How can it be that a Mar del Plata native, accustomed to running for hours and hours on clay and who had only stepped onto grass for the first time less than two weeks ago to lose in the classification of a tournament with a player ranked almost 250th in the ranking, has come to Wimbledon and after beating the sixth tennis player in the world he achieved his second victory against the Australian Adam Walton by 7-5, 1-6, 6-7 (12-14), 6-1 and 7-6 (10-8) in a battle that lasted more than four hours and earned him a ticket to play in the third round against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti?
Francisco Comesaña He got the tennis world talking about him after his huge victory against the Russian Andrey Rublev in his debut. But not satisfied with that, he achieved the most difficult thing: he did not lose focus and in the next match, the first of his life in which he played five sets, he also won. Why? It is difficult to find an explanation for someone who does not play great tennis even on cement – a surface that is not so fast but fast nonetheless.
But Comesaña It has two virtues to move well on the grass: sensitivity to hit the ball and intelligence to play with speed changes. That allowed him to use his best weapons -the servicewhich he found more and more often, and the drop– to get the most out of his tennis.
There are few who play the game the way he does. And what is different, on the circuit, pays. But above all, Comesaña has a plus: She believes it and is not afraid. He is a boy who two years ago, when he came into the hands of Sebastian Gutierrezwas close to 400th place in the world and had many doubts about her present and, above all, her future. But she worked, made an effort, improved her physical appearance and at Wimbledon she found her best version. And from anonymity she exploded.
What will happen to him is difficult to say. He could easily lose to Musetti, ranked 25th and fresh from being a semi-finalist in Stuttgart and a finalist in Queen’s on the grass court tour. That’s why a victory by him would be another strong blow on the table. But the good thing is that Comesaña – and, keeping the distance, like Nalbandian in his time – showed that the way is to be encouraged.
Grass cannot be an enemy of Argentines. Some find it more difficult than others, no doubt. But it is a surface like any other. And it is played on for six weeks a year. And the most important tournament in the world is played on it.
2024-07-04 22:43:23
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