Holger Rune vs Pablo Llamas Ruiz Prediction & Betting Tips - Open Sud de France

Prediction published on 31/01/2024, 06:06  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 31/01/2024 at 07:06 in Tennis Predictions

Top seed Holger Rune looks to avoid a shock exit in round two of the Open Sud de France. He takes on qualifier Pedro Llamis Ruiz for a place in the last eight of this indoor hard court tournament. Up next for the winner will be a match against either seventh seed Alexandre Muller or unseeded Michael Mmoh. Rune was ranked seventh at the start of this tournament for which he was given a wild card to enter. He's eager to get some time on court after losing to Arthur Cazaux in the second round of the Australian Open. Before that tournament he made it to the final in Brisbane but lost in straight sets to Grigor Dimitrov. Rune received a bye into the second round of this tournament.

Pedro Llamis Ruiz was down at 156th in the rankings before going into the qualifiers for the Open Sud de France. The Spaniard made smooth progress through qualifying winning both of his matches in straight sets and dropping five games in each one. That took him into a first round match against Richard Gasquet and he upset the home crowd with a straight sets win over the Frenchman. Those three wins have taken him up ro 146th in the live rankings, still 15 places below his career high. Ruiz began the year on the Challenger Tour and got to the quarter finals in Tenerife. In the Australian Open he lost to Gabriel Diallo in the first qualifying round. We tip Rune to win this mach in straight sets.