
Francisco Comesana shocks Alexander Zverev 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Rio De Janeiro on Friday. Comesana will face Alexandre Muller in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Francisco added to his prize money $ 62,845 after winning this match. He has already won $ 128,490 till now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add $ 112,610 to his earnings to get in total $ 241,100.
Highlights Francisco Comesana vs. Alexander Zverev Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Comesana scored 89 points vs. Zverev’s 81.
Comesana
Comesana was pretty effective at converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Zverev
On the other side, Alexander was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Comesana and Zverev is 1-0 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Comesana vs. Alexandre Muller – stats
Comesana will fight against Muller in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Francisco Comesana and Alexandre Muller since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Comesana had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Alexander Zverev in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the German to win the set because the Argentine managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. The German maintained his focus to break Francisco in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
The German was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Argentine was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They contested 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the German won just 3 more points than Francisco (35-32). Alexander dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). On the losing side, Comesana conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Comesana conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Francisco was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, the German was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 58 points. This set was so close that, The Argentine won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Comesana surrendered 12 points on serve (21-12). On the other side, Alexander conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Comesana had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexander Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, Comesana refused to bow to come back to break Zverev in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Alexander was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Comesana converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Zverev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They contested 45 points. Comesana won 11 more points than Zverev (28-17). The Argentine lost 5 points on serve (17-5). On the other side, the German conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Alexander ZverevZverev (4-6 6-3 6-4)
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Jaime FariaFaria (7-65 6-4)
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-4 6-1)
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-5 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H details and stats





