The Asian tour of Juan Pablo Varillas It has started strongly. After her outstanding performance in the Davis cup, where he contributed two important victories for his country, the Peruvian is now competing at the ATP Chengdu to maintain his excellent performance. In this context, this Thursday, September 21, the tennis player achieved a convincing victory in the round of 32 by defeating Jie Cui of China with a score of 6-1 and 6-3. With this result, the South American advances to the round of 16 of the tournament.
Varillas started the game demonstrating an outstanding performance. From the start, he managed to break Cui’s serve without giving up a single point, and then held his own serve to consolidate his lead. The Peruvian tennis player continued to raise his level of play by achieving another break of serve. He established an early lead with a solid 4-0 lead in his favor.
Cui was being vastly outmatched and was having difficulty dealing with his opponent. The Chinese tennis player was finally able to win his first game of the set without giving up any points. However, that would be the only game he would achieve in that set, as Varillas got a decisive break to close the set with a score of 6-1.
At the beginning of the second set, the Chinese tennis player began to show improvement in his game. He stayed in the exchanges of blows and adopted a more aggressive strategy, trying to prevent Juan from taking the initiative. Despite this, the Peruvian proved to be superior to his opponent and handled the situation, finally taking the set 6-3.
Who will be Varillas’ next opponent at the Chengdu Open?
In the round of 16, Juan Pablo Varillas will face world number 20, Grigor Dimitrov. The Chengdu Open is a tournament played on an outdoor hard court surface and a total of 28 players participate. Additionally, this event takes place between September 20 and 26.
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