Camilo Ugo Carabelli stays alive at the Prague Challenger after winning his debut against Dutchman Jelle Sels in three sets. For their part, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo and Federico Delbonis said goodbye in the first round.
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Ugo Carabelli, the only Argentinian joy
It was debut time Camilo Ugo Carabelli, looking to put behind him a string of poor results that took him out of the Top 100, a goal he had achieved last year and looked like he could settle into. In this first round, the competitor was Dutch Jelle Sels, a regular player in such Challenger tournaments. The Argentinian managed to start in the best way, winning after a mixed start, to win the first set by force 6-2.
The second set would see a similar development in that Camilo took a break lead twice, but both times he gave up his serve quickly afterwards. This set would elude him in a tiebreak. But again the good vibes returned in the third set, racking up breaks early en route to victory. Finally, He managed to judge his round serve with a strong 6-1 decision.
Delbonis and Cerúndolo dropped out
Federico Delbonis He had just come through the qualifying stage under the illusion that he could get the wins back on track at this very inauspicious time in his career and now he faced Germany’s Dominik Koepfer. Despite starting serve well, the two sets quickly got the better of Teuton, who ended up sentencing him on the fast track 6-1 and 6-4.
A different landscape John Manuel definitely, who came in as the third seed, but also needs an increase in wins for this clay tour, based on results after a not very positive start to the year. Competing today was local Dalibor Svrcina, a tennis player with a lot of projection who is strong at home with two ITF titles and two Challenger finals in his native Czech Republic. The match was very uphill for the Argentinian, unstable and he always saw himself outplayed by the Czech. Svrcina himself would be left with a 6-3 and 6-1 win to dampen illusions about Juanma, who needs to find regularity.
