Madrid Open: Comesaña lets best win slip, ATP ranking to drop | OneFootball

Despite making a promising start, Argentine Francisco Comesaña (No. 105) was unable to seal the best win of his year this Wednesday, when he lost to Czech Tomas Machac (No. 41) 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 in his Madrid Open debut, extending his poor run and set to fall in the ATP world rankings.

After suffering a tough loss at the hands of local player Federico Silva (No. 234) in the Oeiras 3 Challenger 125, the 25-year-old from Mar del Plata, with just three wins so far in 2026, came close to pulling off the upset against the Beroun-born player, also 25 and the reigning Adelaide ATP 250 champion, who refused to back down, winning the second-set tiebreak convincingly, breaking early in the third, and never relinquishing the lead on the Spanish clay.

As a result, the Sebastián Gutiérrez-coached player, who was looking to emulate compatriots Thiago Tirante (No. 75) and Solana Sierra (No. 88), added another early exit to his current season, as had happened in Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Indian Wells, Miami, and Monte Carlo, and has virtually dropped to No. 111 in the men’s rankings, his worst position since July 2024, considering he was defending third-round points in the Masters 1000 in the Spanish capital.

For his part, the former world No. 20, who had recently beaten Argentina’s Francisco Cerúndolo (No. 20) in Monte Carlo and is playing this event for the third straight edition, will face Britain’s Cameron Norrie (No. 23) in the next round, the winner of both of their previous meetings, at Wimbledon 2023 and Geneva 2025.

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