This Saturday, Mariano Navone He will seek to leave his name embodied in the history of Argentine tennis. In the second round of Masters 1000 of Romewill face Italian Jannik Sinner, number one in the world. Only eight Argentines managed to beat players located at the top of the world ranking. It will also debut Francisco closing it. Both parties can be seen by ESPN y Disney+.
The ship of July 9 It occupies the 99th position in the world ranking. His best brand was position 29 in 2024, the year in which he reached the finals of Janeiro River y Bucharest. In the first round, Navone surpassed the premises in sets Federico China (323 °), who received an invitation to be part of the main box.
When the raffle was carried out, the Argentine knew that, to overcome the first obstacle in the Rome contest, he would be in the second round with Sinner, who returns to the competition after being suspended by doping.
On March 10, 2024, in the Masters 1000 de Indian Wells, Jannik Sinner He tested for Clostebolan anabolic derived from testosterone that is prohibited. Eight days later, he returned to detect substance remains. The Italian presented his explanations to the International Tennis Integrity Agency. The news by the authorities became public; The tennis player could compete, finish the season and consecrate champion in the Australian open At the beginning of 2025. Given this situation, there were several disagreements by the players who were not in favor with the treatment he received Sinner. In the end, the World anti -doping agency (Or) He reported that the suspension would be three months.
As for the meeting in front of the Italian, the Buenos Aires said: “It is a great opportunity for me. I can see how much it separates us. Not every day you can compete for the best player in the world. I have to do a good tennis from any point on the court. It is able to connect blows anywhere: reverse, right. He has been out of competition for three months and is still number one in the world. We play tennis to live moments like that, to play in the biggest stadiums in the world. It is not fun to play in small places where you only accompany your coach. ”
The organization stipulated that the game is played in the last turn of the central court, not before 14:00 (Argentine time).
The best albiceleste racket, Cerúndulo (18 °) will debut in the second round of Roman Masters for being preclassified. On the other side of the network will be the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (53 °), finalist of the latest edition of the Italian tournament. The trans -Andean defeated the first round of French Hugo Gastón (78 °).
The older brother of the Cerúndo it comes from reaching the semifinals in the Masters 1000 from Madrid and in the ATP 500 of Munich. In addition, this season reached the quarterfinals in the Masters 1000 de Indian Wells y Miamiand was a finalist at ATP 250 of the Argentina Open.
The game will be played in the third turn of the Supertennis court, around 10.
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