Tomas Machac vs Francisco Comesana — R128 — Madrid Open

Tomas Machac dropped the opener 6-3 and trailed on serve before the second-set tiebreak swung the match — he took it 7-3 and never gave it back. The recovery rode his second serve: 59% of second-serve points won to Francisco Comesana's 50%, and a 17-of-34 return haul on the Argentine's seconds. Machac out-hit him 37 winners to 28 across 135 minutes, a margin that mattered in a match where total points split 92-90. First clay meeting between the two, and Machac takes the early H2H lead.