Jiri Vesely vanquishes Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Bastad on Tuesday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Yannick Hanfmann in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.
Jiri added to his prize money € 3,585 after winning this match. He has won already € 9,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jiri will add € 5,000 to his earnings to get in total € 14,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 63 points vs. Caruso’s 47.
Vesely
Jiri served extremely well to win 78% of the points (36/46) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 39% points (7/18) on his second serve. Vesely was exceptional in converting all the break points (3/3).
Caruso
On the other side, Caruso wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Vesely and Caruso is 3-0 for Jiri.
Draw and next match H2H: Jiri Vesely vs. Yannick Hanfmann – stats
Vesely will compete against Hanfmann in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Jiri Vesely and Yannick Hanfmann fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Vesely (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Vesely won 6-1 7-5 7-65 in the 1st round in Wimbledon back in June 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The Czech won the set after he broke Caruso in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game.
The Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Salvatore converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They played 65 points. Jiri won 7 points more than Caruso (36-29). Jiri surrendered 14 points on serve (26-14). on the other side of the court, Caruso conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Jiri in this set was too good for Caruso and finally he won 6-2
after breaking the Italian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.Caruso was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Czech was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Salvatore was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1
0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).They contested 45 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Italian (27-18). Jiri dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Caruso conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Tennis Scores in Bastad
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- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Mikael YmerYmer (1-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Dennis NovakNovak (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Pedro SousaSousa (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 6-76 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-2 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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- Elias YmerYmer – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H details and stats