Historic triumph for Marco Trungelliti to reach the final in Marrakech

He did it again. Marco Trungelliti defeated Italian Luciano Darderi 6-4, 7-6(2) to reach the final of the ATP 250 in Marrakech. This way, will play his first ATP final in what was already the best week of his life.

To the At 36 years old, the Argentine became the oldest tennis player to reach an ATP final for the first time. In a first set with five breaks, the player from Santiago managed to score in the tenth game to take the set 6-4. Already in the second, he was the first to take advantage but everything went to a tiebreak, where he showed more solidity, fewer errors for a historic victory.

The thing about Marco TrungellitiNo. 117 in the world this week, surpasses everything unthinkable. The thing is, on Friday he claimed to be the oldest player (36 years and 65 days) to debut in the Top 100 since 1975.

Now, he went further and will be at least 75° ATP. In his first semi-final in almost 8 years after his only participation in the top four of an ATP tournament (Umag 2018), he achieved the best victory of his life against the 19th in the world, even though in 2016 he beat Marin Cilic (10th) at Roland Garros.

In addition, this week allows you to enter the main draw of this year’s French Openwithout going through the qualy.

Luciano Darderi, it is worth remembering, He went to the semi-finals without playing because his rival, the German Yannick Hanfmann, He did not show up due to a flu condition. But he could not retain the title.

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