Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Sumit Nagal will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on PISTA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Llamas Ruiz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pablo Llamas Ruiz is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 1.48
Sumit Nagal -> 2.52

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Prediction and head to head Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Sumit Nagal

This will be the 2^nd time that Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Sumit Nagal face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Llamas Ruiz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Llamas Ruiz won 6-4 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Murcia Challenger back in March 2025.

Pablo Llamas Ruiz

Ranked no. 202, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ignacio Buse 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Llamas Ruiz had a good straight sets win against Buse (6-4 6-4). During the match, Llamas Ruiz scored 67 points vs Buse’s 52. Llamas Ruiz was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Llamas Ruiz scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Pablo Llamas Ruiz was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pablo was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Buse 3 times.

Llamas Ruiz has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (178-114). 23-12 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Llamas Ruiz has a composed147-79 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Llamas Ruiz’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Szczecin Challenger.

The Spaniard has an overall 29-20 win-loss record in 2025, 23-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Sumit Nagal

Ranked no. 289, the Indian got to the 2^nd round after beating Andres Santamarta Roig 6-4 6-2, Alexander Ritschard 6-4 1-6 7-5 and Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Merida Aguilar (6-3 6-1). During the match Nagal scored 58 points vs Merida Aguilar’s 40. Sumit was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Nagal scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sumit Nagal lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 86% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (4/7) on the 2nd serve. Nagal broke Merida Aguilar 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

The Indian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Trieste Challenger and the Tampere Challenger.

The Indian has an aggregate 33-26 win-loss record in 2025, 29-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Llamas Ruiz	Nagal
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	20	63
Pts	67-52	226-189
Total Points	119	415
Winners	29	99
%Winners	43%	44%

Llamas Ruiz played 1 match while Nagal competed in 3 matches. Nagal started his run from the qualifications while Llamas Ruiz had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sumit Nagal conceded 1 set while Pablo Llamas Ruiz hasn’t conceded a set so far. Llamas Ruiz has played 5 set(s) less than Nagal (2 vs 7). Therefore, Llamas Ruiz played 43 games less than Nagal. Pablo scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Sumit blasted 99 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Llamas Ruiz	Nagal
Aces	1	3
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	41/56	151/189
%1st in	73%	80%
1st pts	29/41	99/151
%1st pts	71%	66%
2nd pts	10/15	21/38
%2nd pts	67%	55%

Llamas Ruiz bagged 1 ace . Nagal also bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Llamas Ruiz won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Llamas Ruiz	Nagal
Won	3	13
Converted	3/3	13/32
% Converted	100%	41%
Conceded	1	15
Saved	0	9
% Saved	0%	60%
Times Broken	1	6

Llamas Ruiz broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Pablo conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Nagal conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Llamas Ruiz
	R1 Buse	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	67-52	67-52
Total points	119	119
Winners	29	29
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	41/56	41/56
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	29/41	29/41
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	10/15	10/15
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Nagal
	Q1 Santamarta	Q3 Ritschard	R1 Merida	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 1-6 7-5	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	18	29	16	63
pts	65-49	103-100	58-40	226-189
Total points	114	203	98	415
Winners	32	39	28	99
%Winners	49%	38%	48%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	1	3
Double Faults	0	0	1	1
1st in	43/55	65/84	43/50	151/189
% 1st in	78%	77%	86%	80%
1st pts	32/43	39/65	28/43	99/151
% 1st pts	74%	60%	65%	66%
2nd pts	7/12	10/19	4/7	21/38
% 2nd pts	58%	53%	57%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	5	5	13
Converted	3/8	5/17	5/7	13/32
Converted %	38%	29%	71%	41%
Conceded	2	11	2	15
Saved	2/2	6/11	1/2	9
Saved %	100%	55%	50%	205%
Times Broken	0	5	1	6

Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger

• Sumit NagalNagal – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Miguel DamasDamas (6-7² 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Tiago PereiraPereira (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Cezar CretuCretu (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Diego DeduraDedura (3-6 6-4 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Daniel RinconRincon (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 1-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Elmer MollerMoller (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Cezar CretuCretu (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Ivan GakhovGakhov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Henri SquireSquire – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Christoph NegrituNegritu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Sumit NagalNagal (1-0) – H2H and prediction