Mariano Navonecurrent 41st in the ATP ranking, He won’t forget the huge game for a long time. against the danish Holger Rune (12th), whom he put against the ropes in the second round of the Madrid Open but he couldn’t against the young European, who won 5-7, 7-6 (2) and 6-4.
At the age of 23, Navone fully entered the map of Argentine tennis, after reaching the finals in Rio and Bucharest this season and now, in the Spanish capital, he was close to achieving his second victory in a Masters 1000 after the triumphant debut against the Australian Alexei Popyrin (46th).
The native of 9 de Julio, province of Buenos Aires, fought from the beginning against a young man of almost 21 years who until a few months ago was in the top 5 of the ranking, breaking the decisive eleventh games of the first set, by dint of a passing and a spectacular balloon to add the necessary confidence and take the partial.
The intensity did not stop in the second set, because Andrés Dellatorre’s pupil forced several errors from his rival and even He reached 6-5 with the possibility of closing the fullbut the Nordic youth showed why he is one of the strongholds of the new generation on the world circuit, winner of the Paris 2022 Masters 1000 against the historic Serbian Novak Djokovic, to prevail with authority in the tie break and even the score.
Already at the start of the third set, the former leader of the ITF ranking went bankrupt twice the service of the albiceleste revelation, who sold his defeat dearly by recovering one of his serves but ended with the empty hands against the power of his opponent.
In the third round, in search of getting into the round of 16, rune will face the winner of the duel between the Japanese Taro Daniel (85°) and the dutch Griekspoor Tallon (25°).
