What triumph. One of the best Argentine tennis in recent times. And with what authority, without giving him anything. Francisco Comesaña (86 °) defeated Alexander Zverev (2nd)finalist at the Australian Open, 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4 in 2h31m. Thus, he advanced to the semifinals of the ATP 500 from Rio de Janeiro. The other semi will play Camilo Ugo Carabelli and Sebastián Báez. Francisco Cerúndo lost to Alexandre Muller and there will be no full of Argentines in Semis.
The 24 -year -old Marplatense, whose quality jump was given by the hand of Sebastián Gutiérrez, feels comfortable playing before the greats. He had already demonstrated it in Wimbledon with the victory against Rublev, at that time Top 10, and now he gave signs of his quality and potential against the second best rack on the planet.
“I think that believing in me and winning that game gave me more and more confidence, and let me know that I can play great games.”I had told Olé a little over a week before debuting in Argentina Open. And again evidenced that he is prepared for the major leagues of the circuit.
With everything against, he raised a perfect duel. Despite having lost the initial set, he punished with his right, he played the physical duel to a diminished German and complicated him with the parallel slice. Of course, I knew that in the blow by cross upside down I was going to lose, but with the cut it took the great advantage of the night at the Jockey Club of Leblon.
The most surprising thing was how he never lowered his arms. The Aldosivi fan It smelled blood and went forward with the strength of a shark. So much so that the score on the decisive set: It went from 2-4 below 6-4 above. And the impressive was the conviction with which he succeeded. In the ninth game, Come He had had a parallel right to break. However, he threw it outside a meter. While some had thrown the towel, he stood firm, won a tip (maybe the best of the brick powder tour) and ended up getting the advantage. And at the time of closing it, the most difficult tennis as explained by the protagonists themselves, He nailed an ACE, a winning drive and a smash in back. He didn’t need an error of his adversary!
With this triumph, Comesaña will rise-as minimum-to the 67th position of the ranking and on Saturday, for the semifinals, it will be measured with the Frenchman Alexandre Muller who beat Francisco closing it by 7-5 and 6-1.