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Lorenzo Musetti vs Mariano Navone: Cagliari Challenger – Final

Home player Lorenzo Musetti will take on Mariano Navone in the Cagliari Challenger final.

Lorenzo Musetti Profile

Lorenzo Musetti is 29th in the ATP rankings, while his best ranking ever was No. 15 in the world. The Italian is 12-13 for the season and 5-4 on clay.

He is coming off a 6-1, 6-4 semifinal win over Daniel Elahi Galan. Previously in the tournament, he defeated Nuno Borgues 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinal, and previously he defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo in two tiebreaks.

Muestti’s best result this season was the quarterfinal in Brisbane, and he also reached the round of 16 in Monte Carlo and Miami, where he lost to Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.

This is his first appearance in Cagliari.

Mariano Navone Profile

Mariano Navone is also as high as he has ever been in the ATP rankings, being No. 41 in the world. The Argentinian is 23-9 for the season and 23-8 on clay courts.

Navone is coming off a 6-3, 7-5 semifinal win over Luciano Dardieri. In the quarterfinal, he defeated Emilio Nava by 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 in the round of 16.

Last week, Navone made it to the second round of the Masters in Madrid, where he lost to Holger Rune.

He has played in three finals so far in the season but has failed to win a single title. In the final in Bucharest, he lost to Marton Fucsovics; in Rio de Janeiro, to Sebastian Baez, and at the Challenger in Buenos Aires, to Facundo Bagnis.

This is his first appearance in Cagliari.

Head-to-Head

This will be the first match between Musetti and Navone.

Prediction and Conclusion

Both players are having a solid season, but they need to win a title to really add value to it. Musetti is one year younger than Navone, even though he has had much more success on the ATP tour. Musetti is one of the most talented players born in the 21st century, but he has many ups and downs, which doesn’t guarantee him anything in this match. He will definitely have the support of the fans, but Navone defeated another Italian in the semis. An eventual title can give Navone a place in the top 50 for the first time in his career, and there is no doubt he will go strong in this match. Given all the circumstances, we are expecting a long match that will last over 22.5 games in total.