Luciano Darderi vs Mariano Navone Prediction & Picks - ATP Italian Open

Of course, Darderi is playing in Italy, which may help him to thrive, but those two recent losses against Navone are hard to ignore. When the pair met in Madrid just last week, the Argentine beat the man currently ranked 23 places below him in relatively convicing fashion, not dropping a set, avoiding a tie-break too. When the pair met in Bucharest back in April, it was a similar story as Navone confirmed the rankings, winning in straight sets, again doing so in quite comfortable fashion. Those wins give the current world number 31 a clear pyschological edge here. On all available evidence, Navone warrants strong favourtism here. In fact, he probably should be shorter than he currently is. Our Prediction: Mariano Navone to Win.