Historic win for Marco Trungelliti to reach the Marrakech final | OneFootball

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 Santiago native managed to convert in the 10th game to take the set 6-4. In the second, he struck first, but everything went to a tiebreak, where he showed greater composure and made fewer errors to seal a historic victory.

What Marco Trungelliti, world No. 117 this week, has done is beyond anything imaginable. On Friday, he had already secured his place as the oldest player (36 years and 65 days) to make his Top 100 debut since 1975.

Now, he has gone even further and will be at least No. 75 in the ATP rankings. In his first semifinal in nearly eight years, after his only previous appearance among the final four of an ATP tournament (Umag 2018), he earned the best win of his life against the world No. 19, even though he had beaten Marin Cilic (No. 10) at Roland Garros in 2016.

In addition, this week’s result allows him to enter this year’s French Open main draw directly, without having to go through qualifying.

Luciano Darderi, it should be remembered, advanced to the semifinals without playing because his opponent, Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann, withdrew due to flu-like symptoms. But he was unable to defend the title.

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