Salvatore Caruso topples Tomas Machac 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Parma Challenger on Wednesday. Caruso is going to play against Laslo Djere in the quarter.
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Caruso had a great start in this set after breaking Machac in the 1st game (1-0). Salvatore managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Machac in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Italian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tomas was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 54 points. Salvatore was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Tomas (33-21). Salvatore dropped 7 points on serve (19-7). On the losing side, Tomas conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Salvatore won the set after he broke the Czech in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Tomas tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, the Italian stayed solid to win the set 7-5.
Salvatore converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Machac converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 89 points. Caruso was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Machac (49-40). Salvatore dropped 11 points on serve (24-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Machac conceded 25 points on serve (29-25).
The Italian will add to his prize money € 1,530 after conquering this match. He has won already € 3,710 after this win. If he wins the next match, Salvatore will add € 2,660 to his earnings to get in total € 6,370 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Caruso scored 82 points vs. Machac’s 61.
Salvatore won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Tomas wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Caruso and Machac is 1-0 for Salvatore.
Draw and next match H2H: Salvatore Caruso vs. Laslo Djere – stats
Caruso will compete against Djere in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Salvatore Caruso and Laslo Djere face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Djere (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Djere won 7-67 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome Challenger back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Parma Challenger
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Gianluca MagerMager (4-6 6-3 3-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Sumit NagalNagal (7-5 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Tomas MachacMachac (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Filippo BaldiBaldi (0-0) – H2H details and stats
