Superb Carlos Taberner clobbers Dzumhur in the semifinal to battle vs Darderi. HIGHLIGHTS – UMAG RESULTS

Carlos Taberner shocks Damir Dzumhur 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in Umag on Friday after playing a great match to square off with Luciano Darderi in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

The Spaniard 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, Taberner will add € 37,785 to his earnings to get in total € 90,675 in total.

Highlights Carlos Taberner vs. Damir Dzumhur Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Carlos scored 74 points vs. the Bosnian’s 50.

Taberner

Taberner won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.

Dzumhur

On the other side, Dzumhur had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Taberner and Dzumhur is 2-1 for Carlos.

Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Taberner vs. Luciano Darderi – stats

Taberner will square off with Darderi in the final.

There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Carlos played at a much higher level than the Bosnian and without too much struggle he won 6-2. The Bosnian broke Taberner 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (5-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game. However, the Spaniard broke his opponent in the 7^th (5-2) game, but that didn’t stop his to win the set (6-2).

The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Taberner won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.

Carlos converted 30% of his break points (3/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (4-1 40-A) and the 8^th game (5-2 15-40). In addition on the other side, Dzumhur converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7^th

game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 81 points. Taberner conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Damir (48-33). Taberner dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, the Bosnian conceded 30 points on serve (25-30).

Taberner enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Damir Dzumhur in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Carlos extended his lead after breaking Dzumhur in the 4^th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of this set was when Taberner won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3^rd (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6^th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, Dzumhur was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (0-2 30-40) and the 5^th game (0-4 30-40).

They played 43 points. Taberner conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Dzumhur (26-17). Carlos dropped 8 points on serve (14-8). In addition, on the other side, Damir conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).

Tennis Scores in Umag

• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-6⁶ 6-3)
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-1)

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