Umag
\n Darderi continues red-hot run, faces Taberner in Umag final<\/p>\n
Italian Darderi won the title in Bastad last week<\/p>\n
July 25, 2025<\/p>\n
Croatia Open Umag<\/p>\n
Luciano Darderi defeated Camilo Ugo Carabelli on Friday in Umag.
\n By Sam Jacot<\/p>\n
There is no stopping Luciano Darderi<\/a> right now. The Italian advanced to his second consecutive tour-level final on Friday at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag<\/a>, where he overcame third seed Camilo Ugo Carabelli<\/a> 7-6(6), 6-3.<\/p>\n Darderi arrived at the ATP 250 event in Umag off the back of his third ATP Tour title in Bastad. The 23-year-old has continued his impressive form in Croatia and played with a mixture of grit and quality against Ugo Carabelli in the pair\u2019s first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting.<\/p>\n The second seed saved one set point on return at 5\/6 in the first-set tie-break and then won 89 per cent of his first-serve points in the second set, according to Infosys ATP Stats, dominating the big-hitting baseline exchanges to advance after one hour and 45 minutes.<\/p>\n “I played very good. I stayed focused in the first set because he was playing very good in the beginning of the match. I just stayed focused. Was a set point down but kept fighting and then in the second set I played so much better, so I am very happy to be in the second final in a row,” Darderi said.<\/p>\n Man on a mission! \ud83e\udd29@Lucianodarderi_<\/a> is final bound once again after an impressive 7-6(6) 6-3 victory over Ugo Carabelli.@CroatiaOpenUmag<\/a> | #CroatiaOpen<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Uv32PYFfoT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) July 25, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n Darderi has won his past eight matches and will compete in his fourth tour-level final on Saturday against Carlos Taberner<\/a>. Darderi, who holds a perfect 3-0 record in ATP Tour title clashes, joins Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> (4) and Sebastian Baez<\/a> (3) as the only men to reach at least three clay-court finals this season. The Italian is up 10 spots to No. 36 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, four spots shy of his career-high No. 32.<\/p>\n In the second semi-final of the day, Spaniard Taberner cruised past fourth seed Damir Dzumhur<\/a> 6-2, 6-1 to reach his first ATP Tour final. The 27-year-old is up 27 spots to No. 84 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings following his run in Croatia.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n