Andrea Pellegrino and Salvatore Caruso will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrea Pellegrino who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andrea Pellegrino is the pick to win this match.
Andrea Pellegrino -> 1.5
Salvatore Caruso -> 2.46

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Prediction and head to head Andrea Pellegrino vs. Salvatore Caruso

This will be the 3^rd time that Andrea Pellegrino and Salvatore Caruso face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Caruso (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Caruso won 6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(3) in the quarter in Italy F9 (Santa Margherita Di Pula) back in 2017.

Andrea Pellegrino

Ranked no. 173, Pellegrino got to the 2^nd round after defeating Mate Valkusz 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Andrea had a good straight sets win against Valkusz (7-5 6-2). During the match, Pellegrino scored 73 points vs Valkusz’s 57. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pellegrino scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Andrea Pellegrino lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pellegrino put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Pellegrino broke Valkusz 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Pellegrino has winning record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (232-207). 6-7 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Pellegrino has an aggregate 190-145 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Italian has an aggregate 8-9 win-loss record in 2023, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger

Salvatore Caruso

Ranked no. 297, Salvatore got to the 2^nd round after defeating Dan Added 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Added (6-4 6-1). During the match Caruso scored 71 points vs Added’s 50. Caruso was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Caruso bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Salvatore Caruso lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Caruso put 55% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Salvatore broke Added 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Salvatore’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Manama Challenger.

The Italian has a compiled 13-11 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pellegrino	Caruso
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	17
Pts	73-57	71-50
Total Points	130	121
Winners	24	26
%Winners	33%	37%

Both Pellegrino and Caruso played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pellegrino and Caruso have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pellegrino played 3 games more than Caruso. Pellegrino scored 24 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Salvatore managed to score 26 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pellegrino	Caruso
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	5
1st in	35/58	32/58
%1st in	60%	55%
1st pts	24/35	26/32
%1st pts	69%	81%
2nd pts	12/23	12/26
%2nd pts	52%	46%

Pellegrino struck 1 ace . Caruso also struck 5 aces . Pellegrino won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Caruso won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pellegrino	Caruso
Won	5	4
Converted	5/11	4/9
% Converted	45%	44%
Conceded	4	2
Saved	2	1
% Saved	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	1

Pellegrino broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Pellegrino lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Salvatore broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Pellegrino
	R1 Valkusz	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	73-57	73-57
Total points	130	130
Winners	24	24
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	35/58	35/58
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	24/35	24/35
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Caruso
	R1 Added	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	71-50	71-50
Total points	121	121
Winners	26	26
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	32/58	32/58
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	26/32	26/32
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	12/26	12/26
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger

• Raphael CollignonCollignon – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-7⁵ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Dan AddedAdded (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (7-5 4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Kacper ZukZuk (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Gianmarco FerrariFerrari (7-6³ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-5 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Mate ValkuszValkusz (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-6⁵ 6-0) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Francesco FortiForti – Giovanni FonioFonio (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jelle SelsSels – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Gianluca MagerMager (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Francesco FortiForti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction