:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/QCV66S7L6FHF3FLIVO4AFVDCKQ.png "Juan Pablo Varillas qualified for the quarter-finals of the Argentine Open: he beat Dominic Thiem 1")
Historic victory! The first Peruvian racket got up and won. Jean Paul Varillasfound himself in the 16th lap of the Argentina Open with Austrian tennis player Dominique Thiem, former world number 3 in 2020, with whom he had a vibrant duel, which ended in the victory of Juan Pablo Varillas. The national tennis player won 2-0 with 6-4 and 6-4 partials in one hour and 47 minutes.
Juan Pablo Varillas at the Argentine Open: day, time and TV channel of the match against Dominic Thiem
The Peruvian tennis player will face the Austrian, former world number three, for the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tennis tournament in Buenos Aires.
Thiem had only lost once in Argentina. He was double champion of the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires in 2016 and 2018. In his career, he beat Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovicc, in addition, won the US Open 2020one of four Grand Slam. Recognized as the future of tennis, despite all this, today he couldn’t and fell in front of an impressive Juan Pablo Varillas. The Peruvian with great serves and maximum concentration was able to stand out from the first set.
At the end of the match, the Peruvian tennis player spoke about the importance of this type of victories in his career. “These matches mark you, they give you a lot of experience. These are players who give you few chances and you have to take advantage of them. You have to be at 110% and I was able to stay aggressive. Dominic is a player who pushes you back with his good long shots. It was important to dare and to believe in it,” he said.
Jean Paul Varillas He arrived in the main draw of the Argentinian tournament motivated to win, considering that the Peruvian did his pre-season in Buenos Aires, he is very aware of the playing conditions, because it is always important for tennis players to know the weather and sometimes bear it for the intense heat felt in Argentina.
Juan Pablo Varillas looking to get back into the Top 100 at the Argentine Open
The Peruvian tennis player has managed to enter the main draw of the ATP 250 tournament and will face the Portuguese Joao Souza for his passage in the round of 16 of the tournament in Buenos Aires.
The national athlete started by beating the Argentinian in the first qualifying round Thiago Augustin Shooter (6-2; 6-4); in the second qualifying round at also local Federico Delbonis (7-5; 6-2); in the round of 16 of the main draw, he beat to Portuguese Joao Sousa (6-2; 7-5) and finally, in the round of 16, they also triumphed against the former Top 3, Dominique Thiem (6-4; 6-4).
‘In John the Baptist‘ started in great shape, first entering the main draw of the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open and climbed into the Top 100obtaining the best ranking of his career with the position 94. Later, he traveled to Chile, but could not advance to the final instances of the Concepcion Challengerthen fell into the main draw of Cordoba Open. However, despite this, he shows today what he is capable of by finding his way in the Argentina Open.
Juan Pablo Varillas advanced to the Argentina Open: he beat the Portuguese Joao Sousa
The Peruvian tennis player continues to add points in his quest to return to the top 100 of the ATP rankings and will face Austrian Dominic Thiem at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires.