Milan Challenger: Darderi in the quarters with Coria

Born in Argentina but on the field under the tricolor flag, the 2002 class is called to a great test against the number 70 in the ATP ranking

For Luciano Darderi, tennis player born in 2002 in Argentina but in effect Italian, there will be an ambitious challenge at the Challenger in Milan. In fact, in the quarter-finals there will be fellow countryman Federico Coria, seeded number 1 on the board and number 70 in the world. “Merit” of two retirements in as many matches: first the Spaniard Cervantes, then the Latvian Gulbis. Two games completed also for the forfeit of the opponents, take and take home: against Coria the real exam, with a semi-final view.

The Japanese

Darderi’s possible opponent in the semifinals will be one between the Japanese Mochizuki and Shevchenko, who beat Giovanni Fonio. Attention to Mochizuki, Wimbledon Junior champion three years ago: “I have the confidence to be able to beat even the specialists. The surface does not cause me any concern ”he declared at the end of the victory with the Italian Gianmarco Ferrari. And the Japanese then told a football anecdote: “The friend who is here with me in Milan loves football very much. He discovered that the club is close to the stadium, so yesterday we went to the official Milan store and he made purchases. While I was there, I bought Ibrahimovic’s shirt. Maybe now I’ll start following football “. Tennis, but not only.

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