ATP 250 Almaty, Luciano Darderi out in the second round
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In the second round of the ATP 250 on the indoor cement of Almaty Luciano Darderi, world number 26, was beaten somewhat surprisingly with a double 6-3 by the Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki, number 102, in just over an hour of play.
Darderi went ahead by a break in the fourth game of the first set,but from 3-1 he lost five consecutive games, including three service turnovers, and thus also the partial set. The consecutive games become six at the beginning of the second set.
On 2-1 for Mochizuki comes the decisive break that condemns Darderi, who will not even have a chance to regain the disadvantage, indeed, he will have to cancel a match point on 2-5 but will have to surrender in the next game.
