Roland-Garros: Varillas comes from two sets down to stun Bautista Agut and move into third round
Juan Pablo Varillas overhauled the situation against Roberto Bautista Agut 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll play the winner of the match between Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 13 seed, in the next round
Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by pulling off a miraculous comeback to beat Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 19 seed, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.
Varillas, ranked No 94, will face the winner of the match between Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 13 seed, next.
The Peruvian overhauled Chinese qualifier Juncheng Shang (4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round, Bautista Agut, ranked No 24, won against Chinese Yibing Wu (7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
- Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori
- Guido Pella vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Max Purcell
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Casper Ruud
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alex De Minaur
- Borna Coric vs. Pedro Cachin
- Novak Djokovic vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Shevchenko: wednesday
- Corentin Moutet vs. Andrey Rublev: wednesday
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Cameron Norrie (14) beat Lucas Pouille (Q): 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
- Karen Khachanov (11) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Diego Schwartzman beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Fabio Fognini beat Jason Kubler: 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (24): 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-4