Mariano Navone wins maiden ATP title after edging past Daniel Merida in Bucharest final

[p]The world number 60 won [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/daniel-m-a-WOtXbAu5/navone-m-YoPUeL3o/?mid=AJn5FsFl"]6-2, 4-6, 7-5[/a] against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/daniel-merida-aguilar/WOtXbAu5/"]Merida[/a], who was playing in his seventh match in the Romanian capital and his first tour final.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/navone-mariano/YoPUeL3o/"]Navone[/a] missed two match points when serving for the title in the ninth game of the deciding set but later broke his opponent's serve to eventually get over the line.[/p][embed guid="99bd4f92-87f7-4765-a3ee-15e0d80c47fa" url="https://x.com/atptour/status/2040787094071562360" social-type="twitter" /][p]It was seventh seed Navone's third ATP final after two previous defeats, including in Bucharest two years ago.[/p]