Francisco Comesaña’s great week at the US Open ended on Friday with a third-round defeat to American Taylor Fritz, who showed his great form and talent to take the victory at Louis Armstrong Stadium by 6-3, 6-4 and 6-2.
It was a match that lasted exactly two hours on one of the event’s central courts with a relentless world number 12 who won 23 of 29 points on the net and also took advantage 4 break points of the eight he managed, while the player from Mar del Plata was never able to win a game where the local team won.
The match, as expected, was very even and both were looking for a window where they could gain some advantage. But both competed at a high level in that stretch. When they were 4-3 up Fritz was able to break the Mar del Plata player’s serve for the only time and then confirmed it with his serve to close the first set (6-3).
In the second stage, the development was very similar because they were game by game until The break in favor of the American left it 5-3 down to Comesaña. He saved a set point with his serve but could not keep a service game from his rival who closed it with a great ace for 6-4.
It seemed that the tennis player from our city had no answers for the rest of the match, who suffered two breaks at the start of the third set and with a 4-0 against It seemed difficult to recover against a player of such a good level. He ended up closing it with a 6-2 to make it to the fourth round.
For Comesaña it is another unforgettable week that will add to his great present where, for the second Grand Slam in a row after what he obtained at Wimbledon, he manages to advance three rounds in what were until now the only four ATP victories of his career.
In the next official ranking, he will once again appear among the 100 best tennis players in the world, a good challenge to sustain from now until the end of the season, thinking about a very auspicious 2025 for him within the most important tournaments of the calendar. He seems like a player made for the big events.
