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Prajnesh Gunneswaran#97 def. Salvatore Caruso#168

6-2 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 2019*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Score	6-2 3-6 6-2
Loser	Salvatore Caruso
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	Salvatore Caruso
Aces	7	4
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	65	60
First serve points won %	78	66
Second serve points won %	55	42
Break points saved %	33	55
Break points converted %	45	67
Service points won %	70	57
Return points won %	43	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	Salvatore Caruso
Country	IND	ITA
Birth date	Nov 12, 1989	Dec 15, 1992
Age	29	26
Height	188	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	97	168
Ranking points (entering)	601	316
Elo (entering)	1,607	1,488
Career W-L	7–21	19–44
Career earnings	$959,286	$1,986,102

Pre-match H2H

Prajnesh Gunneswaran 1 – 0 Salvatore Caruso

Path

Prajnesh Gunneswaran's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2019	Q1	Jason Jung	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Prajnesh Gunneswaran's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2019	R128	Benoit Paire	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Salvatore Caruso's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2019	Q1	Paolo Lorenzi	5-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data