Salvatore Caruso and Michael Vrbensky will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Forli Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4 pm on Center Court. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Salvatore Caruso who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Salvatore Caruso is the pick to win this match.
Salvatore Caruso -> 1.46
Michael Vrbensky -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Salvatore Caruso vs. Michael Vrbensky
There is no head to head record between Salvatore Caruso and Michael Vrbensky since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Salvatore Caruso
Ranked no. 84 (career high), Caruso reached the 2nd round after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 7-66 7-67.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (7-66 7-67).-108) than Sanchez-Izquierdo. In fact, the world no. 84 won 108 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s. That means that Caruso was more focused during the important points. Salvatore was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Caruso scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Salvatore Caruso lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Caruso put 61% of his first serves in, winning 65% (42/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (17/42) on the 2nd serve. Salvatore broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
Caruso has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (300-229). 3-4 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Caruso has a 183-124 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Salvatore has a 10-12 win-loss record in 2020, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
The Italian didn’t compete in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
Michael Vrbensky
Ranked no. 308, Vrbensky got to the 2nd round after beating Tim Van Rijthoven 6-3 5-7 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Czech defeated Van Rijthoven (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match Vrbensky scored 102 points vs Van Rijthoven’s 98. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Vrbensky scored 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 54% of his first serves in, winning 77% (47/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (17/53) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Van Rijthoven 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
The Czech has a 15-11 win-loss record in 2020, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
Vrbensky didn’t play in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Caruso | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 30 |
| Pts | 108-110 | 102-98 |
| Total Points | 218 | 200 |
| Winners | 42 | 47 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Both Caruso and Vrbensky played 1 match. At the moment, Michael Vrbensky lost 1 set while Salvatore Caruso hasn’t lost a set so far. Caruso has played 1 set(s) less than Vrbensky (2 vs 3). Therefore, Caruso played 4 games less than Vrbensky. Caruso scored 42 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Michael managed to score 47 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Caruso | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 65/107 | 61/114 |
| %1st in | 61% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 42/65 | 47/61 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 17/42 | 17/53 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 32% |
Caruso struck 1 ace . Vrbensky also struck 2 aces . Caruso won 65% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 32% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Caruso | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/16 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 25% | 60% |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 12 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Caruso broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. Caruso lost his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Caruso | |||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 108-110 | 108-110 | |
| Total points | 218 | 218 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/107 | 65/107 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 42/65 | 42/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/42 | 17/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 4/16 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Vrbensky | |||
| R1 Van Rijthoven |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 102-98 | 102-98 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 61/114 | 61/114 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 47/61 | 47/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/53 | 17/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 12/16 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-2 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Jules OkalaOkala (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (7-66 7-67) – See score progression
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- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Tsung-Hua YangYang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
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- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Viktor GalovicGalovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-5 3-6 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
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