Luca Nardi he left the scene atATP 250 of ‘s-Hertogenbosch 2024 at the hands of Sebastian Kordaat the end of a match played on equal terms and concluded 7-5, 7-5. An unpleasant epilogue for the Italian, who served to drag both sets to a tie-break, but suffered under the pressure of the moments and gave way to the American, who was more experienced on certain stages. Nardi’s experience in the Netherlands ended in the round of 16, while Korda got through to the quarterfinals and will challenge one of Alexei Popyrin or Tommy Paul. In the most delicate moment of the second set, the blue also let himself go one exclamation too many after losing an important point with a bit of bad luck.
Nardi, the expletive cost the warning
On the score of 5-5 And 30-30in the heart of an important innings by Korda in the second set, the tape decisively deflected Nardi’s chop shot, giving the American the chance to win the point on a free field and without effort. Nardi immediately highlighted the help of fate for Korda, with a very clear statement “What the fuck” addressed to the opponent; an expletive led to disciplinary proceedings by the chair judge, who punished the young Italian with a warning. After converting the game point a few seconds into the episode, Korda also won a crucial break in the next game, qualifying for the quarter-finals. Luck certainly did not kiss the tennis destiny of Nardi, who understood the importance of the point lost due to the tape and perceived the tension in the following game, perhaps with what happened still in his head; it should be noted that Nardi is a correct boy and sportsman, the exclamation quoted above was dictated by the importance of the moment and not directly offensive to the opponent. Tennis is a diabolical sport and it never stops proving it to its protagonists.
