Salvatore Caruso and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune will play each other in the 2^nd round of the San Marino Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune -> 1.56
Salvatore Caruso -> 2.43

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Prediction and head to head Salvatore Caruso vs. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune

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

Salvatore Caruso

Ranked no. 113, Caruso got to the 2^nd round after beating Quentin Halys 3-6 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Halys, Salvatore recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Caruso scored 99 points vs Halys’s 94. Salvatore was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Regarding the service games, Caruso scored 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Salvatore Caruso lost the serve 3 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Caruso put 68% of his first serves in, winning 63% (48/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Caruso broke Halys 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Caruso has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (320-254). 7-10 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Caruso has a composed195-138 record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Perugia Challenger.

The Italian has a compiled 10-17 win-loss record in 2021, 7-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the San Marino Challenger

Salvatore has never competed in this tournament before.

San Marino Challenger

Caruso's Record

Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune

Ranked no. 191, the Dane got to the 2^nd round after defeating Julien Cagnina 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Vitus Nodskov Rune had a good straight sets win against Cagnina (6-3 6-4). During the match Vitus Nodskov Rune scored 73 points vs Cagnina’s 58. Holger was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Vitus Nodskov Rune managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vitus Nodskov Rune put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. The Dane broke Cagnina 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Vitus Nodskov Rune’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Manacor,M15+H Bressuire,M25 Villena,the Oeiras 4 Challenger and the Biella 7 Challenger.

Holger has an overall 43-17 win-loss record in 2021, 30-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

San Marino Challenger

Vitus Nodskov Rune's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Caruso and Vitus Nodskov Rune played 1 match. At the moment, Salvatore Caruso surrendered 1 set while Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune hasn’t dropped a set so far. Caruso has played 1 set more than Vitus Nodskov Rune (3 vs 2). Therefore, Caruso played 6 games more than Vitus Nodskov Rune. Salvatore scored 48 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Vitus Nodskov Rune struck 26 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Caruso blasted 2 aces . Vitus Nodskov Rune struck 5 aces . Caruso won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Vitus Nodskov Rune won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Salvatore broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Salvatore dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Holger broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Holger conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Rank

534

High

76

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Win Loss

Caruso

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Vitus Nodskov Rune

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11 - 10

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8-9

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3-1

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Tennis Scores in San Marino Challenger

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• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Luca NardiNardi (7-6⁴ 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pavel KotovPavel – Roberto MarcoraRoberto (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesFelipe – Jay ClarkeJay (w/o) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Blaz RolaRola – Orlando LuzLuz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Joao MenezesMenezes – Francesco FortiForti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Hugo DellienDellien (0-1) – H2H and prediction

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