Casper Ruud and Lorenzo Sonego will square off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5 pm on Grand Stand Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.41
Lorenzo Sonego -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Lorenzo Sonego
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Lorenzo Sonego since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 34 (career high), Ruud got to the 2nd round after defeating Karen Khachanov 6-3 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Norwegian defeated Khachanov (6-3 3-6 6-1). During the match Ruud scored 88 points vs Khachanov’s 77. Casper was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ruud bagged 6 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the 2nd serve. Ruud broke Khachanov 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Ruud has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (206-130). 9-2 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a 132-73 record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the year was managing to win the title in Buenos Aires where he beat Pedro Sousa in the final 6-1 6-4.
Casper has a 14-7 win-loss record in 2020, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Ruud lost in the 3rd round to Juan Martin Del Potro.
Lorenzo Sonego
Ranked no. 47, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-3 6-1). During the match Sonego scored 62 points vs Basilashvili’s 41. Lorenzo was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Sonego made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Lorenzo Sonego was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sonego broke Basilashvili 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Lorenzo has a 3-8 win-loss record in 2020, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Lorenzo surrendered in the 1st round to Karen Khachanov.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 16 |
| Pts | 88-77 | 62-41 |
| Total Points | 165 | 103 |
| Winners | 32 | 23 |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% |
Both Ruud and Sonego played 1 match. At the moment, Casper Ruud lost 1 set while Lorenzo Sonego hasn’t lost a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set more than Sonego (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ruud played 9 games more than Sonego. The Norwegian scored 32 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Sonego struck 23 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 48/75 | 32/51 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 23/32 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 10/19 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 53% |
Ruud managed to score 6 aces . Sonego made 4 aces . Ruud won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Sonego won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/17 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 24% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 33% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Casper broke his opponent 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. Ruud lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Lorenzo broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Lorenzo conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | |||
| R1 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 88-77 | 88-77 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/75 | 48/75 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 4/17 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sonego | |||
| R1 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 62-41 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 23/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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