Stefanos Tsitsipas outpaces Salvatore Caruso 6-0 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday after playing a good match to clash against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
There was not much story in this set after Stefanos conceded no games to Caruso before winning the set 6-0.
2nd set.
Tsitsipas in this set was too strong for Salvatore and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Caruso in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
3rd set.
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Greek conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).
Tsitsipas was unable to break the Italian in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 88 points vs. Salvatore’s 49 points.
Tsitsipas served very well to win 92% of the points (33/36) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. The Greek won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 46% (6/13). On the other side, Salvatore wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Caruso is 1-0 for Stefanos.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Salvatore Caruso Australian Open – Melbourne
Tsitsipas’s Interview
Next Match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber – stats
Tsitsipas will compete against Kohlschreiber in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Philipp Kohlschreiber square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-3 7-64 in the quarter in Stockholm back in 2018.
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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- Richard BerankisBerankis – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 3-6 6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Marcos GironGiron (7-5 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andrew HarrisHarris (6-3 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Guido PellaPella – John-Patrick SmithSmith (6-3 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-77 6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-0 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
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- Roger FedererFederer – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (3-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
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