Francisco Comesana and Nishesh Basavareddy will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the ASB Classic for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nishesh Basavareddy who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.25
Francisco Comesana -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Nishesh Basavareddy

There is no head to head record between Francisco Comesana and Nishesh Basavareddy since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Francisco Comesana

Ranked no. 85, Francisco got to the 1^st round after beating Maxime Janvier 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3.

Comesana has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (268-148). 1-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Comesana has a compiled20-17 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Comesana has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Francisco has never competed in this tournament before.

Nishesh Basavareddy

Ranked no. 133 (career-high), Basavareddy got to the 1^st round after beating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-7(3) 7-5 6-3 and Daniel Altmaier 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-2 6-1). During the match Basavareddy scored 56 points vs Altmaier’s 31. The American was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Basavareddy scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nishesh Basavareddy was very efficient on serve to win 95% (19/20) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Altmaier 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Basavareddy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Nishesh has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Comesana	Basavareddy
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	29	49
Pts	112-93	174-141
Total Points	205	315
Winners	57	69
%Winners	51%	40%

Comesana played 1 match while Basavareddy competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Francisco Comesana surrendered 1 set, while Nishesh Basavareddy conceded 1 set. Comesana has played 2 set(s) less than Basavareddy (3 vs 5). Therefore, Comesana played 20 games less than Basavareddy. The Argentine scored 57 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 69 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Comesana	Basavareddy
Aces	7	7
Avg per match	7	3.5
1st in	75/113	86/155
%1st in	66%	55%
1st pts	57/75	69/86
%1st pts	76%	80%
2nd pts	15/38	38/69
%2nd pts	39%	55%

Comesana managed to score 7 aces . Basavareddy blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Comesana won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Basavareddy won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Comesana	Basavareddy
Won	4	8
Converted	4/9	8/14
% Converted	44%	57%
Conceded	8	7
Saved	7	5
% Saved	88%	71%
Times Broken	1	2

Francisco broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Francisco conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Basavareddy broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Comesana
	Q1 Janvier	Q3 Bergs	Total
Score	6-1 6-75 6-3	3-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	28	57
pts	112-93	–	112-93
Total points	205	0	205
Winners	57		57
%Winners	51%	0%	51%
SERVE
Aces	7	0	7
Double Faults	4		4
1st in	75/113	/	75/113
% 1st in	66%	0%	66%
1st pts	57/75	/	57/75
% 1st pts	76%	0%	76%
2nd pts	15/38	/	15/38
% 2nd pts	39%	0%	39%
Breaks
Won	4		4
Converted	4/9	/	4/9
Converted %	44%	0%	44%
Conceded	8		8
Saved	7/8	0/	7
Saved %	88%	–	44%
Times Broken	1		1

Basavareddy
	Q1 Van De Zandschulp	Q3 Altmaier	Total
Score	6-73 7-5 6-3	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	34	15	49
pts	118-110	56-31	174-141
Total points	228	87	315
Winners	50	19	69
%Winners	42%	34%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	1	7
Double Faults	8	0	8
1st in	66/116	20/39	86/155
% 1st in	57%	51%	55%
1st pts	50/66	19/20	69/86
% 1st pts	76%	95%	80%
2nd pts	25/50	13/19	38/69
% 2nd pts	50%	68%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/8	4/6	8/14
Converted %	50%	67%	57%
Conceded	7	0	7
Saved	5/7	0/0	5
Saved %	71%	–	36%
Times Broken	2	0	2

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