Nothing came easy, but in the end, he celebrated to bring joy to the country. Juan Pablo Varillas defeated Mirza Basic in two sets on Friday in the match between Peru and Bosnia in the World Group I of the Davis Cup.
Juan Pablo Varillas claimed victory against Mirza Basic with scores of 7-5 and 7-5 (7). With this triumph, Peru equalizes the tie against Bosnia at 1-1 in this Davis Cup, as earlier, Nicolás Álvarez lost against Damir Dzumhur.
The match that Varillas (No. 122 in the ATP Rankings) won took place at the Lawn Tennis de la Exposición. The national top-ranked player had good hits, which made the difference in his success against Bosnian Basic (No. 269).
Peru levels the series against Bosnia in the Davis Cup
Therefore, everything will be resolved on Saturday with the doubles match and the two remaining singles matches of the tie.
The duo of Sergio Galdos (No. 1276) and Brian Panta (No. 568) left everything on the clay of the Lawn Tennis in search of victory against Tomislav Brkic (No. 812) and Basic. Furthermore, on that day, the third singles match between Varillas and Dzumhur will take place.
Afterwards, the third and fourth singles matches in this Davis Cup will follow. Juan Varillas will face Dzumhur, while Nicolás Álvarez will do the same against Basic.
"We are already focused. It is very important for us that he arrives with a lot of competition; fortunately, he is achieving good results, and that is giving him more confidence for this tournament that will be very tough," said 'Tupi' Venero in the pre-match press conference.
In addition, the national captain stated, "I think that all the guys are going through a good moment. I am concerned that everything is going so well because normally there are certain doubts, injuries, some arrive without playing much, but the present indicates that everything is fine."