European Open: Varillas edges out Marozsan to move into second round

Varillas won against Fabian Marozsan 7-6 (7), 6-4. He’ll face the winner of the match between Benjamin Bonzi and Alexander Shevchenko in the next round

Juan Pablo Varillas US Open 2023 Credit: Panoramic

Tennis Majors

October 17, 2023

BNP Paribas Fortis European Open •Third round • Completed

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F. MarozsanvsJ. Varillas

Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, the No 8 seed, reached the second round of the European Open by winning against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 7-6 (7), 6-4 at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp.

Varillas, ranked No 69, will face the winner of the match between French qualifier Benjamin Bonzi and Russian Alexander Shevchenko next.

Antwerp ATP250, other first-round results (Lotto Arena, EUR 673.630, most recent results first):

Dominic Stricker vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
Nuno Borges vs. Dominik Koepfer
Luca Nardi vs. Dominic Thiem
Alexander Blockx vs. Yannick Hanfmann
Richard Gasquet vs. Maximilian Marterer
Benjamin Bonzi vs. Alexander Shevchenko: tuesday
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (Q) beat Roberto Carballes Baena (6): 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
David Goffin (WC) beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-1
Hugo Gaston beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (7), 6-4
Mark Lajal (WC) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 6-4
Gregoire Barrere beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)