Luciano Darderi’s progress at the «Grand Prix Hassan II», the ATP 250 tournament underway on the clay of Marrakech, Morocco, ends in the semifinals. The Italian tennis player, number 19 in the world ranking and reigning champion, as well as number one seed in the draw, was defeated by the Argentine Marco Trungelliti with a score of 6-4 7-6 (2).
The match
Darderi lost in two sets against an opponent from the qualifiers and currently number 117 in the world, who was able to impose himself in the key moments of the match, closing the second set with a tie-break.
Trungelliti’s record
For Trungelliti it is a historic result: at 36 years old he becomes the oldest tennis player ever to reach the first ATP final in his career. The Argentine is also the “oldest” in the era of computerized rankings to reach the top 100 in the world.