ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Luciano Darderi gets the pass for the quarterfinals of the Asb Classic, Atp 250 tournament with a prize pool of $700.045, which is disputed on the concrete fields of Auckland, New Zealand. He reassembled a set and a break of disadvantage, thus becoming the third Italian in the quarterfinals.
On the Italian night the 23-year-old Italian Argentinean of Villa Gesell, number 24 of the rankings and fourth favorite of seeding, at the first tournament of the year, beat 1-6 7-5 6-3, in the second round the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, 81 Atp, in tabellone thanks to a wild card, after being under 1-3 in the second set. Tabilo in the first round had set the Argentine Ugo Camillo Carabelli (number 47 Atp). In the quarters, Darderi will face for the third time the American Marcos Giron, number 60 of the world who defeated in the first direct confrontation in Houston in 2024. The 32-year-old Californian Thousand Oaks won the most recent challenge last year in Eastbourne on grass. At the beginning of the season, Darderi got his first victory from October and reached his eleventh quarter final in the Atp circuit, the first outside the beaten land.
“It was a really difficult game,” said Darderi at the end of the match. “It was the first game of the year, the first set was very complicated. At first I felt very tense in the field. The second set was decisive. I was under 1-3, but I managed to tear his service and stay mentally focused. In the second part of the match I finally managed to play very well. Alejandro is a great player, I am very happy with my performance today”, his words from Supertennis.
COCCIARETTO AI QUARTI AD HOBART
Elisabetta Cocciaretto at the quarterfinals of the “Hobart International”, Wta 250 tournament with a prize pool of 283.347 dollars that is playing on the concrete fields of the capital of Tasmania (Australia). The 24-year-old of Fermo, number 80 Wta, finalist in 2023 but in this edition of qualifying, after having set in two sets at the debut in the main draw the Japanese qualified Shimizu (425 Wta), in the Italian night in the second round beat in reassembly for 1-6 7-5, in two hours and eleven minutes, the American Ann Li, number 38 of the ranking and fourth favorite of the seeding, Guangzhou On Thursday, the Marchena will play a semi-final place with Hungarian Anna Bondar, 75 Wta, who eliminated for 76(7) 75, in over two hours and a quarter of the game, German veteran Tatiana Maria, 42 of the ranking and sixth favorite seeding.
The British driver Emma Raducanu, number 29 Wta, debuted by the Colombian Camila Osorio (63 76): immediately outside the American McCartney Kessler, number 31 Wta and second series, as well as outgoing champion, eliminated 6-4 per third by Olga Danilovic, number 68 of the ranking.
VAVASSORI ELIMINATO AD ADELAIDE
The brilliant journey of Andrea Vavassori (336) in Atp 250 in Adelaide stops at the end. The blue was exceeded for 62 76 (5) in an hour and 45 minutes by Australian Aleksandar Vukic (87). On the next Monday ranking Vavassori will pop up almost 50 positions attesting around the number 290 of the world. Vukic will face the American Tommy Paul, second serial head and number 21 Atp.
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