Luciano Darderi upsets Sebastian Baez 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Cordoba on Saturday. Darderi will face Facundo Bagnis in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Darderi added to his prize money $ 20,565 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 49,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 35,635 to his earnings to get in total $ 85,535 in total.
Highlights Luciano Darderi vs. Sebastian Baez Cordoba Open – Cordoba
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:22
At the end of the match, Darderi scored 94 points vs. the Argentine’s 82.
Darderi
The Italian was sharp when converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).
Baez
On the other side, the Argentine was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Darderi and Baez is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Luciano Darderi vs. Facundo Bagnis – stats
Darderi will take on Bagnis in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Luciano Darderi and Facundo Bagnis fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Darderi and Bagnis (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Luciano was too good to drop only 1 game before breaking Baez 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Baez was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Italian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Sebastian was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 66 points. Darderi was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the Argentine (38-28). Darderi dropped 17 points on serve (27-17). on the other side of the court, Sebastian conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Darderi came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Sebastian to win the set because the Italian found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Baez maintained his focus to break Darderi in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
Baez was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Luciano was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 55 points. Sebastian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the Italian (30-25). The Argentine surrendered 7 points on serve (14-7). On the losing side, Darderi conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Luciano won the set after he broke Sebastian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Baez tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Darderi didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.
The Italian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Baez was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 55 points. Darderi conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Sebastian (31-24). Luciano conceded 9 points on serve (16-9). In addition, on the other side, Sebastian conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Tennis Scores in Cordoba
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Federico CoriaCoria (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
