This Friday, in the quarterfinals of the Cagliari Challenger, the man from Rosario lost to Darderi 6-1 3-4 and had to retire due to muscle discomfort. When the fourth game of the match was being played, he had a funny situation with a pigeon.
In the quarterfinals of the Challenger in Cagliari, Italy, played this Friday afternoon, Federico Coria (84th ATP) fell 6-1 3-4 against the Argentine nationalized Italian, Luciano Darderi (60th in the world and 6th seed), and ended up abandoning due to a physical discomfort that prevented him from continuing to play.
Beyond Coria’s physical problem that set off the alarms and we will have to see which injury ends up being confirmed, there was a situation at the beginning of the game that stole all the attention and whose images have already gone viral due to the player’s funny reaction bred in Venado Tuerto.
“30-40,” announced the Brazilian umpire Tiago Sturmer after an initial hesitation and Fede came out from the back shouting “are you crazy?”, angry that he gave the point to the one born in Villa Gesell, but a naturalized Italian. Immediately the judge responded: “It was after you had hit” and Coria returned to the charge: “The bird came here. He was going to throw it crosswise. No, no, call… Call because you can’t change for him. Call the supervisor.” “I didn’t change, I just remembered…” said the referee.
“Yes, yes… because I was going to throw it crosswise. Are you carrying me?” Coria demanded., at the same time that he began to imitate the song of the bird that crossed him at the moment of the blow. That decompressed the moment of tension and unleashed laughter in all the seats in the Sardegna Open stadium.
But it didn’t stop there, the discussion continued and left a moment that started out tense, but ended up being fun due to the good vibes of the Argentine tennis player.
Although that first set ended 6-1 in favor of Darderi, the match was over when the physical discomfort in his right leg no longer gave any more and he had to end up abandoning after previously scoring two great victories against the local credit Fognini (who also abandoned due to injury) and after eliminating the top favorite, the American Frances Tiafoe.
Darderi was born and raised in Argentina, but has represented Italy since he was a teenager and protected by having dual nationality, since his grandfather was Italian. Now, the 60th in the world will seek the final of the Cagliari Challenger against the Argentine Mariano Navone (41st), who arrives after leaving the North American Emilio Nava on his way 4-6 6-1 7-6(4).
On the other side of the semifinal bracket, the Colombian Daniel Elahi Galán and the local Lorenzo Musetti face each other.
