Luciano Darderi outpaces Duje Ajdukovic 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Umag on Tuesday after playing a tremendous match to face off with Jakub Mensik in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes.
The Italian added to his prize money € 3,950 after winning this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, Luciano will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.
Highlights Luciano Darderi vs. Duje Ajdukovic Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Darderi scored 62 points vs. Ajdukovic’s 37.
Darderi
Darderi was absolutely great in converting all the break points (4/4).
Ajdukovic
On the other side, Duje wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Darderi and Ajdukovic is 1-0 for Luciano.
Draw and next match H2H: Luciano Darderi vs. Jakub Mensik – stats
Darderi will square off with Mensik in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Darderi overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Duje Ajdukovic in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Darderi managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Ajdukovic in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).Ajdukovic was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.
The Italian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Duje was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 46 points. Luciano conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Duje (30-16). The Italian conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Duje conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Darderi started the set in the best possible way after breaking Duje Ajdukovic in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Darderi was not done to come back to break Ajdukovic in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).Duje was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-4 to 6-4.
The Italian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Ajdukovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They contested 53 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Ajdukovic (32-21). Luciano lost 9 points on serve (19-9). On the losing side, Ajdukovic conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Tennis Scores in Umag
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-4 6-3)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-1 6-4)
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (4-6 6-3 6-2)
- Matej DodigDodig – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (3-6 6-3 6-2)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-2)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-2 6-3)
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-4 3-6 6-2)
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Tomas MachacMachac (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-2 6-71 7-69)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 4-6 7-68)
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-2 7-5)
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-68 6-4)
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