Luciano Darderi upsets Cerundolo in the semifinal to play vs De Jong at the Nordea Open. HIGHLIGHTS – BASTAD RESULTS

Luciano Darderi surprises Francisco Cerundolo 6-2 3-6 7-6(3) in the semifinal in Bastad on Saturday. Darderi will engage against Jesper De Jong in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes.

Bastad

Darderi's Record

The Italian added to his prize money € 21,800 after winning this match. He has already won € 52,890 after this win. If he wins the next match, Luciano will add € 37,785 to his earnings to get in total € 90,675 in total.

Highlights Luciano Darderi vs. Francisco Cerundolo Nordea Open – Bastad

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Darderi

Cerundolo

6-2 3-6 7-6³
2h:33

100

100

Total points

92

92

41

41

Winners

33

33

41%

41%

Ratio Winners

36%

36%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

1

1

1

1

Double Faults

5

5

58%

58%

1st in

58%

58%

73%

73%

1st won

59%

59%

41/56

41/56

1st won

33/56

33/56

40%

40%

2nd won

50%

50%

16/40

16/40

2nd won

20/40

20/40

-- Break Points --

6/11

6/11

Total

5/14

5/14

55%

55%

Won

36%

36%

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At the end of the match, Luciano scored 100 points vs. Cerundolo’s 92.

Darderi

The Italian was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that he procured (6/11).

Cerundolo

On the other side, Cerundolo wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Darderi and Cerundolo is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Luciano Darderi vs. Jesper De Jong – stats

Darderi will compete against De Jong in the final.

There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Jesper De Jong since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Darderi was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Francisco Cerundolo in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for the Italian to win the set because Francisco succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (2-2) game. Luciano kept his cool to break the Argentine in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Francisco was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Luciano converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7^th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Francisco converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4^th game (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 57 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Cerundolo (32-25). Darderi dropped 9 points on serve (15-9). on the other side of the net, Francisco conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).

Darderi started the set in the best possible way after breaking Francisco Cerundolo in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Argentine to win the set since Darderi managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. The Argentine maintained his cool to break Luciano in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

The Italian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.

The Argentine was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8^th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (6-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Luciano was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (0-2 15-40) and the 5^th game (2-2 40-A).

They contested 55 points. The Argentine won 7 points more than the Italian (31-24). The Argentine conceded 9 points on serve (15-9). On the other side, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

The Italian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Darderi broke back in the 8^th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-3.

Tiebreak

The Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0) and 10^th (7-3) point.

Darderi won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

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

Luciano was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40) and the 8^th game (3-4 0-40). On the other side, the Argentine converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40).

They contested 80 points. Luciano conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Argentine (44-36). Darderi dropped 14 points on serve (28-14). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).

Tennis Scores in Bastad

• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 3-6 7-6³)
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 7-6³)

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