Luciano Darderi beats Dane Sweeny in three sets in the third round of the US Open and is the only Italian to enter the second week of the US tournament. The Italian, number 22 in the world, prevailed over the Australian (number 123) with a score of 6-4 6-3 6-3 and will face the number one seed Alexander Zverev in the round of 16 (his best career result in a Slam), having won the match against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo.
“I knew I was the favourite, it wasn’t easy to win in 3 sets”
«It was a good match, I knew I was the favorite and I had to win but doing it with these conditions is never easy mentally. Beating him (Sweeny, ed.) in 3 sets makes me happy. My father has done the biggest job in my team for many years, I am happy with the path we are taking together. In the next match I will play with Zverev or Tabilo, they are both very strong, let’s see.” These are the words of Luciano Darderi after the victory against Dane Sweeny in the third round of the US Open. His father Gino, his coach, also spoke to the SuperTennis microphones: «Luciano has a lot of merit, he always has that desire to win that characterizes him – he said -. He did it today too, with different tennis against a solid player with a heavy ball. He always manages to adapt to the players on clay, on hard courts he is learning, even managing to change the pace every now and then. He can play much better on hard courts while remaining a clay court player. His backhand has changed a lot, he hits it much better and serves with more quality, making many aces.” «My work has always been rewarded, because all it takes is for him to be happy when he enters the field – concluded Gino Darderi, with a father’s perspective -. Then where we are now is a lot, these improvements on the fast pace are incredible.”