Alexander Zverev vs Francisco Comesana Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Rio Open

Prediction published on 19/02/2025, 23:32  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 20/02/2025 at 08:52 in Tennis Predictions

Top seed Alexander Zverev will battle the unseeded Francisco Comesana at the Rio Open quarter-finals. This will mark their first career meeting and the winner will next play Francisco Cerundolo, Luciano Darderi, Alexandre Muller or Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Below is our prediction for this match.

Alexander Zverev is having a strong debut in Rio and so far hasn’t lost a single set. His second-round tie with Alexander Shevchenko was not a dominant victory though.

The match lasted two hours and 28 minutes and saw both sets require a tiebreaker. He has now won 11 of 13 matches with the highlight of his campaign being a runner-up finish at the Australian Open.

Francisco Comesana is having one of his best-ever campaigns at a tour event. The Argentine has won multiple main draw matches at a tour tournament for only the third time.

Now he is seeking to win more than two for the first time. Comesana has needed a decider in both of his victories this week. Both matches were hard-fought and went over the three-hour mark.

Comesana defeated sixth seed Nicolas Jarry in the second round with all three sets requiring a tiebreaker. Now with five wins, the 24-year-old has shot up to 78th in the live ranking, a new career high.