TENNIS SCORES. Caruso dispatches Alcaraz in the quarter in the Seville Challenger

SEVILLE CHALLENGER. Caruso prevails over Alcaraz to take on Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Salvatore Caruso vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia

Salvatore Caruso conquers Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 4-6 7-64 6-4 in the quarter in Seville Challenger on Friday. Caruso will play Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Spaniard won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Alcaraz broke back 4 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Alcaraz failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 0.

2nd set.

The Italian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Italian broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 4.

3rd set.

Caruso was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Alcaraz in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Salvatore to win the set because Carlos found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Salvatore kept his focus to break the Spaniard in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Salvatore scored 112 points vs. the Spaniard’s 102 points.

Caruso was effective in converting 70% of the break points that he conquered (7/10). On the other side, Alcaraz was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 39% of his break points (7/18). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Caruso and Alcaraz is 1-0.

Next Match: Salvatore Caruso vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats

Caruso will fight against Davidovich Fokina in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Salvatore Caruso and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

The last time that they competed against each other, Davidovich Fokina won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Szczecin Challenger back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Seville Challenger

  • Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (4-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
  • Carlos TabernerTaberner – Inigo CervantesCervantes (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
  • Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
  • Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez (w/o) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

  • Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – See H2H details