Zverev advances, Comesana stuns Rublev at Wimbledon

p a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a spearheaded some strong performances from Top 10 stars in the PIF ATP Rankings on Tuesday at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, although World No. 6 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a became the highest-ranked man to fall so far at the grass major. /p

p The fourth-seeded Zverev breezed past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-carballes-baena/cf59/overview'Roberto Carballes Baena/a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 on No. 1 Court to reach the second round for the seventh time in eight appearances at SW19. The German powered 46 winners, including 18 aces, in a statement opening win at an event where he is yet to reach the quarter-finals. /p

p “Obviously, first rounds are never easy, but I’m happy with how I started the tournament,” said Zverev in his on-court interview. “I want to compete, I want to do well here at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a. It’s the most historic tennis tournament that we have. /p

p “I’ve struggled over the years here on these beautiful courts, unfortunately, but I feel different this year. I feel somehow very much more into it, very much more alive on these courts, and hopefully I can show that in the next few matches.” /p

p With his one-hour, 53-minute triumph against Carballes Baena, Zverev set a second-round meeting with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcos-giron/gc88/overview'Marcos Giron/a or home wild card a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henry-searle/s0tx/overview'Henry Searle/a in London. He is now 12-2 for the year in Grand Slam matches, having reached the semi-finals at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a and the championship match at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a. /p

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p On No. 2 Court, Rublev lost his perfect record in a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a first rounds after Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-comesana/c0df/overview'Francisco Comesana/a upset the sixth seed 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(5). In a match cut in half by a rain delay, the World No. 122 Comesana converted four of five break points he earned to clinch a famous victory in just his second grass-court match at any level, professional or junior. /p

p Comesana’s reward for his win, his first at tour-level in four attempts, is a second-round encounter with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adam-walton/w09e/overview'Adam Walton/a. The Australian earlier notched his own maiden major victory by seeing off a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/federico-coria/ce77/overview'Federico Coria/a 6-3, 6-3, 7-5. /pblockquote class="twitter-tweet"p lang="en" dir="ltr"Listen up ????brbra href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-comesana/c0df/overview'Francisco Comesana/a is a pretty interesting guy ????a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnTheRise?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#OnTheRise/a | a href="https://twitter.com/atptour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@atptour/a | a href="https://twitter.com/a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@Wimbledon/a a href="https://t.co/NWsQkW9FiM"pic.twitter.com/NWsQkW9FiM/a/pmdash; ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) a href="https://twitter.com/ATPChallenger/status/1808185234539614678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"July 2, 2024/a/blockquote script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"/script

p Rublev’s defeat is a blow to the 17-time tour-level titlist’s standing in the PIF ATP Rankings. The 26-year-old was defending quarter-final points from a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a 2023 and has now slipped below a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a into seventh in the PIF ATP Live Rankings. Rublev remains eighth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, but has missed an important chance to press his a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a qualification claims at the All England Club. /p

p There were no such troubles for a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a in their respective first-round outings. The seventh-seeded Hurkacz rallied past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/radu-albot/a829/overview'Radu Albot/a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 with the help of 24 aces to set a meeting with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dominic-stricker/s0la/overview'Dominic Stricker/a. /p

p De Minaur, who won his second tour-level title on grass in ‘s-Hertogenbosch last month, defeated his fellow Australian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/james-duckworth/d994/overview'James Duckworth/a 7-6(1), 7-6(3), 7-6(4). The ninth seed next will hope to improve his break point conversion in his next match after going 3/19 against Duckworth. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jaume-munar/mu94/overview'Jaume Munar/a, who beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/billy-harris/hd68/overview'Billy Harris/a 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, is his next opponent. /ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a fought off a first-round test from a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taro-daniel/da81/overview'Taro Daniel/a, ousting the Japanese player 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-5 after two hours, 23 minutes. The Greek lifted his aggression in critical moments, crushing 55 winners and frequently looking for opportunities to close points at net./pp

Seeded 11th, Tsitsipas awaits a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/emil-ruusuvuori/rh24/overview'Emil Ruusuvuori/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mackenzie-mcdonald/mk66/overview'Mackenzie McDonald/a in the second round. Tsitsipas is making his seventh a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a appearance, with his best result being a fourth-round run in 2018 and 2023./ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a, fresh off his third Eastbourne title, extended his winning streak to five with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/christopher-oconnell/o483/overview'Christopher O'Connell/a. The American No. 1 has not been broken since the Queen's Club quarter-finals. Fritz, who reached the last eight at SW19 two years ago, dropped just two points behind his first delivery en route to a 91-minute win./ppStuttgart champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a began his home Slam by treating the crowd to a five-set Centre Court victory. The 22-year-old, seeded 28th, overcame Sweden's a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/elias-ymer/y218/overview'Elias Ymer/a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3./p

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