Tomás Etcheverry stays before Comesaña the Argentine duel in Hamburg | ATP Tour

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Etcheverry and Ugo Carabelli remain the Argentine duels of Hamburg

Francisco binds to him in the second round

May 20, 2025

The Bitpanda Hamburg Open had five Argentines in the main picture and fate wanted four of them to face each other in the first round of this ATP 500 on beaten land.

This Tuesday’s first duel between two compatriots in the South American country occurred on Hamburg M1 track, where Tomás Martín Etcheverry resolved on his side a hard premiere against Francisco Comesaña by 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Both Etcheverry and Comesaña arrived at the appointment with nine wins registered at the ATP Tour this season, with a 9-14 and 9-9 record, respectively. But it was No. 55 of the PIF ATP Rankings who managed to add a dozen – and 75 in his career in total – after closing the victory in an hour and 59 minutes.

Of the total of that time, one hour and 13 minutes invested it in the resolution of the first manga, where both had to raise a break against against. However, the solidity of the services caused everything to be decided in the Tie-Break, where Etcheverry linked three consecutive points to place 6-3 and end up being advanced in the meeting.

Comesaña reacted with an initial break in the second set, but Etcheverry responded not only recovering the lost distance, but winning four of the following five games to open a gap (4-2) that was already insurmountable.

Etcheverry accompanied Francisco closing him in the second round of Hamburg, after the head of series No. 4 surpassed Pedro Martínez last Sunday 6-2, 6-3.

But the confrontation between Etcheverry and Comesaña was not the only one planned on Tuesday in Hamburg between two Argentines. Precisely Etcheverry’s rival left the second derby that hosted the M1 track of the ATP 500 German.

The standard head No. 8 Sebastián Báez and Camilo Ugo Carabelli faced for the fourth time. Unlike what had happened on the previous three occasions, this time the balance opted on the side of Ugo Carabelli 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, leaving the lexus ATP Head2head between them in 1-3 for Báez.

No. 52 of the world, which is located this week in the highest position of his career at the PIF ATP Rankings, signed his victory No. 11 of the season in the 20 games he has played so far, thanks to a large extent to his ability to defend himself from 12 of the 17 times of break that his rival (71%) according to the Infosys ATP statistics.

Báez came to have three break opportunities to try to match four games the third set, but Ugo Carabelli escaped the danger and retained the distance on the scoreboard (5-3) to end up closing with his service the ticket to the second round of Hamburg.

It will be the first time at the ATP Tour level that are measured on the runway Etcheverry and Carabelli, although they know each other perfectly. On Futures and ATP Challenger Tour add ten confrontations, with a five -wing distribution for each side.