Internationals: Darderi beaten in two sets, Ruud flies to the final

Luciano Darderi’s adventure at the 2026 Internazionali d’Italia ends in the semi-finals, the ATP Masters 1000 staged on the red clay courts of the Foro Italico in Rome. The blue, seeded number 18 in the draw, surrenders in two sets to the Norwegian Casper Ruud23rd seeding favorite, in a match also affected by an interruption of almost two hours due to rain.

A heavy liability after the battles of the previous rounds

Heavy the 6-1 6-1 — completed in one hour and five minutes — suffered by Darderi, who paid for the efforts of the round of 16, won in a comeback against the German Alexander Zverevand of the battle of the quarterfinals, where he had overcome the young Spaniard Rafa Jodar.

Ruud in the final and back in the top 20

With this success Ruud will return to the top 20 ATP at the end of the tournament and reaches his first final in Rome. The Norwegian now awaits the winner of the evening match between Jannik Sinner e Daniil Medvedev.

In the first set the match was interrupted for rain sul 4-1 in favor of Ruud (con break point to go on 5-1), and the challenge resumed after almost two hours.