Juan Pablo Varillas, Peru’s No. 1 racket, and why he just achieved the best victory of his career in Switzerland | Tennis | ATP | Roberto Bautista Agut | ATP 250 EFG Swiss Open Gstaad | RMMD DTCC | SPORT-TOTAL

It is not an exaggeration when it is said that John Paul Varillas He has achieved the most impressive victory of his career. In the Swiss Open Gstaad, the tennis tournament that takes place in the southeast of Switzerland, on the border with France, the Peruvian has defeated a top 20, the most dedicated rival to whom he has shaken hands at the end of the match.

rods He has revalidated the expectations that the circuit has about him: that at 26 years old he is getting closer and closer to the top 100, that select group of tennis players who distance themselves from the rest because of their physique, their technique and, above all, their mind .

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It was the weather that got in the way of glory yesterday. rods He was winning by a set (a very tight 7-6) against the Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut. Neither more nor less than the current No. 19 in the ATP ranking, with a brilliant resume at 34 years old: once a semifinalist at Wimbledon, three victories over the Serbian Novak Djokovic and, as if that were not enough, Davis Cup champion 2019 with Rafael Nadal and other ‘savages’ of the racket.

He faced all of this rods. However, it occurred to heaven to rain uncontrollably when they were tied 5-5 in the second set. The judges had no choice but to suspend the game.

rodsChest warm, he returned to his chair. He wiped away the sweat and waited. Bautista Agut did not put his hands together, but thanked him in his mind. Of that we can be sure.

After a long time, the rain stopped, and then both gladiators returned to the arena, in Switzerland. Rods was still in tune and did not falter in his game: he was 6-5 within a shot of victory, when once again the sky decided his fate.

And now the Peruvian did not have any more chances to take advantage of his state of grace. The meeting was definitively postponed due to bad weather, in the most infamous part of the round of 16 of the Swiss Open Gstaad ATP 250.

It resumed today. And while there might be a chance that Varillas would relax, it didn’t happen and he sealed the game 7-5, thus qualifying for the quarterfinals, where he will face Austrian Dominic Thiem. Rods, let’s remember, had already left the Italian Lorenzo Sonego, No. 60 in the ATP ranking, on the road.

If he took a big step in May by qualifying for the main draw at Roland Garros for the first time, today he graduated. Let nothing spoil his rise.