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H2H, PREDICTION Salvatore Caruso vs Yuichi Sugita | Antwerp odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Antwerp. Caruso and Sugita will fight against each other in the qualifications of the European Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

19 October 2020

Prediction and head to head Salvatore Caruso vs. Yuichi Sugita

Salvatore Caruso and Yuichi Sugita will face off in the qualifications of the European Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.51
Yuichi Sugita -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Salvatore Caruso vs. Yuichi Sugita

There is no head to head record between Salvatore Caruso and Yuichi Sugita since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Salvatore Caruso

Ranked no. 77 (career high), the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Michael Geerts 7-6⁵ 6-4.

In the qualifications, Salvatore had a good straight sets win against Geerts (7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match Caruso scored 89 points vs Geerts’s 81. Caruso was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Caruso blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Salvatore Caruso lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Caruso put 53% of his first serves in, winning 72% (34/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (18/41) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Geerts 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Caruso has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (306-233). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Caruso has a 35-41 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Parma Challenger.

Caruso has a 16-16 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Antwerp

Salvatore lost in the qualifications to Yannick Maden.

Yuichi Sugita

Ranked no. 99, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Nicholas David Ionel 4-6 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications against David Ionel, Yuichi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Sugita scored 85 points vs David Ionel’s 69. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Sugita recorded 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yuichi Sugita lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sugita put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. Sugita broke David Ionel 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Yuichi’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Noumea Challenger.

The Japanese has a 11-12 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Antwerp

Sugita didn’t play in Antwerp in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Caruso	Sugita
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	23	25
Pts	89-81	85-69
Total Points	170	154
Winners	34	39
%Winners	38%	46%

Both Caruso and Sugita played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yuichi Sugita dropped 1 set while Salvatore Caruso hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Caruso has played 1 set(s) less than Sugita (2 vs 3). Therefore, Caruso played 2 games less than Sugita. Salvatore scored 34 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sugita blasted 39 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Caruso	Sugita
Aces	6	6
Avg per match	6	6
1st in	47/88	60/90
%1st in	53%	67%
1st pts	34/47	39/60
%1st pts	72%	65%
2nd pts	18/41	18/30
%2nd pts	44%	60%

Caruso made 6 aces . Sugita struck 6 aces . Caruso won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Sugita won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Caruso	Sugita
Won	3	5
Converted	3/6	5/7
% Converted	50%	71%
Conceded	4	7
Saved	2	5
% Saved	50%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Caruso broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Salvatore dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yuichi broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Sugita conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

	Q1 Geerts	Total
Caruso
Score	7-6⁵ 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	89-81	89-81
Total points	170	170
Winners	34	34
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	47/88	47/88
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	34/47	34/47
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	18/41	18/41
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

	Q1 David	Total
Sugita
Score	4-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	85-69	85-69
Total points	154	154
Winners	39	39
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	60/90	60/90
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	39/60	39/60
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	18/30	18/30
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2