Mariano Navone’s Olympic dream (37th in the world) has come to an end This Tuesday after the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (27th) will eliminate him from Paris 2024 with partial scores of 7-6 (2) y 6-3 in almost two hours of match.
The 23-year-old, originally from 9 de Julio, He fought as always and demanded the most from “Lolo” However, he was superior and gave himself another joy, after reaching the semi-final of Wimbledon and the final of Umag (he lost to Francisco Cerúndolo), just three days ago, to continue his journey and end up in the third round.
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The Carrara man, with a flashy one-handed backhand, who was booed in his debut against local Gael Monfils and did not hesitate to show his anger, He had to suffer to close a first set that he dominated 4-0The grit and good tennis of the albiceleste, two-time ATP finalist (Rio de Janeiro and Bucharest), was present in stadium six of Roland Garros when the scoreboard was flying and forced the arrival of the tiebreakwhere the European looked solid to get him on his side.
This way The first Olympic Games of “La Navoneta” concluded“, who continues to make giant strides on the ATP circuit and a year ago could not have imagined he would be living this moment. A special tournament, which included a victory against the Portuguese Nuno Borges, champion in Bastad against Rafael Nadal, and an experience that will remain in his memory forever.
Musetti, who has reached the semi-finals in the last four events, won 10 of their last 12 games and signed his 28th victory in the season, will face the American Taylor Fritz (12th) for a place in the quarter-finals.
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