New Delhi, May 14 -- Espresso-fueled Luciano Darderi had to deal with a smoke delay before eventually beating teenager Rafael Jodar to reach the Italian Open semifinals, in a match that finished after 2 a.m. local time.

Darderi wasted two match points in the second set but the Italian went on to prevail 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-0.

The match was delayed for nearly 20 minutes toward the end of the first set as smoke wafted in from fireworks that had been set off in the soccer stadium next door Wednesday after Inter Milan won the Italian Cup final.

Darderi was complaining that he couldn't see anything and the smoke was also affecting the cameras for the electronic line-calling system, which had to be reset.

When play resumed, Darderi held serve t...