Francisco Comesana defeats Felipe Meligeni Alves 7-6(3) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Santiago on Wednesday. Comesana will fight against Sebastian Baez in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Argentine added to his prize money $ 4,640 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,935 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add $ 8,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,555 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Comesana scored 93 points vs. Felipe’s 82.
Comesana
Comesana served extremely well to win 76% of the points (39/51) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (23/33) on his second serve. Francisco wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the tiebreaks.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
On the other side, Felipe wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Comesana and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves is 4-1 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Comesana vs. Sebastian Baez – stats
Comesana will face Baez in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Comesana and Sebastian Baez play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Baez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Comesana won the set after he broke Meligeni Rodrigues Alves .
Comesana was unable to convert any of the 7 conquered break points. He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 12th (6-5 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Brazilian was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, Comesana won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Felipe (44-45
). The Argentine surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, the Brazilian conceded 22 points on serve (37-22).Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Comesana won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Comesana won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won a minibreak in the 6th
(3-3) point.This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Comesana was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Felipe was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 74 points. Francisco won 8 points more than the Brazilian (41-33). Comesana dropped 7 points on serve (30-7). In addition, on the other side, Felipe conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
Tennis Scores in Santiago
- Federico CoriaCoria – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-1 6-0)
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (7-63 7-64)
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Nicolas JarryJarry (5-7 6-3 7-69)
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-2)
- Jaime FariaFaria – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-4)
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 3-6 7-62)
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 3-6 6-2)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-3)
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-5 6-2)
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (7-5 6-3)
- Cristian GarinGarin – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (2-6 6-4 6-4)
- Laslo DjereDjere – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-3 6-4)
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