Luciano Darderi crushes Facundo Bagnis 6-1 6-4 in the final in Cordoba on Sunday after playing a tremendous match to win his 2nd career title. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This is the first time that Darderi conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
The Italian added $ 35,635 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 85,535 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Luciano Darderi vs. Facundo Bagnis Cordoba Open – Cordoba
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:24
At the end of the match, Luciano scored 66 points vs. the Argentine’s 44.
Darderi
Luciano served very well to win 78% of the points (21/27) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (14/23) on his second serve. The Italian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Bagnis
On the other side, Bagnis was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Darderi and Bagnis is 2-1 for Luciano.
This was the 1st career title for the Italian. (see list of titles and finals). This was Bagnis’s 2nd final after he lost in Santiago 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Darderi conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Facundo Bagnis in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Darderi improved his lead after breaking Bagnis in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when the Italian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Darderi converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40). On the other side, Luciano didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Darderi conquered the set after winning 20 points more than Bagnis (31-11). The Italian surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). On the other side, Bagnis conceded 14 points on serve (5-14).
Darderi conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Facundo Bagnis in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Italian managed to stage a great comeback to break Bagnis in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Luciano converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Bagnis converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Luciano won just 2 more points than Bagnis (35-33). Darderi lost 9 points on serve (18-9). In addition, on the other side, Facundo conceded 17 points on serve (24-17).
