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\n Darderi goes from facing Alcaraz at US Open to claiming Challenger title<\/p>\n
Italian set for a new career-high following past two weeks<\/p>\n
September 08, 2025<\/p>\n
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Luciano Darderi is at a career-high No. 30 in the PIF ATP Rankings.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Luciano Darderi<\/a> added more hardware to his trophy cabinet Sunday, when he won the ATP Challenger Tour event in Genoa, Italy to build upon his already memorable summer.<\/p>\n \nThe Italian, who won back-to-back tour-level titles in Bastad and Umag in July, arrived in Genoa following a third-round run at the US Open<\/a>, where he fell to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nDarderi dropped just one set across five matches in Genoa and raced past countryman Andrea Pellegrino<\/a> 6-1, 6-3 in the AON Open Challenger Memorial Giorgio Messina<\/a> final. Darderi is set for his Top 30 debut in the PIF ATP Rankings thanks to his effort in New York followed by his title run on home soil.<\/p>\n \nThe 23-year-old has won three of his four ATP Tour titles this season. He also reached the third round at Wimbledon<\/a>. Darderi\u2019s triumph in Genoa marks his fourth Challenger crown.<\/p>\n \nIn other Challenger action, Peru\u2019s Ignacio Buse<\/a> also went from the season\u2019s final major to the winner\u2019s circle. After qualifying for his maiden Slam main-draw appearance at Flushing Meadows, where he fell to Ben Shelton<\/a> in the opening round, Buse was crowned champion at the LXII Copa Sevilla<\/a> in Spain.<\/p>\n \nBuse, 21, beat Argentine Genaro Alberto Olivieri<\/a> 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the clay-court final. Buse won his first Challenger title in June and is now at a career-high No. 112, approaching his Top 100 debut.<\/p>\n \nFormer World No. 38 Alex Molcan<\/a> claimed his second consecutive Challenger title at the Istanbul Challenger TED Open<\/a>. Molcan won the Sofia Challenger two weeks ago as a qualifier and built upon his momentum to win the Istanbul trophy after a 7-6(9), 6-2 final victory against Nicolas Mejia<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nThe 27-year-old was as low as No. 646 in the PIF ATP Rankings in March, but is now nearing a return to the Top 200 \u2014 which he has not been a part of in 16 months.<\/p>\n \nBriton Billy Harris<\/a> celebrated a milestone moment by claiming his first Challenger title in Cassis, France. The 30-year-old rallied from a set down in both his semi-final and final matches, escaping Daniil Glinka<\/a> 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the championship match.<\/p>\n \nHarris nearly cracked the Top 100 last September, reaching a career-high No. 101. He held his nerve in his third Challenger final to climb 15 spots to World No. 136.<\/p>\n \nItalian Giulio Zeppieri<\/a> did not drop a set all week to win the Road to the Rolex Shanghai Masters<\/a>. The 23-year-old, broken three times all tournament, defeated Japan\u2019s Yasutaka Uchiyama<\/a> 7-6(2), 7-5 in the final, during which Zeppieri hammered 17 aces. The lefty is a three-time Challenger champion.<\/p>\n \nMarco Trungelliti<\/a> claimed his second title of the season and fifth overall at the N\u00d6 Open powered by EVN in Tulln, Austria. Like Zeppieri, Trungelliti did not drop a set and was broken just three times for the tournament. The fifth seed downed Czech Andrew Paulson<\/a> 7-5, 6-1 in the final.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Challenger Darderi goes from facing Alcaraz at US Open to claiming Challenger title Italian set for a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-142966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Billy Harris wins his first Challenger title.” style=”width:100%;” src=”https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/-\/media\/images\/news\/2025\/09\/08\/00\/35\/harris-cassisch-2025.jpg”>
Billy Harris<\/a> wins his first Challenger title. Credit: Cassis Open Provence by Cabesto<\/a><\/p>\n