Navone lost: who are the Argentines who remain in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games :: Olé

07/30/2024 10:50am. Updated 07/30/2024 11:39am.

Los Olympic Games They have been in action for a week now. Some disciplines have already finished their competition, such as rugby sevens, but others, like tennisthe first rounds have already passed and it is getting more and more difficult. That is exactly what is happening to the Argentines: after the bittersweet Monday in which Francisco Cerúndolo and Sebastián Báez won but Tomás Etcheverry and María Lourdes Carlé fell, it was the turn of Mariano Navonewhich at the Stade Roland-Garros He couldn’t beat Lorenzo Musseti and said goodbye to Paris 2024.

In a great match that had many ups and downs, It was 7-6 (2) and 6-3 for a tan who took a good lead in the first set (4-0) and saw how Navone managed to equal it and even surpass it (6-5). However, in the decisive moments of the tie-break Musseti made the difference. Already in the second part, the Argentine tennis player found himself at a disadvantage again and failed to match the story.

Navone in action.

Mariano Navone is one of the most valuable pieces for the Argentine team led by Guillermo Coria for what he can offer both in the present and in the future. When the year began, with a native of 9 de Julio hovering around 125th place in the ATP ranking, few could imagine everything that was to come for the Argentine in these months: going from the challengers to the first tournaments and victories on the circuit in the Opens, playing with rivals such as Stan Wawrinka, Holger Rune and even Rafa Nadal himself.

In his first Olympic experience (which will surely not be the last) and in 37th place in the ranking, he made his debut by beating the Portuguese Nuno Burges, whom he beat 6-2 and 6-2 in 1h10m. In this second round, the stoppage was tough, because Musseti, beyond the number of the ranking (16th), comes from being Wimbledon semi-finalist against Novak Djokovicof falling into the Umag final against Fran Cerúndoloand in the round of 16 he will go with the Yankee Taylor Fritz.

Navone said goodbye to the ring: he had already lost in doubles. (COA Press)

This is how the Argentines are in the Paris 2024 squad

Of the four Argentines who started playing in the men’s singles draw in Paris, two have already been eliminated from the competition and two others are still standing. In addition to Navone, the other who lost was Tomás Etcheverry, who fell 6-0 and 7-6 (1) against the Russian Roman Safiullin. The two who achieved two victories and are looking for the third are Fran Cerúndolo and Sebastian Baez. The first one will play with Casper Ruudwhile Seba will go with Stefanos Tsitsipasand if all goes well, Djokovic could appear in the quarterfinals. Both will start this Wednesday at 7am.

In the women’s singles draw, also Nadia Podoroska as Maria Lourdes Carlé and the queen eliminated. La Peke had her debut and farewell with the French Diane Parry by 7-6 (6) and 7-5, while Carlé reached the second round, where she met a great Coco Gauffwho beat her 6-1 and 6-1.

As for doubles, in the men’s draw Argentina went out in the first round with Andres Molteni and Maximiliano Gonzalez falling to Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz by 7-6 (4) and 6-4. In addition, Navone and Skinny Etcheverry They teamed up against Dutchmen Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer, who won 7-6 (3) and 7-6 (4). On the girls’ side, Podoroska y Carlé are playing with the Spanish Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes. In turn, Podoroska and Machi González will compete in the mixed doubles against Americans Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz.