Luciano Darderi flies to the third round of the US Open. The Italian-Argentine, number 22 in the ATP ranking and seeded number 21 in the main draw, beats the Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina in four sets with a score of 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4, and now awaits the winner of the match between his compatriot Lorenzo Musetti and the Australian wild card Dane Sweeny.
Bellucci overwhelmed by Fritz
Mattia Bellucci instead bids farewell to the US Open. The Italian was overwhelmed in the second round of the Flushing Meadows Slam by the American Taylor Fritz, seeded number 9, in an hour and 38 minutes, with a score of 6-0 6-1 6-1.
The defeat that causes a sensation
But what makes the noise is the knockout of Lorenzo Musetti, who continues to complicate his life in a nightmare of 2026. The Tuscan athlete, n. 14 in the ATP ranking and thirteenth seed in the men’s draw, he lost in four sets 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 to the Australian wild card Dane Sweeny after two hours and 36 minutes of play. The world number 123 will now face Luciano Darderi. «This year really seems like an odyssey to me… given that the film has also been released! It feels like my 2026. For the last three sets, it’s hard to talk about tennis. It was, in my opinion, a similar situation to that of Jannik in Paris. Looking at the level of this trip, I really feel that I don’t deserve everything that is happening to me, for the efforts I am making and for the sacrifices made in the last two months, even missing two Slams. I just have to accept the situations and move forward.” These are the words of a saddened Lorenzo Musetti, after the defeat at the US Open against Dane Sweeny, also caused by new physical problems. «I think it was a major shock from a temperature point of view – analyzed the Carrarino -. Today it was very hot on the fields, while in the heating area the air conditioning is really too low – he revealed -. Since I noticed the problem, despite taking breaks and trying in every possible way to regain energy and an acceptable physical condition, I haven’t succeeded. We often push our bodies to their limits and today was one of those situations. For me, perhaps, it was the first time like this.”