Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Italy's Luciano Darderi 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 64 at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. The tournament is an ATP 1000 event played on hard courts with a prize fund of 11.2 million dollars. The win secured Tsitsipas a place in the next round. Match statistics are provided by api.tennis.
Two sets, one scenario
The match ended 2-0 in sets in favor of the Greek. Tsitsipas won the first set 6-3 and the second 6-4. Darderi failed to take a single set, and the gap in games in each was small: three in the first and two in the second.
By ranking, the Italian looked like the favorite. According to rank.tennis, Darderi sits 23rd with 2160 points and is seeded 18th at the tournament. Tsitsipas is ranked 39th with 1280 points. The result of the match favored the opponent with the lower ranking.
Path through the draw and past meetings
In Japan, Darderi beat Casper Ruud 7-6, 6-3, before losing to Kyrian Jacquet 3-6, 6-7 in the round of 16. The Italian has faced Tsitsipas twice before. In 2025 in Halle he won 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, while in 2024 in Shanghai the Greek came out on top, 7-5, 4-6, 11-9.