If one sees the ranking, in the top 100 ATP John Paul Varillas He is one of the tennis players who is having the most promotions. The week rose 20 boxes to climb to 81st place, only bettered by the 21 places of the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (40 ATP) and by the great recovery of the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, who returned to the top 100 with 41 places of ascent.
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And with yesterday’s victory over Hugo Gastón in the first round of the ATP 500 from Rio de Janeiro allows you to ascend five more steps. This is tennis, each match is reflected in the classification and the good start of rods in this 2023 he is giving him awards.
It was victory of rods 7-5 and 6-4 over the Frenchman, in a match that seemed to have been controlled but was extended due to mistakes made by the Peruvian tennis player, perhaps due to the fatigue he was carrying from having played in Buenos Aires. However, the result he needed to get into the second round was given.
The single victory that gives him 45 points in the ranking and the option of looking for 90 if he reaches the quarterfinals. To do this, they must beat the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci or the Argentine Sebastián Báez in the second round, who will face each other this Wednesday following Tuesday’s matches were suspended due to rain.
ATP tournaments
But what does each victory mean for Juan Pablo Varillas? By rising in the ranking week by week, the Peruvian tennis player opens the doors of the big tournaments. He already played two ATP 250 and at the moment he is playing an ATP 500. On the horizon it is not unreasonable to think of seeing him soon in a Master 1000.
Manuel Cabezas, a sports specialist at @PeruanoTenis, makes some projections that the Peruvian can aim for. The journalist informs us that rods he is close to playing a Masters 1000. “Indian Wells is far away for Juampi since he only entered the main draw and not the Qualy, but he has options for Miami”tells us.
According to the regulations, the entrance cutoff to each Masters It is one month before the start of the contest, so the positions that Juan Pablo is improving today have no effect on the closest tournaments. He is alternate 23 for Indian Wells, Manuel tells us, that is, they have to retire that same number of players so that the Peruvian can enter the main draw.
However the ATP Miami can be the great option for the Peruvian. “It is close to the MD (Main Draw). It is alternate 5 and it is feasible that it enters. Perhaps he also registers for the qualy”, the specialist tells us. That is to say, Varillas may soon be stepping on new courts.
For Manuel Cabezas, where the Peruvian would be aiming is the Madrid Masters, at the end of April. “He is 96 players and staying in the top 80 he has great options,” he tells us. He might go straight into the main draw. He plays Monte Carlo before, but to play there he should be in the top 50, something not impossible, but complicated by the large number of points he would need to score in these weeks.
A Roland Garros
But the most exciting news in Peruvian tennis is that Juan Pablo Varillas is close to securing a place in Rolang Garrosthe Grand Slam on Parisian soil where he made his debut last year following winning his three qualifying matches.
However, for this year his goal is to enter directly and for this he must remain below the top 100 of the ranking until April 17, the date of the cut of the French contest. “He has taken 160 points from number 100, which is more or less the points he defends until April,” Manuel explains. That is to say, in the worst case, Juan Pablo might lose positions, but still remain in direct classification positions for Roland Garros.
Memories
But that path would be easier if he keeps adding points. This Thursday they play the second round in Rio and there are 90 points at stake. It all adds up to the bag for the Grand Slam.
The important thing is that Juan Pablo Varillas already sees the big tournaments on the horizon. It will depend on him to follow his good course to get into the positions that allow him to say present. This Thursday he plays the second round of the ATP in Rio, where 90 points are at stake.
After this week, he will travel to Chile to play the ATP in Santiago, where he does not defend points, so each victory will mean one more step towards the top positions of the ATP ranking.
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