Learner Tien and Micah Braswell will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.156
Micah Braswell -> 4.75

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Micah Braswell

This will be the 2^nd time that Learner Tien and Micah Braswell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tien (see full H2H stats

), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tien won 6-2 7-6(6) in the 2^nd round in the Tiburon Challenger back in October 2024.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Learner got to the 2^nd round after beating Max Wiskandt 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Tien had a good straight sets win against Wiskandt (6-4 6-2). During the match, Tien scored 74 points vs Wiskandt’s 57. Tien was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tien made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Learner Tien lost the serve once. Furthermore, Tien put 73% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. Learner broke Wiskandt 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Tien has a fantastic record in the last 3 years having won 76% of his matches (99-31). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tien has a composed15-4 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he overcame Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Las Vegas Challenger where he defeated Tristan Boyer in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3 and the Fairfield Challenger where he defeated Bernard Tomic in the final 6-0 6-1.

Learner has an overall 57-10 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Micah Braswell

Ranked no. 552, Micah got to the 2^nd round after defeating Bor Artnak 6-3 6-4, Blaz Rola 6-2 7-6(1) and Beibit Zhukayev 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Micah had a good straight sets win against Zhukayev (7-5 6-4). During the match Braswell scored 77 points vs Zhukayev’s 64. Micah was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Braswell blasted 5 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Micah Braswell was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Zhukayev 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Micah’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Wichita.

The American has a compiled 25-12 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tien	Braswell
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	18	62
Pts	74-57	214-172
Total Points	131	386
Winners	31	88
%Winners	42%	41%

Tien played 1 match while Braswell competed in 3 matches. Braswell started his run from the qualifications while Tien had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Tien has played 4 set(s) less than Braswell (2 vs 6). Therefore, Tien played 44 games less than Braswell. Learner scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Micah fired 88 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tien	Braswell
Aces	5	21
Avg per match	5	7
1st in	41/56	114/189
%1st in	73%	60%
1st pts	31/41	88/114
%1st pts	76%	77%
2nd pts	6/15	45/75
%2nd pts	40%	60%

Tien recorded 5 aces . Braswell scored 21 aces (7 per match). Tien won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Braswell won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tien	Braswell
Won	4	8
Converted	4/12	8/25
% Converted	33%	32%
Conceded	1	17
Saved	0	15
% Saved	0%	88%
Times Broken	1	2

Tien broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Tien surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Braswell broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. Braswell conceded his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Tien
	R1 Wiskandt	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	74-57	74-57
Total points	131	131
Winners	31	31
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	41/56	41/56
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	31/41	31/41
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	6/15	6/15
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Braswell
	Q1 Artnak	Q3 Rola	R1 Zhukayev	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-2 7-61	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	19	21	22	62
pts	61-49	76-59	77-64	214-172
Total points	110	135	141	386
Winners	20	37	31	88
%Winners	33%	49%	40%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	11	5	21
Double Faults	0	0	0	0
1st in	25/51	47/71	42/67	114/189
% 1st in	49%	66%	63%	60%
1st pts	20/25	37/47	31/42	88/114
% 1st pts	80%	79%	74%	77%
2nd pts	17/26	12/24	16/25	45/75
% 2nd pts	65%	50%	64%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	8
Converted	3/10	2/7	3/8	8/25
Converted %	30%	29%	38%	32%
Conceded	1	6	10	17
Saved	0/1	6/6	9/10	15
Saved %	0%	100%	90%	190%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2

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• Jay ClarkeClarke – Bernard TomicTomic (4-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mark LajalLajal – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

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