Luciano Darderi beats Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(3) 7-6(4) in the final in Marrakech on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Darderi added € 37,785 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 90,675 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Luciano Darderi vs. Tallon Griekspoor Grand Prix Hassan II – Marrakech
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Luciano won this match even if he conquered the same amount of points of Tallon (82 vs. 82).
Darderi
Darderi was exceptional in converting the only break point that he conquered.
Griekspoor
On the other side, the Dutch was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Darderi and Griekspoor is 1-2 for Tallon.
This was the 2nd career title for the Italian. (see list of titles and finals). Tallon remains with 2nd titles after he conquered the tournament in Pune 2023 and in ‘s 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Darderi won the set after he broke Griekspoor in the 9th (5-4) game. Tallon tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Darderi kept the situation under control to win the set 7-6.
Darderi failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4
to be broken at 0.Luciano was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 40-A). Also, on the other side, Tallon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 0-40).
They played 86 points. This set was so close that, Darderi won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Luciano surrendered 18 points on serve (31-18
). on the other side of the net, Griekspoor conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the Italian won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 11th (7-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Tallon was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 78 points. It’s worth to point out that, Darderi won this set even if he scored less points 4 than the Dutch (37-41). Darderi lost 11 points on serve (28-11). On the losing side, Tallon conceded 9 points on serve (30-9).