In Barcelona, Camilo Ugo Carabelli stopped Argentina’s bogeyman | OneFootball

Finally, Camilo Ugo Carabelli overcame the bogeyman of Argentine players. At the ATP 500 in Barcelona, he beat Karen Khachanov to advance to the second round.

In one hour and 14 minutes, it was 6-3 and 6-4 against the Russian, who let his nerves get the better of him when everything was going uphill for him at the traditional Conde de Godó Trophy.

The Russian, world No. 14, had racked up 13 straight wins against Argentines over an unbeaten four-year run, including a 7-0 record against Francisco Cerúndolo. His last loss dated back to 2022, when he fell to Diego Schwartzman in Monte Carlo.

This time, the Moscow native was unable to break serve and did not even earn a single break-point chance against the Marrakech semifinalist.

After playing in the traditional Conde de Godó Trophy, the next event for “El Brujo,” ranked No. 64 in the ATP, will be the Madrid Masters 1000.

But first he has a major clash against Spain’s Rafael Jódar, one of the revelations of the year, in what will be a rematch of the Morocco tournament that the Spaniard won.

It is worth remembering that Martín Jaite (1987) and Gastón Gaudio (2002)

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