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Navone opens with a firm triumph in Madrid

The Argentine beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

April 23, 2025

Mariano Navone smiles, squeezes his fist and celebrates as much more than a simple triumph in his debut in Mutua Madrid Open. It happens that for the Argentine, the triumph 6-4, 6-4 before the powerful Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is the chance to continue moving forward and maintain its place in the top 100 of the PIF Live ATP Ranking.

Navone, who broke out as one of the surprises of the Tour the last season, continues to shoot and scroll in an increasingly disputed circuit. A year after achieving his first triumph in an ATP Masters 1000 against Australian Alexei Popyin, now the Argentine signed his third success in this category, without giving his serve and showing an offensive and backlash tennis.

Thus, after an hour and 24 minutes of play at the Arantxa Sánchez stadium of the Magic Caja, the second in importance, Navone got the pass to the second round, signing 70% of first services and 81% (30/37) of points with the first serve, according to Infosys ATP Stats.

For the pass to the third round, Navone will have another weight rival, Ben Shelton, No. 13 of the world, and who holds a 9-0 record against Argentine rivals, the last one against Francisco Cerúando, last Saturday, in the semifinals of Munich.

After Navone, it was Francisco Comesaña’s turn. The Argentine won his first victory at AP Masters 1000 level after winning 6-4 and 6-4 to Spanish Pedro Martínez. Comesaña arrived with filming after reaching the final of the ATP Challenger of Oeiras and showed his sharp tennis again: he signed 41 winning shots, with 16 ACES. Now, the next rival of Marplatense will be the Frenchman Arthur Fils, sown No. 13.

Also, and after coming from La Qualy, Juan Manuel chering him before the American Kovacevic and took the passage to the second round in Madrid with a 3-6, 7-5 and 6-2 win. In the stands his brother Francisco encouraged, with whom he shares the tournament. Now, the youngest of the hill will be measured before the preclassified No. 18, Felix Auger-Aliassime.

For his part, Camilo Ugo Carabelli fell with the Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-3 and 6-4, in an hour and thirteen minutes.