Luciano Darderi rolls over Rinky Hijikata 6-2 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in New York on Sunday after playing a terrific match to play Eliot Spizzirri in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York
Darderi's Record

Luciano added to his prize money $ 44,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 154,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Luciano will add $ 83,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 237,000 in total.

Highlights Luciano Darderi vs. Rinky Hijikata U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Darderi
Hijikata
6-2 6-1 6-2
1h:24
82
82
Total points
48
48
33
33
Winners
23
23
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
11
11
Unforced
30
30
27%
27%
Ratio Unforced
73%
73%
6/9
6/9
Net Approaches
7/13
7/13
67%
67%
Perc
54%
54%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
3
3
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
56%
56%
1st in
53%
53%
94%
94%
1st won
64%
64%
33/35
33/35
1st won
23/36
23/36
56%
56%
2nd won
34%
34%
15/27
15/27
2nd won
11/32
11/32
217
217
Fastest serve
194
194
189
189
AVG 1st Serve
169
169
153
153
AVG 2nd Serve
138
138
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
Total
0/0
0/0
75%
75%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Darderi scored 82 points vs. Hijikata’s 48.

Darderi

The Italian served pretty well to win 94% of the points (33/35) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (15/27) on his second serve. The Italian struck 11 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Luciano was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (6/8).

Hijikata

On the other side, Rinky wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Darderi and Hijikata is 2-0 for Luciano.

Draw and next match H2H: Luciano Darderi vs. Eliot Spizzirri – stats

Darderi will face Spizzirri in the 2nd round.

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

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Darderi 6-2
DarderiHijikata
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
DarderiHijikata
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
DarderiHijikata
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
DarderiHijikata
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
DarderiHijikata
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
DarderiHijikata
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
DarderiHijikata
2
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
DarderiHijikata
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Darderi was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Italian improved his lead after breaking Rinky in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Darderi converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Rinky (29-18). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, Hijikata conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).

2nd Set -
Darderi 6-1
DarderiHijikata
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DarderiHijikata
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
DarderiHijikata
5
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
DarderiHijikata
4
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DarderiHijikata
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
DarderiHijikata
2
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
DarderiHijikata
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Darderi had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Luciano managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Rinky in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when Darderi won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Italian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 36 points. Luciano won 14 points more than Rinky (25-11). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Rinky conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).

3rd Set -
Darderi 6-2
DarderiHijikata
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
DarderiHijikata
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
DarderiHijikata
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
DarderiHijikata
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
DarderiHijikata
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
DarderiHijikata
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
DarderiHijikata
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
DarderiHijikata
1
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30

Darderi had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Rinky Hijikata in the 1st game (1-0). Darderi extended his lead after breaking Rinky in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

The Italian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Luciano didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. Darderi conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Rinky (28-19). Luciano dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12

).
1st
Darderi
Hijikata
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Darderi
Hijikata
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Darderi
Hijikata
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

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