Quarterfinals bound! Juan Pablo Varillas defeated Alexandr Shevchenko at the ATP 250 in Antwerp.

Great triumph for Juan Pablo Varillas! This Wednesday - in a match of one hour and 46 minutes - he defeated 2-1 the Russian Aleksandr Shevchenko (84th place in the ATP), and qualified for the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 in Antwerp (first time in his ATP career, on hard court). Be aware, our top racket will now face the Frenchman Arthur Fils (38th), who won against the Estonian Mark Lajal (229th).

Now, the match was not easy for our compatriot, as the Russian won the first set (6-3). After that, Juan Pablo Varillas had a significant reaction and finally registered a 6-3 and 6-2 in favor. It should be noted that he reached this stage after defeating the Hungarian Fábián Marozsán, who reached the quarterfinals in the Shanghai M1000.

After this tournament, Juan Pablo Varillas is registered in the qualifying stage of the ATP 500 in Vienna (Austria), in the week of October 23, and the Masters 1000 in Paris starting on the 30th of this month. Subsequently, he will participate in the Challenger 75 in Lima, which will be the second tournament to be played this year in the country (in the first one, category 50 played in August at the Jockey Club, Ecuadorian Álvaro Guillén Meza was the champion).

It is worth noting that Varillas defends 101 points from now until the end of the year. In other words, if he becomes champion in Lima, he will have defended the majority of points, so he will surely finish among the top 80 tennis players in the world in 2023. In addition, the tournament in Peru can mark the start of a Challenger tour in South America where the Peruvian top racket can end his activity for the year.

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