Luciano Darderi won the Challenger 125 of Perugia on clay. Great week for the Italian tennis player who won the final Sumit Nagal with a score of 6-1 6-2. Darderi also celebrates his own with this result best ranking career number 34 in the world.
An irresistible rise in recent months for the tennis player who he has now overtaken Matteo Arnaldi and becomes number 3 in Italy afterwards Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti. Darderi beat Fabio Fognini in the quarter-finals and the German Daniel Altmaier in the semi-finals.
The final of the Perugia tournament actually had no history as the score clearly indicates. The new number 34 ATP won the third Challenger of his career without leaving a set on the street. This year Darderi also won his first ATP title in Cordoba.
“I didn’t expect such a quick final – he said Darderi as reported by Supertennis – Sumit is having a good season, fresh from winning a Challenger in Germany and is a tough opponent.
I’m happy to be the first Italian to win in Perugia and I’m happy I did it in front of my family.”
Luciano Darderi is now expected to compete in the grass tournaments
Now for Luciano Darderi there will be a day of transfer and travel rather than rest.
Everything changes and we fly from the beaten earth of Perugia on the grass in Halle for a very difficult first round in the German ATP 500. An extremely complicated match due to the many matches accumulated this week, partly due to not being used to playing on this surface and not least due to the strength of the opponent who goes by the name of Jan-Lennard Struff.
Darderi’s first round match in a tournament in which Jannik Sinner is the top seed is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, June 18. Darderi’s program includes next week theMallorca ATP 250 and then obviously Wimbledon.
Without forgetting that on the fields of Roland Garros in Paris at the end of July he will be one of the Italians present at the Olympic tournament.
