Match Report
Prizmic outlasts home hope Jarry in Santiago opener
Hanfmann advances, Comesana saves 1 MP
February 24, 2026
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Dino Prizmic is No. 120 in the PIF ATP Rankings (file photo).
By ATP Staff
Dino Prizmic delivered an early exit to Nicolas Jarry’s BCI Seguros Chile Open campaign on Monday when he defeated the local favourite 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 in the opening round.
Despite letting slip four match points on Jarry’s serve in the seventh game of the decider, Prizmic prevailed against the 2023 champion to earn his first tour-level win on clay since his run to the quarter-finals in Umag in July. He won 70 per cent of his first-serve points and converted five of the 13 break points he earned, according to Infosys ATP Stats. The 20-year-old qualifier will next face Vilius Gaubas or Matias Soto.
“The feeling is unbelievable,” Prizmic said. “I’m so happy that I’m improving in every match. I’m just enjoying every match here, and it’s a really, really big thing for me to be a part of this tournament.”
Santiago native Jarry was making his sixth consecutive appearance at the ATP 250 and was hoping to earn his first tour-level win since defeating Joao Fonseca to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon in July.
Yannick Hanfmann lost just three games in a dominant first-round performance on Monday at the BCI Seguros Chile Open, where he cruised past Serbian Dusan Lajovic 6-0, 6-3.
Hanfmann, who leads Lajovic 2-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series, is a two-time quarter-finalist at the ATP 250 event in Santiago. The 34-year-old German hit 22 winners against Lajovic and will next play fourth seed Camilo Ugo Carabelli.
In other action, seventh seed Francisco Comesana saved one match point en route to defeating Pedro Martinez 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4). Comesana now leads the Spaniard 2-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series and will play Andrea Pellegrino in the second round.
Watch extended highlights from Monday’s action in Santiago
Italian qualifier Pellegrino earned his third tour-level win and first this season with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 win against Argentine qualifier Alex Barrena. Pellegrino won the doubles title in Santiago in 2023 with Andrea Vavassori.
“It feels great to win,” Pellegrino said. “When you come from the qualies after winning some matches, it is always great. In the first set, I started very well with good intensity and he was missing a little too much. And second set it was 2-2 and I went a little bit lower with my level and he played much better. The third set is always a fight.”
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