Juan Pablo Varillas moved to the round of 16 of the ATP 250 Chengdu Open after defeating Jie Cui

After leading Peru in the victory against Noriega for the Davis Cup, Juan Pablo Varillas He started his Asian tour in the best way by qualifying for the round of 16 of the ATP 250 at Chendgu Open, in China, after beating Jie Cui (583 ATP) 6-3, 6-1.

The Peruvian tennis player (70th ATP) did not have strong opposition from Cui, who made multiple errors during the game. Given this, ‘Juanpi’ took several break points in his favor.

With this, Varillas advanced to the next stage of the Chengdu Open competition, which takes place on hard surface courts and which distributes 1 million 261 thousand 555 dollars in prizes.

It is known that ‘Juanpi’ will have, in the round of 16, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (20th ATP) as an opponent. The foreigner is one of the favorites to qualify for the quarterfinals because he is extremely experienced and difficult to beat.

It is worth mentioning that on September 17, the Peruvian team managed to defeat its Norwegian counterpart in the David Cup, in a match at the Lawn Tennis club in Lima. This victory allowed us to qualify for the ‘qualifiers’ stage.