

What Time Will Sumit Nagal Play Against Mariano Navone?
Nagal and Navone are on the Day 4 Schedule at Nordea Open 2024 on Thursday 18 July 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Sumit Nagal from India and Mariano Navone from Argentina will be playing against each other for the first time. Sumit Nagal, age 26, is currently ranked 68th in the world and has reached a career-high of 68 in July 2024. He earned his first ranking point at the age of 16 in 2013 and broke into the top 200 in 2019. He achieved his first top 100 ranking in February 2024 after winning his 5th Challenger title in Chennai. In terms of his performance in 2024, he has a record of 4-8 and has reached the second round 4 times. He has won 1 match in Bastad in the same year.
Nagal made his ATP Tour debut in Pune in 2018 as a qualifier, and his Grand Slam debut was at the 2019 US Open where he lost in the first round to 5-time champion Roger Federer. His first ATP Tour quarterfinal was in 2021 at Buenos Aires. He earned his first tour-level wins at the 2019 Davis Cup against Pakistan, followed by his first Grand Slam win at the 2020 US Open. In his Challenger career, Nagal has a record of 129-106, with a 6-4 win-loss record in finals. He has won titles in Bangalore (2017), Buenos Aires (2019), Rome (2023), Tampere (2023), Chennai (2024), and Heilbronn (2024). In his junior career, Nagal peaked at No. 23 in the world rankings in 2015. He had a win-loss record of 88-53 in juniors, with wins over future Top 10 players such as Matteo Berrettini, Hubert Hurkacz, Denis Shapovalov, and Frances Tiafoe. He ended his junior career by winning the boys’ doubles title at Wimbledon in 2015 with his partner Ly. Notably, Nagal has a 3-13 record against Top 50 players. He has two wins over top players on clay courts, defeating No. 22 Cristian Garin at the 2021 Buenos Aires and No. 38 Matteo
Arnaldi at the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo. Nagal aims to become the first Indian quarterfinalist in the history of the tournament.
On the other hand, Mariano Navone is a 23-year-old player from Argentina. He is currently ranked 36th in the world and has reached a career-high ranking of 29. He broke into the top 200 in June 2023, the top 100 in February 2024, and the top 50 in April 2024. Navone achieved his career-high ranking of 29 in June 2024 after winning his 6th Challenger title in Cagliari. He had a successful run in the 2024 Rio de Janeiro, where he came through qualifying and earned his first ATP Tour win. He also advanced to his first quarterfinal, semifinal, and final in that tournament. His biggest win so far in his career came against his compatriot No. 21 Francisco Cerundolo en route to his second ATP Tour final in Bucharest. Navone made his ATP Tour debut as a wildcard at Cordoba in 2024, followed by qualifying for Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro in the following two weeks. His first ATP Tour win came against Federico Coria in Rio de Janeiro. In the Challenger circuit, Navone had a strong record of 40-18 in 2023 and ended the season on a 19-2 run. He led all players with Challenger titles, winning in Poznan, Santa Fe, Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires, and Santa Fe 2. Navone started playing tennis at the age of 3, and he is nicknamed “La Navoneta.” It’s important to note that Navone is seeking his first win since Roland Garros, where he defeated Pablo Carreno Busta in the first round. Despite going winless in his debut grass season, he has earned all 13 of his career tour-level wins on clay and is a top-four seed at an ATP Tour event for the first time.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Nagal will win.
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