Roland-Garros: Varillas reaches second round, back from two sets to love down against Shang
Juan Pablo Varillas recovered to beat Juncheng Shang 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 on Monday and will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 19 seed, and Chinese Yibing Wu in the next round
Varillas in Lyon (Sandrine Thesillat / Panoramic)
Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas recovered to beat Chinese qualifier Juncheng Shang 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of Roland-Garros in Paris on Monday.
Varillas, ranked No 94, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 19 seed who defeated Chinese Yibing Wu next.
Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
- Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Michael Mmoh vs. Taylor Fritz
- Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jaume Munar
- Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Hugo Gaston vs. Alex Molcan
- Alexander Zverev vs. Lloyd Harris
- Alexander Bublik vs. Giulio Zeppieri
- Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. J.J. Wolf
- Elias Ymer vs. Casper Ruud
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Hugo Dellien
- Tommy Paul vs. Dominic Stricker
- Andrea Vavassori vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
- Jannik Sinner vs. Alexandre Muller
- Luca Van Assche vs. Marco Cecchinato
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Dominic Thiem vs. Pedro Cachin
- Borna Coric vs. Federico Coria
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Hamad Medjedovic vs. Marcos Giron
- Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: monday
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Taro Daniel: monday
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas: monday
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Fabio Fognini: monday
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Yibing Wu: monday
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Aslan Karatsev: monday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
- Alex De Minaur (18) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Diego Schwartzman: monday
- Benoit Paire vs. Cameron Norrie: monday
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Shapovalov: monday
- Lucas Pouille (Q) beat Jurij Rodionov (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
- Ugo Humbert beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Oscar Otte: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Ben Shelton (30): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Corentin Moutet beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Mikael Ymer: 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- Nuno Borges beat John Isner: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
- Jason Kubler beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Jiri Vesely: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
- Marton Fucsovics beat Hugo Grenier (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Radu Albot (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (11) beat Constant Lestienne: 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
- Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-2
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