Comesaña won a battle and is the last Argentine in Wimbledon

Francisco Comesaña He beat Australian Adam Walton in a very close match that was decided in the tie-break of the fifth set and advanced to the third round of Wimbledon.

The Mar del Plata native won a great match that lasted more than four hours and that could have gone either way, since the Argentine had a break of advantage in the fifth set and his rival was ahead during the “sudden death” that determined the winner.

With this victory by 7-5, 1-6, 6-7 (12), 6-1 and 7-6 (8), Comesaña got into the third round of Wimbledon, in his first main draw in a Grand Slam tournament, where he will face the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (25th).

In his tournament debut on Tuesday, Comesaña pulled off a huge upset in the first round by eliminating Russian and world No. 6 Andrey Rublev.

This real triumph had represented his first victory on the circuit and, in addition, it occurred in his absolute debut in Grand Slam tournaments.

The other Argentine who played this Thursday was Thomas Etcheverry (30th), who battled against Australian Alexei Popyrin but fell 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3 after 3 hours and 58 minutes of play.

This was another disappointment for “Retu”, who despite having all the weapons to fight the best, was unable to translate this into good results and ended up suffering unexpected defeats against rivals who appeared inferior in the preview.

In the first round, the Argentine had had a very good performance to eliminate the Italian Luca Nardi in straight sets.

Popyrin’s next opponent will be Serbian Novak Djokovic, world No. 2 and seven-time Wimbledon champion (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022), who beat Briton Jacob Fearnley.

Thus, the only Argentine hope in the race is Comesaña, who was the only one who managed to impose conditions on a grass that was very adverse for the national representatives this season.