Camilo Ugo Carabelli made the fans who filled the stands of field 2 of the stadium delirious. Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis. The Buenos Aires native debuted with a great victory against Juan Pablo Varillas in it Argentina Open 2024 and will have the most important challenge (and also the prize) of this tournament in the round of 16. Because it will come across in that instance Carlos Alcaraznumber two in the world, top favorite of the contest and defending champion.
Located at 134th in the ranking, he entered the draw from qualifying and needed two hours and eight minutes to beat the Peruvian 7-6 (7-5) and 6-4, and place himself among the 16 for the second consecutive year. best of the contest.
In the last edition, he had also started in the previous phase, he beat Daniel Galan in the first round and then said goodbye to Dusan Lajovic. Now he will have to overcome a very big obstacle if he wants to match that performance.
Federico Coria He sweated his shirt under the sun of a Tuesday with clear but quite cool skies and fought for almost three hours, but managed to sign his place in the round of 16. In the match that opened the action on the center court, the player from Rosario, 106th in the ranking and who entered the draw thanks to a special exemption, defeated the very tough Austrian 7-5, 4-6 and 7-5 Sebastian Ofner38th, and celebrated it in a special way.
When his victory was confirmed, after two hours and 58 minutes of play, he raised his fist and pointed to one of the elbows of the stadium. And minutes later, he approached and threw his wristbands and some balls at a group of children who had gathered in that area.
“I want to thank those guys who never stopped encouraging me. When I was down, when I was having a hard time in the game, I always heard them cheering. They reminded me of when I was that young and dreamed of being here on the field,” he counted.
And he added: “The help of the people is very important to achieve this victory. I am very happy to have won in the first round because it is very nice to be playing this tournament again. I did not want to go quickly because we are waiting all year to play in home and I want to enjoy it as much as I can.
Coria, who reached the semifinals of the Cordoba Openwill now have a difficult commitment, because they will face the British for a place in the quarterfinals Cameron Norriesecond favorite.
In the second turn of the main stage, Diego Schwartzmanone of the guests of the organization, will face the Colombian Daniel Galancoming from the previous phase.
He Little116th in the ranking, had a weak start to the season: he did not pass the qualy in Brisbane and the Australian Open and fell last week in the debut in Córdoba. And he will seek to reverse that bad streak in a tournament in which he has a nice history (he was champion in 2021) and always feels very comfortable.
In the rest of the day, two other Argentines will also present. Sebastian Baezfifth favorite, will collide in the last turn of the Guillermo Vilas court – not before 8:30 p.m. – with the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles78° del ranking.
And on court 2, not before 5:30 p.m., Mariano Navonealso emerging from the classification, will have a difficult match against the Italian (born in Villa Gesell) Luciano Darderiwho has just won his first title ATP in Córdoba.
The first winner of the day was the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo54th, who defeated the German 6-1 and 6-3 Yannick Hanfmann56th, and waits in the second round for the Frenchman Arthur Soneighth seed, or the Serbian Dusan Lajovic.