Who will Juan Pablo Varillas face in his debut at Roland Garros?

Peruvian tennis dressed up this Friday, May 20th, in the early hours of the morning with Juan Pablo Varillas' great triumph in the last phase of the Roland Garros 2022 qualifiers. The national athlete won 2 sets to 1 with partial scores of 5-7, 6-4, and 7-6 (10-5) against Chilean Nicolás Jarry, so he will play a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.

It took 14 years for a Peruvian tennis player to be in the main draw of one of the most famous tournaments on the planet. The last one was Luis Horna in 2008, who was present in six opportunities in the French Open tournaments. His best performance was in 2005 when he reached the third round.

Nowadays, 'Juanpi' is the number 1 racket in the country and occupies the 122nd position in the ATP ranking. At 26 years old, he finally achieved one of his goals, which is to participate with the best athletes on the planet in one of the four official major tournaments of the world circuit organized by the International Tennis Federation.

Varillas will make his debut in the first round of Roland Garros on Sunday, May 22nd, again in the early hours of the morning or in the early morning in Peru. And it will not be easy at all, on the contrary, because he will face Félix Auger-Aliassime. The Frenchman is the 9th best in the world in the ATP ranking.

Both have already faced each other before. On October 5, 2016, they had a match corresponding to the round of 16 of the ITF Valldoreix Tournament in Spain. On that occasion, the Frenchman won 2-0 (6-3 and 6-1) against Juan Pablo, but both have improved tremendously since then, especially Auger-Aliassime.