Staunch Luciano Darderi outlasts Shapovalov in the 1st round to play vs Navone. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Darderi survives Shapovalov to play Mariano Navone in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Denis Shapovalov

Luciano Darderi survives Denis Shapovalov 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Rome on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Darderi will engage against Mariano Navone in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 10 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Darderi
Rome
Darderi's Record

Luciano added to his prize money € 9,895 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,255 after this win. If he wins the next match, Darderi will add € 21,410 to his earnings to get in total € 51,665 in total.

Highlights Luciano Darderi vs. Denis Shapovalov Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Darderi
Shapovalov
Luciano Darderi
6-74 6-3 7-64
3h:10
Denis Shapovalov
125
125
Total points
117
117
43
43
Winners
46
46
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
5
5
Double Faults
14
14
54%
54%
1st in
55%
55%
64%
64%
1st won
70%
70%
43/67
43/67
1st won
46/66
46/66
50%
50%
2nd won
36%
36%
28/56
28/56
2nd won
19/53
19/53
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
4/12
4/12
55%
55%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Italian scored 125 points vs. Denis’s 117.

Darderi

Darderi was effective at converting 55% of the break points that he procured (6/11).

Shapovalov

On the other side, Denis was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Darderi and Shapovalov is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Luciano Darderi vs. Mariano Navone – stats

Darderi will compete against Navone in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Luciano Darderi and Mariano Navone fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Navone (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Navone won 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in Atp cup back in May 2024.

Luciano Darderi Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Darderi commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Denis Shapovalov in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Canadian to win the set since Darderi succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Denis kept his cool to break Darderi in the 3rd (2-1) game before winning the set (7-6).

Shapovalov was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (1-1 0-40). In addition on the other side, Luciano was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 104 points. The Canadian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Italian (56-48). Shapovalov dropped 25 points on serve (35-25). On the other side, Luciano conceded 21 points on serve (23-21).

The Italian won the set after he broke Denis in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.

Darderi was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Darderi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. The Italian won 14 points more than Denis (31-17). The Italian conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, Denis conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

Darderi won the set after he broke Denis in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Notwithstanding, Luciano stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Italian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Canadian won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Darderi converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Denis converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 90 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Luciano won just 2 more points than Shapovalov (46-44). The Italian surrendered 22 points on serve (26-22). In addition, on the other side, Shapovalov conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).

 

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