Unforgiving Luciano Darderi extinguishes Giron in the quarter to play vs Tiafoe at the US Men’s Clay Court Championship. HIGHLIGHTS – HOUSTON RESULTS

Luciano Darderi vanquishes Marcos Giron 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in Houston on Friday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Frances Tiafoe in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes.

Houston

Darderi's Record

Luciano added to his prize money $ 14,515 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 34,510 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Darderi will add $ 24,190 to his earnings to get in total $ 58,700.

Highlights Luciano Darderi vs. Marcos Giron US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Darderi

Giron

6-0 6-4
1h:26

73

73

Total points

50

50

21

21

Winners

27

27

29%

29%

Ratio Winners

54%

54%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

3

3

1

1

Double Faults

1

1

54%

54%

1st in

55%

55%

81%

81%

1st won

66%

66%

21/26

21/26

1st won

27/41

27/41

68%

68%

2nd won

32%

32%

15/22

15/22

2nd won

11/34

11/34

-- Break Points --

4/13

4/13

Total

0/1

0/1

31%

31%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, Luciano scored 73 points vs. Giron’s 50.

Darderi

Luciano served very well to win 81% of the points (21/26) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (15/22) on his second serve. The Italian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.

Giron

On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Darderi and Giron is 1-0 for Luciano.

Draw and next match H2H: Luciano Darderi vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats

Darderi will take on Tiafoe in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Frances Tiafoe since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

This set was completely uneven since Darderi conceded no games to the American before winning the set 6-0.

The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 15.

The Italian converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 4^th (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th game (5-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Darderi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 66 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than the American (41-25). Luciano surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 23 points on serve (17-23).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Luciano conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

Luciano converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6^th (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3^rd game (1-1 30-40).

They contested 57 points. Darderi conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Marcos (32-25). Darderi was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (18-4). In addition, on the other side, Marcos conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).

Tennis Scores in Houston

• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Marcos GironGiron (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-5 7-6⁹) – Stats and score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-6⁸ 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 0-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-0) – H2H details and stats