A spot in the next round is at stake on Tuesday, when Alexis Galarneau goes up against Pablo Llamas Ruiz in the Bloomfield Hills round of 32. Pablo Llamas Ruiz has dropped 2 straight and sits at 5-5 over the last ten. Alexis Galarneau comes in at 5 wins from the last ten.
There is no history here: this is their first tour-level meeting.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Ruiz fractionally more likely to land the big points.