TENNIS SCORES. Casper Ruud victorious over Caruso in the 2nd round in St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG OPEN - ST. PETERSBURG. Ruud aces Caruso to play Borna Coric in the quarter

Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Salvatore Caruso

Casper Ruud bests Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Ruud will clash against Borna Coric in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Norwegian won the set after he broke Salvatore in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Caruso tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Casper kept the focus before winning the set 6-3.

2nd set.

Ruud was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Caruso in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Ruud to win the set since Salvatore found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Casper kept his focus to break Salvatore in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 59 points vs. Salvatore’s 47 points.

Casper didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, the Italian was pretty effective in converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Ruud and Caruso is 1-0 for Casper.

Next Match: Casper Ruud vs. Borna Coric – stats

Ruud will square off with Coric in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Borna Coric since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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