajovic has an aggregate 183-131 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Serbian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Parma Challenger and the Genova Challenger.

Dusan has a composed 28-30 win-loss record in 2022, 22-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Maspalomas Challenger

The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.

Pablo Llamas Ruiz

Ranked no. 417 (career-high), Pablo reached the semifinal after defeating Daniel Michalski 6-1 6-4, Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 7-6⁶ and Lorenzo Giustino 6-4 7-6⁷.

In the quarter, Llamas had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-4 7-6⁷). During the match Llamas scored 91 points vs Giustino’s 80. Llamas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Llamas recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Llamas put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Pablo broke Giustino 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

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

The Spaniard has a compiled 37-22 win-loss record in 2022, 35-18 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajovic	Llamas
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	6
Tot Games	38	63
Pts	148-118	244-203
Total Points	266	447
Winners	67	91
%Winners	45%	37%

Lajovic played 2 matches while Llamas competed in 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Lajovic has played 2 set(s) less than Llamas (4 vs 6). Therefore, Lajovic played 25 games less than Llamas. The Serbian scored 67 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo made 91 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajovic	Llamas
Aces	5	6
Avg per match	2.5	2
1st in	91/121	138/215
%1st in	75%	64%
1st pts	67/91	91/138
%1st pts	74%	66%
2nd pts	19/30	45/77
%2nd pts	63%	58%

Lajovic recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Llamas struck 6 aces (2 per match). Lajovic won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% 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 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajovic	Llamas
Won	5	11
Converted	5/20	11/27
% Converted	25%	41%
Conceded	7	16
Saved	6	10
% Saved	86%	63%
Times Broken	1	6

The Serbian broke his opponents 5 times with a 25% conversion rate. Dusan dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Pablo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajovic
	R1 Chepelev	R2 Lopez	1/4 Andreev	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-4	w/o
Tot Set	2	2	–	4
Tot Games	19	19	–	38
pts	78-60	70-58	–	148-118
Total points	138	128	–	266
Winners	28	39	–	67
%Winners	36%	56%	–	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	2	–	5
Double Faults	2	0	–	2
1st in	36/54	55/67	–	91/121
% 1st in	67%	82%	–	75%
1st pts	28/36	39/55	–	67/91
% 1st pts	78%	71%	–	74%
2nd pts	12/18	7/12	–	19/30
% 2nd pts	67%	58%	–	63%
Breaks
Won	3	2	–	5
Converted	3/15	2/5	–	5/20
Converted %	20%	40%	–	25%
Conceded	3	4	–	7
Saved	2/3	4/4	–	6
Saved %	67%	100%	–	56%
Times Broken	1	0	–	1

Llamas
	R1 Michalski	R2 Moro Canas	1/4 Giustino	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-4 7-66	6-4 7-67
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	23	23	63
pts	59-39	94-84	91-80	244-203
Total points	98	178	171	447
Winners	25	30	36	91
%Winners	42%	32%	40%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3	6
Double Faults	2	2	1	5
1st in	33/48	51/79	54/88	138/215
% 1st in	69%	65%	61%	64%
1st pts	25/33	30/51	36/54	91/138
% 1st pts	76%	59%	67%	66%
2nd pts	13/15	16/28	16/34	45/77
% 2nd pts	87%	57%	47%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	11
Converted	3/4	4/14	4/9	11/27
Converted %	75%	29%	44%	41%
Conceded	2	6	8	16
Saved	2/2	3/6	5/8	10
Saved %	100%	50%	63%	71%
Times Broken	0	3	3	6

Tennis Scores in Maspalomas Challenger

• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Steven DiezDiez – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-2 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Vit KoprivaKopriva (w/o) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (w/o) – See score progression
• Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Bart StevensNiklas-Salminen/Bart Stevens – Theo Arribage/Titouan DroguetArribage/Titouan Droguet (6-7⁴ 6-4 10-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Steven DiezDiez (4-4) – H2H and prediction