Rods managed to enter the main draw of the “Argentina Open”. (FPT)

A new challenge for Jean Paul Varillas. The national tennis player made his debut in the Buenos Aires ATP 250 Qualifier against the Argentinian Thiago Tirante (237 ATP) and managed to beat him in just over an hour 6-2 and 6-4, after advancing in the previous standings he had to face Federico Delboniswinning by 7-5 and 6-2 in an hour and a half to the Argentinian tennis player, number 131 of the ATP.

After this result, the national tennis player got his pass to the main draw and spoke about how he felt during his participation. “I’m happy to have qualified, although I knew that the majority of the public was going to be with Delbonis because of what he brought to his country, he is a great player. I also know that there had Peruvians cheering, I know it’s very hot and being there two hours, three hours, it must not be easy and I thank you for that My goal is to continue playing at this level and to stay in this type of tournaments and that the results also arrive,” commented Varillas.

The Peruvian tennis player will make his debut in the main draw of the Argentina Open, Today, Tuesday February 14, in the fourth round, against the tennis player from Portugal, Joao Souza, 142 in the ATP ranking, for Round 32 at Stadium 2.

In John the Baptist‘ could be retrieved in the Buenos Aires ATP 250 and back in the Top 100, after in the last update of the ATP rankings he fell in position 101. In 2021 he already beat the Portuguese on clay also 2-0. On this surface, he won 3 times and lost 2 times this year.

The match will take place around 6:40 p.m. in Peru and although it is not available on any platform for our country, the live score can be followed from the Argentina Open page. Also, for those in Argentina, it can be seen on the TyC Sports website.

Juan Pablo Varillas made his pass for the Argentina Open main draw and is still in the running.  (Argentina open)
Juan Pablo Varillas made his pass for the Argentina Open main draw and is still in the running. (Argentina open)

Juan Pablo Varillas is our first national racket due to his great rise in the ATP ranking: since Luis Horna represented the country, there has not been another Top 100. That is why this new participation of Varillas in an ATP tournament is not a surprise, since it is not the first or the second, but tenth time the national tennis player grabbed a ‘main board’ or mainframe.

The first was in the year 2020 in a ATP 250 in Santiago de Chile and the same year in Córdova, Argentina. In 2021, he participated in two ATP 250 tournaments, again in Santiago and Córdova and in an ATP 500 in Hamburg.

Last year he was in the ATP 250 of Gstaad, Córdova, Kitzbuhel, Santiago, Houston, Adelaida and Bastad, which allowed him to add points to take into account in the previous classification for the Australian Open.

Finally, this year he participated in that of Córdova and the following year in Buenos Aires. These tournaments offer better financial prizes than ATP Challenger Tour, as well as more points for the ranking.

The Peruvian tennis player started his participation in the tournament well Australian Openwhere he entered the main draw and was measured against the German Alexander Zverevobtained the highest ranking in the ranking of Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) when reaching position 94.

Thereafter, although he was to play in the World Group 1 qualifiers for the Davis Cupwhere Peru eventually beat Ireland 4-0, our first national racket decided to prioritize his career and not participate in the national team tournament in order to continue to have opportunities to participate in the main draws Grand Slam and ATP tournaments.

He also participated in tournaments Concepción ATP Challenger 100, in Chile; and the Cordoba ATP 250in Argentina and because he did not excel in both, in the last ranking he fell to 98th place and this week he is in 101st place, but despite this he now has a new opportunity to stand out and continue in the long-awaited ‘Top 100′ after earning their pass to the main draw of the Argentina Open.

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