Musetti loses to the challenger Cagliari in the final, Navone wins

Nothing to do for Lorenzo Musetti, who postpones the appointment with the return to victory in a tournament to Cagliari. The final of the Sardinia Open, challenger 175 which was played at the Tennis Club Cagliari, was won by Mariano Navone, leaving a very bitter taste in the mouth of the public, who cheered wildly for the Tuscan on the full center court. Instead, after 1 hour and 47 minutes it ended 7-5 6-1 for the 23-year-old from the province of Buenos Aires, number 3 in the draw, who in Sardinia added another week to remember to a wonderful period. Less than a year ago he was still sailing outside the top 200 of the ATP rankings, while from Monday he will be one step away from the top30 and in Cagliari we saw the reasons for his rise, spread across a tennis that combines solidity, fast legs and a great desire to fight .

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Taking stock of him is not a simple matter and the last to realize it was Musetti, who was immediately forced to chase in the match that put the title up for grabs. The Tuscan, who has made tactical errors that have been repeated for quite some time, gave the impression of being able to overturn the balance only when with a break in the tenth game he extended the first set, reaching 5-5, but it was an illusion. Because with two more games Navone closed the set and then quickly ran away in the second, racing towards the most important success of a career for which he still has so much to say. “Navone – admitted Musetti – was better than me, expressing his best tennis and deserving the victory. He played a great tournament. Mine, however, didn’t end as I would have hoped: today the right didn’t work and I made too many mistakes. You can’t afford it against an opponent like that. I’m leaving with a hint of bitterness in my mouth, but in Cagliari I still gained confidence and awareness in view of the next few weeks, which will feature the two key tournaments of the clay court season. My goal was to start from here and I would say that there has been a restart.”