Ugo Carabelli, from sneaking into Argentina Open VIP to arriving on a bicycle and winning his first ATP match

When he was a ball boy, he went into prepo where he shouldn’t have been and “Jaite took me out.” Now, “you got it,” the tournament director told him after securing his first victory in a main draw at the ATP level.

Camilo Ugo Carabelli (127 °) He had to fight it. At 23 years old, His first ATP victory came to him and in no less than his home patio, the Argentina Open. Because his history in the tournament started a long time ago, when he was playing ball boy. now, until now Arriving at BALTC on a bicycle because he was three blocks away, he achieved a feat he will never forget.

Ugo Carabelli, from sneaking into Argentina Open VIP to arriving on a bicycle and winning his first ATP match

It is true that, at Roland Garros 2022, Camilo Ugo Carabelli he achieved a first-round victory over Aslan Karatsev (ranked 41st in the world at the time) in five sets. But the Grand Slams do not count within the ATP circuit. In this joint, a victory became elusive. Until he arrives Argentina Open: after losing two qualy matches, He made it to the main draw and debuted with a 7-6 (7) and 6-3 win over Colombian Daniel Galán (85th). Thus, he got his first victory at the ATP level.

“As a boy I was the ball boy of this tournament and my goal was to break into VIP every day. Today, when I left the court after I won my first match in an ATP, the first person to congratulate me was Martin Jaite (tournament director) and he told me: ‘You’re not going to sneak out, now you’ve earned it'”Camilo announced in a press conference. He also had words of praise for the Buenos Aires ATP: “For me it’s a great tournament. I come by bike because I live here three blocks away,” announced the winner of the three Challengers.

Ugo Carabelli’s career on the Challenger circuit and his ATP success

Camilo managed to get up three cups at the Challenger level in his career: the one in Warsaw in 2021, in May 2022 he won his second Challenger in Tigre II and in August of the same year he won his third title in Lima. Last year, he tried his luck in three major circuit tournaments, but in each classification he was eliminated the first time. Until Roland Garros happened what happened Inside US Open did not have the same luck continued his Challengers tour until early 2023.

Within Córdoba tomorrow, also ATP 250, tried to enter the main draw, but fell one step short after losing to Italian Andrea Vavassori. vhe went home, got himself ready and reached BALTC on a bicycle to play a new qualy. He left the Kazakh Timofey Skatov and his compatriot Facundo Bagnis on the road and managed to enter the main draw of the Argentina Open, for the first time in an ATP tournament. But it didn’t stop there, because He played a great game against Daniel Galán and made it to the round of 16. The man from Buenos Aires, a fan of soccer and San Lorenzo, will still fight dusan lajovic (90 °), who beat Sebastián Báez (36 °).