Diego Schwartzman closed the year with a heavy loss in Brisbane

The Argentine fell to American Michelsen 6-1 and 6-4 in the qualy and did not advance to the main draw. Comesaña from Mar del Plata had the same fate against local Li Tu.

After a good debut in the first round of qualifying of Brisbane ATP 250the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman The American lost him Alex Michelsen and was left with no chance of entering the main draw of the tournament.

He Small He is almost never in a game and He bowed out of the tournament in Australia after a resounding 6-1, 6-4 loss against his 19-year-old rival.. Thus, Michelsen (97th in the ATP ranking), advanced to the main draw, while Schwartzman said goodbye to 2023 with a heavy loss.

Meanwhile, the man from Mar del Plata Francisco Comesaña He also had no luck and was eliminated on the same occasion as Schwartzman. The person responsible for leaving 124th in the ranking out of the competition is the local team Lee You (255°), after a 7-6, 5-7 and 7-6 which lasted almost three hours.

Rafa Nadal, against Dominic Thiem in the main draw

One of the biggest qualy attractions in Brisbane is find out who Rafael Nadal’s opponent will be in the main singles draw, in what will be the Spaniard’s return to the circuit in that modality. Surprisingly, what he will face is a tennis player who knows how to play finals with the former world number 1, but now also seeks to regain his best level: Dominic Thiem.

The Austrian trained with Nadal in preparation for Brisbane and, After defeating the Italian Giulio Zeppieri 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4, he will face him in the first round of the Australian ATP 250.

It is worth mentioning that the rivalry between Nadal and Thiem was not the official return of the Spaniard, as it happened at the doubles table, after 347 days of inactivity. there, He debuted as a pair with Marc López, his friend and current coach, but they lost after the double 6-4 against Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.