A spot in the next round is at stake on Thursday, when Andre Ilagan goes up against Liam Broady in the Newport round of 16. Liam Broady has won 6 of the last 10. Andre Ilagan is 7-3 across recent matches.
Liam Broady has had the better of this rivalry, winning 1 of 1 against Andre Ilagan.
Neither the serve numbers nor the ratings separate these two by much, which is why our number stays close to even. Ilagan comes in off a compressed schedule; Broady comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Broady is exactly that — a lean.