Not even a free seat on the Central Court of the Perugia Tennis Club: the second evening session of the City of Perugia Tennis Internationals | GIMa. Tennis Cup is sold out. The derbies won by Luciano Darderi and Fabio Fognini lit up the night in the ATP Challenger 125 tournament organized by MEF Tennis Events (9-16 June). For the Italian-Argentine, seeded number 1 and in the draw thanks to a wild card granted by FITP, a 6-3 6-0 success over Federico Cinà, born in 2007, also the beneficiary of an invitation from the Federation . In the next round Darderi will face Andrea Pellegrino, who beat Giovanni Fonio 6-3 7-5 to access the round of 16. In the main draw thanks to the wild card received from the organization, the number 5 seed Fognini prevailed over Enrico Dalla Valle with a score of 6-1 1-6 6-1 and will face Matteo for a place in the quarterfinals Gigante, who eliminated Samuel Vincent Ruggeri with a score of 7-5 6-3.
CHALLENGER PERUGIA ON SUPERTENNIS
12.30 LIVE Sumit NAGAL (IND) vs Alessandro GIANNESSI (ITA)
3.00pm LIVE Jesper DE JONG (NED) vs Laslo DJERE (SRB)
18:00 LIVE Bernabe ZAPATA MIRALLES (ESP) vs Federico ARNABOLDI (ITA)
8.30pm LIVE Maks KASNIKOWSKI (POL) vs Borna CORIC (CRO)
Darderi beats and crowns Cinà: “He is already a great player” – The title race couldn’t have started better than the number one on the scoreboard, Luciano Darderi. At the third participation in the City of Perugia Tennis Internationals | GIMa. Tennis Cup, where in 2022 he reached the semi-finals, the world number 41 defeated the seventeen-year-old from Palermo Federico Cinà with a score of 6-3 6-0, who despite the result showed off great tennis, earning the compliments of the ‘opponent. “Federico is already a great player and has a bright future ahead of him. I wish him the best – the words at the end of the match from Darderi, who can be said to be satisfied with his debut -. I’m very happy with my performance, I’ve grown a lot but the season is still long. I still can’t believe I get to play in the Olympics.” Luciano will be one of four players, along with Jannik Sinner, Matteo Arnaldi and Lorenzo Musetti, who will represent Italy at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and is aiming to do well in the Umbrian capital before focusing on the grass season. In the round of 16 he will find Andrea Pellegrino on the other side of the net, who defeated Giovanni Fonio 6-3 7-5 at the start of the program: “I know him, he is a friend and he plays very well. I look my way and I want to continue like this. This year I started as world number 140, I gained positions in the rankings and also a lot of confidence.”
