Guido Pella wins against Salvatore Caruso 7-66 6-74 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris on Monday. Pella will play Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 2nd round.

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Pella clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Pella broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 8-6.

Tiebreak

Pella won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Italian won a minibreak in the 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Pella converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Pella saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Furthermore, on the other side, the Italian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 6th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 95 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Guido won just 3 points more than Salvatore (49-46). Guido dropped 16 points on serve (35-16). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 14 points on serve (30-14).

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Salvatore won the breaker at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Caruso won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Pella won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 4th (3-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Guido wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 40-A).

They contested 87 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Salvatore won just 1 point more than the Argentine (44-43). Caruso lost 16 points on serve (33-16). on the other side of the court, the Argentine conceded 11 points on serve (27-11).

Caruso had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Pella in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Guido was not done to come back to break Caruso 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Italian was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.

Pella was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Italian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 9th (5-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 79 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Pella won barely 1 point more than Salvatore (40-39). Pella dropped 20 points on serve (24-20). on the other side of the net, Caruso conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

Caruso started the set in the best possible way after breaking Pella in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Pella found the way to come back to break Caruso 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Argentine converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Salvatore was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).

They played 55 points. The Argentine won 11 points more than Caruso (33-22). Guido conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

Guido will add to his prize money € 24,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 84,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add € 42,000 to his earnings to get in total € 126,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pella
Caruso
7-66 6-74 7-5
6-4
3h:45
164
164
Total points
150
150
75
75
Winners
62
62
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
67
67
Unforced
56
56
54%
54%
Ratio Unforced
46%
46%
12/17
12/17
Net Approaches
21/32
21/32
71%
71%
Perc
66%
66%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
67%
67%
1st in
63%
63%
71%
71%
1st won
63%
63%
75/106
75/106
1st won
62/99
62/99
50%
50%
2nd won
54%
54%
26/52
26/52
2nd won
31/57
31/57
-- Break Points --
7/11
7/11
Total
5/11
5/11
64%
64%
Won
45%
45%
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At the end of the match, Guido scored 164 points vs. the Italian’s 150.

The Argentine didn’t lose the concentration in converting 64% of the break points that he conquered (7/11). On the other side, Salvatore was battling in converting his break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Guido Pella vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats

Pella will compete against Carreno-Busta in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Guido Pella and Pablo Carreno-Busta clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Carreno-Busta (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

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