

What Time Will Mariano Navone Play Against Federico Cina?
Navone and Cina are on the Day 2 Schedule at Internazionali Bnl D’italia 2025 on Thursday 8 May 2025. 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?
In the first meeting between Mariano Navone from Argentina and [WC] Federico Cina from Italy, Navone, aged 24, is ranked World No. 99 with a career-high ranking of No. 29 achieved in June 2024. He broke into the Top 200 in June 2023, Top 100 in February 2024, and Top 50 in April 2024. Navone achieved his career-high ranking after winning his 6th Challenger title in Cagliari. At the 2024 Roland Garros, he was the first man in the Open Era to be seeded in his Grand Slam main draw debut and defeated Carreno Busta in the 1st round.
Navone earned his first ATP Tour win and reached his first quarterfinal, semifinal, and final at the 2024 Rio de Janeiro tournament as a qualifier. He also advanced to his second final in Bucharest, defeating clay-court champions Darderi, Seyboth Wild, and F. Cerundolo on his way. In his ATP Tour debut on home soil at the 2024 Cordoba as a wildcard, Navone achieved the biggest win of his career over No. 12 Rune. He also posted an impressive 40-18 Challenger record in 2023.
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Playing in his 8th ATP Tour clay event of the year, Navone has secured his first Top 20 wins of his career over No. 12 Rune in Buenos Aires and No. 19 Auger-Aliassime in Munich. On the other hand, Federico Cina, aged 18, is currently ranked World No. 323 and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 323 in May 2025 after reaching the 2nd round of the ATP Masters 1000 in Madrid.
Cina made his ATP Tour debut at the 2025 ATP Masters 1000 Miami as a wildcard, becoming the first player born in 2007 or later to win an ATP Masters 1000 match by defeating Comesana in the 1st round. He has had successes on the Challenger tour, reaching his first final at Hersonissos-2 and winning the title at the 2025 M15 Sharm El Sheikh on the ITF World Tennis Tour. Coached by his father, Francesco, a former pro and coach of former WTA World No. 7 Roberta Vinci, Cina is playing in his third ATP Tour event of his career, aiming to become the third youngest Italian man to win a match in Rome in the Open Era.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Navone will win.
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