Francisco Comesana hustles Felipe Meligeni Alves 7-6(3) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Santiago on Wednesday. Comesana will have to play Sebastian Baez in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Comesana 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, Francisco 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, Francisco scored 93 points vs. the Brazilian’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. Comesana wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the tiebreaks.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 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 come up against Baez in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Comesana and Sebastian Baez clash against 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 .
Francisco 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). Moreover, on the other side, Felipe 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 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (44-45). Francisco dropped 8 points on serve (22-8). On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conceded 22 points on serve (37-22).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Comesana won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Francisco won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Brazilian 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). Furthermore, on the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 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 played 74 points. Francisco was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (41-33). Comesana conceded 7 points on serve (30-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
Tennis Scores in Santiago
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (7-63 7-64)
- Federico CoriaCoria – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-1 6-0)
- 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)
Upcoming matches
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- Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H details and stats