Luciano Darderi outlasted Rafael Jódar 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-0 in Rome to reach his first Masters 1000 semifinal. The win made him the eighth Italian in the Open Era to reach a Rome semifinal and sent him into a meeting with Casper Ruud. The match was delayed by smoke and rain and finished at about 2 a.M., underlining how grueling the night became before Darderi closed it out.