Madrid Open: Fran Cerú beat Comesaña in the Argentine duel and will face Zverev again

The rhythmic scene of the Magic Box of the Madrid Open He altered by some Argentines. Stage partners in the flirtatious court 3, Francisco closing it (21st) The triumph was taken in the duel of national representatives before Francisco Comesaña (70º) By double 6-4. Thus, he advanced to the round of 16 of the tournament played in the Spanish capital, where he will face Tuesday to Alexander Zverev (2nd).

The eldest of the Cerúndo it again demonstrated his progress in the game, especially with the service. With 77% of the first, they won 69% and took the reins of the meeting. Even that blow came out when he needed it most: he saved the four chances of break that his rival generated. From then on, he took the initiative from the bottom, dominated the point and distributed from one side to the other with Non -forced errors (32) But also with many Winning shots (26).

Of course, the development of the party was not easy: on the other side of the network there was an adversary that was planted from the first moment. Comesaña, who is going through the best passage in his career, was not far behind in the right -wing duel, played equal to the same (sometimes abused parallel reverse) and complicated with various resources (from the slice to the Dropshots). However, he could not stepping out the accelerator when he made his chances or when he had to save the Break Points (3/5). And, after all, that ends up expensive.

With this triumph, the 26 -year -old Buenos Aires stretched his good run against his compatriots so far from 2025: He faced four Argentines and beat everyone (Facundo Díaz Acosta at the Australia Open, Juan Manuel Cerú in Buenos Aires and Tomás Etcheverry in Santiago).

In the next round, the pupil of Nicolás Pastor and Pablo Cuevas, which is in the 21st position in the live ranking, will be measured with The aforementioned Zverev, which he exceeded in the two previous duels. And for their good news both happened on brick dust courts, one in Madrid in 2024 and the last one in Argentina Open in 2025.

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