Juan Pablo Varillas, debut and classification: the Peruvian won and continues on his way to the main draw at Roland Garros

First hurdle passed for Juan Pablo Varillas towards the main draw at Roland Garros. In the early hours of Tuesday, May 17, the tennis player began his journey in the qualifying stage of the important competition. In the debut, the Peruvian emerged victorious from the match against Tung-Lin Wu, from Taiwan, with a very clear 2-0 victory.

Peru’s first racket required an hour and 23 minutes to beat the Asian, ranked 243rd in the ATP ranking. In the development of the contest, the dispute of the fourth game was key for our compatriot, because in it he took the opportunity to break the opponent’s serve and get 4-2. In more, the player of 26 years solved everything in 42 minutes by 6-3.

In the second set, the Taiwanese started with the service and kept it until the fifth game, in which Varillas broke again and went up 3-2. Juan Pablo repeated it in the seventh game to extend the lead 5-2. With this, the Peruvian had everything in his favor to finish the match with his serve and seal the 6-2 in 41 minutes.

the next rival

Varillas will continue in competition this Wednesday (without a defined schedule). What is known is the Peruvian’s opponent: Duje Ajdukovic. The 21-year-old born in Croatia beat Russian Roman Safiullin 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 in the first round in a match that lasted almost two and a half hours.

Ajdukovic sits at 230th in the pro circuit standings. Before starting his path at the French Open, the tennis player participated in a tournament in his country. Thus, in the Zagreb open, the player reached the quarterfinals, a round in which he fell against Filip Misolic from Austria.

How did Varillas get to qualify for Roland Garros?

Before the debut in this competition, Varillas reported physical problems in his shoulder and withdrew from the Challenger de Bordeaux. Undoubtedly, that trick hurt Juan Pablo in his advance towards the top 100 of the professional ranking. This week, the national credit went from position 117 to 122, with which he will debut in qualifying at Roland Garros.

The end of April and the beginning of May were positive for the man from Lima because he reached the semifinals in Argentina and this earned him a rise to 104th place (the best position in his history). With that motivation, the 26-year-old appeared in action at the Challenger Aix in France during the first week of May.

The Peruvian racket debuted against the Italian Andrea Pellegrino in the tournament that takes place in Provence, southeast of France. The 2-1 victory of the national allowed them to access the round of 16 of the competition. However, Varillas fell for the same result against the local Gregoire Barrere on May 4. In fact, that had been the last time for him on the courts.