Arthur Fils motors past Juan Pablo Varillas 6-0 6-3 in the quarter in Antwerp on Friday after playing a remarkable match to square off with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal. The match lasted just 57 minutes.
Fils added to his prize money € 14,775 after winning this match. He has already won € 35,135 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Arthur will add € 24,625 to his earnings to get in total € 59,760.
Highlights Arthur Fils vs. Juan Pablo Varillas European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Fils scored 52 points vs. the Peruvian’s 29.
Fils
Fils served extremely well to win 80% of the points (24/30) behind his first serve, and he won 77% points (10/13) on his second serve. Arthur was fantastic in converting all the break points (4/4).
Varillas
On the other side, the Peruvian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Fils and Varillas is 1-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Fils vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Fils will compete against Tsitsipas in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Arthur Fils and Stefanos Tsitsipas since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much story in this set as Fils conceded no games to Juan Pablo before winning the set 6-0.
Fils failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 0.
The French player was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Peruvian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 42 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 18 points more than Juan Pablo (30-12). Arthur lost 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, the Peruvian conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Arthur grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Fils was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. Arthur won 5 more points than Varillas (22-17). Fils was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, the Peruvian conceded 6 points on serve (15-6).
Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexander BublikBublik – Maximilian MartererMarterer (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
