Luciano Darderi in fluency in Umag, Mattia Bellucci moves on in Atlanta

Mattia Bellucci, winning debut in Atlanta

Luciano Darderi reached the round of 16 at the ATP 250 in Umag. The Italian, in fact, overcame on his debut the Croatian Duje Ajdukovic, number 110 in the ATP ranking, with the final score of 6-1 6-4 after one hour and nine minutes of play.

First set dominated by the Italo-Argentine who immediately flew to 3-0 and then strung together another partial of three consecutive games, cashing it 6-1. Opposite start in the second partial with Ajdukovic going up first 3-0 and then 4-1. Here forò starts the incredible comeback of Darderi who wins the last five games and makes the second set his as well (6-4). In the round of 16 the Blue will face Czech Jakub Mensik, world number 81.

Winning debut also for Mattia Bellucci in Atlanta. After passing the qualifiers, the Lombard tennis player defeated Australian Aleksander Vukic, number 61 in the ATP rankings, with a final score of 1-6 6-4 3-1 and withdrawal of his opponent after just over an hour and three quarters of play.

After a one-sided first set for Vukic, the Azure, also down 2-4 in the second set, è was good at not giving up and reversing the outcome of the match. Bellucci è won the second set 6-4 and in the third, ahead 3-1, benefited from the withdrawal of his opponent, who suffered an illness due to the high temperatures and high humidity in Atlanta. In the round of 16, the 23-year-old from Busto Arsizio will face Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the number two seed and world No. 32.