29/06/2024 13:52hs.
In 2019, Federico Agustín Gómez (284°) received his degree in Sports Administration. In 2021, after some time playing college tennis, he decided to try himself professionally again to see how far he could go. And who was going to tell him that three years later, at 27, he would be able to dream of Grand Slams and trophies? From this June 29, the Argentine can afford it: He won the first Challenger of his career, in Milan, climbed 60 places in the ATP rankings and has one foot and a half in the US Open qualifying round.
The final of the Italian tournament was the consummation of a long process that involved victories and setbacks. Successes in the pre-qualifying of the 2022 ATP in Buenos Aires and in the qualifying of this year’s Cordoba tournament (on top of that, dropping to a Top 100 like Corentin Moutet), but the impossibility of crowning them. This Saturday, against the Romanian Filip Jianu (276th), that ended.
Federico Gómez with the Milan challenger cup. (ATP Challenger Tour)
Coming from the qualy, Gomez scored six wins in a row and did not fail in the definition: He beat Jianu 6-3 and 6-4 after 1h26m of action And so, for the first time, he tasted the glory of a challenger. His disbelief was evident in the way he held his head as soon as he scored the championship point. His happiness, as soon as he lifted the cup (the 416th challenger in the history of Argentine tennis). Whats Next?
For those 60 steps he ascended, which will place it at 224th place starting this Monday (and 166th in the Race, the ranking with the results of the year), the 27-year-old tennis player was practically inside his first Grand Slam: the cut of the US Openwhich follows a Wimbledon that will start this Monday, is given in around 230 participants and If nothing strange happens, the qualy will play.
Federico Gomez’s championship point at the Milan challenger
2024-06-29 16:52:29
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