2023-05-24 09:43:48
The Argentine tennis player achieves his first important victory in his career in Lyon. Cerúndolo manages to maintain a good rhythm throughout, which is why he ended up beating Juan Pablo Varillas in a set (6-2, 0-0, ret) after 32 minutes of short tennis.
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Francisco Cerúndolo faced the first of the matches corresponding to a new edition of an ATP tournament in the city of Lyon in this month of May 2023. He did it after debuting in the men’s final tablewhere he would have to face the Peruvian tennis player in the second round John Paul Varillas. The Argentine player came to this confrontation after having lost in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 in Rome against Casper Ruud. For his part, the tennis player from Peru came to this match after having beaten Albert Ramos in his debut in Lyon. Inside of the head to head there are up to three precedents between both tennis playersand they were those that took place between 2019 and 2021. In two of them Cerúndolo would win, while in the rest it would be Varillas.
Francisco Cerúndolo starts the game solidly
The match started strong for Juan Pablo Varillas. The Peruvian player got the first game of the match. Francisco Cerúndolo would respond at the moment, who managed to chain a total of three consecutive games with breakage included. He would timidly seek to cut slight differences by a Varillas that would barely have options with serve and return, since his rival was showing a very good superiority with his right. It is for this same reason that Cerúndolo would hook another three new games in his favor, breakage included, to leave the situation with a resounding 6-2 and taking advantage of his only set point in favor.
Juan Pablo Varillas suffers some discomfort during the crash
Immediately after going to the long break between motos, Juan Pablo Varillas would address the chair umpire. Apparently the number 97 in the ATP ranking was suffering from increased discomfort due to his very tough three-set match and almost 3h12min. The fight against Albert Ramos He gave him a bill that he would end up paying very hard to Fran Cerúndolo, where he could only hold out for just 32 minutes of the game. After a brief deliberation, Varillas confirmed his withdrawal from the meeting. This confirmed the pass of Francisco Cerúndolo to the next round of the Lyon tournamentwhere he will have to wait for the rival that comes out of the confrontation between Miomir Kecmanovic and Jack Draper.
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