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Taro Daniel #120 def. Salvatore Caruso #146

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 2022*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q3
Winner	Taro Daniel
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Salvatore Caruso
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Taro Daniel	Salvatore Caruso
Aces	15	3
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	69	61
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	61	40
Break points saved %	75	40
Break points converted %	60	25
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Taro Daniel	Salvatore Caruso
Country	JPN	ITA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1993	Dec 15, 1992
Age	28	29
Height	191	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	120	146
Ranking points (entering)	606	458
Elo (entering)	1,679	1,647
Career W-L	81–146	19–44
Career earnings	$5,051,997	$1,986,199

Pre-match H2H

Taro Daniel 0 – 0 Salvatore Caruso

Path

Taro Daniel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2022	Q2	Gian Marco Moroni	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2022	Q1	Andrea Arnaboldi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Taro Daniel's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2022	R128	Tomas Barrios Vera	7-6(5) 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Salvatore Caruso's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2022	Q2	Juan Pablo Ficovich	7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2022	Q1	Blaz Rola	3-6 6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data