Chengdu Open: Varillas advances to second round
Juan Pablo Varillas won against Jie Cui 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday night. He’ll face No 3 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the next round
Juan Pablo Varillas US Open 2023 Credit: Panoramic
Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas reached the second round of the Chengdu Open by winning against Chinese wildcard Jie Cui 6-1, 6-3 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Thursday night.
Varillas, ranked No 70, will play No 3 seed Grigor Dimitrov next.
Chengdu ATP250, other first-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.152.805, most recent results first):
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Pavel Kotov
- Alexander Bublik vs. Marcos Giron
- Benjamin Lock vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson: thursday
- Philip Sekulic vs. Nuno Borges: thursday
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Li Tu (LL): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6)
- Dusan Lajovic beat Zizou Bergs (WC): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Christopher O’Connell beat Alibek Kachmazov (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Corentin Moutet beat Tao Mu (WC): 6-2, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 6-4
- Taro Daniel beat Aleksandar Vukic (8): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
