Stout Juan Pablo Varillas survives Thiem in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Fognini. HIGHLIGHTS – GSTAAD RESULTS

Juan Pablo Varillas outlasts Dominic Thiem 6-3 5-7 7-6(4) in the 1^st round in Gstaad on Monday after winning a huge battle. Varillas will square off with Fabio Fognini in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 52 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Gstaad

Varillas's Record

Juan Pablo added to his prize money € 3,950 after conquering this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Peruvian will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.

Highlights Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Dominic Thiem EFG Swiss Open – Gstaad

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Varillas

Thiem

6-3 5-7 7-6⁴
2h:52

111

111

Total points

106

106

56

56

Winners

39

39

50%

50%

Ratio Winners

37%

37%

-- Serve --

7

7

Aces

5

5

3

3

Double Faults

2

2

60%

60%

1st in

57%

57%

77%

77%

1st won

72%

72%

56/73

56/73

1st won

39/54

39/54

47%

47%

2nd won

59%

59%

23/49

23/49

2nd won

24/41

24/41

-- Break Points --

3/5

3/5

Total

3/12

3/12

60%

60%

Won

25%

25%

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At the end of the match, Juan Pablo scored 111 points vs. Thiem’s 106.

Varillas

Varillas served very well to win 77% of the points (56/73) behind his first serve. However he won only 47% points (23/49) on his second serve. The Peruvian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).

Thiem

On the other side, the Austrian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Varillas and Thiem is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Fabio Fognini – stats

Varillas will take on Fognini in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Juan Pablo Varillas and Fabio Fognini since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Varillas commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Dominic Thiem in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for the Peruvian to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

The Peruvian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2^nd game (1-0 15-40). On the other side, Thiem was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (0-2 30-40) and the 5^th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 60 points. The Peruvian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Dominic (34-26). Juan Pablo lost 9 points on serve (24-9). On the losing side, Thiem conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).

The Austrian won the set after he broke Juan Pablo in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. Varillas tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Dominic didn’t blink to conquer the set 7-5.

Thiem failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.

The Austrian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Peruvian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 6^th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13^th game (4-7 40-A).

They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Thiem won just 3 more points than the Peruvian (43-40). Thiem lost 15 points on serve (26-15). On the other side, Juan Pablo conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).

The Peruvian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, The Peruvian broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.

Tiebreak

Juan Pablo won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 8^th (6-2) and 11^th (7-4) point. On the other side, Dominic won a minibreak in the 10^th (4-6) point.

Juan Pablo won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4

The Peruvian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7^th game (2-4 15-40). On the other side, Dominic converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6^th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 74 points. It’s worth to point out that, Varillas won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Thiem (36-38). Varillas surrendered 18 points on serve (29-18). In addition, on the other side, the Austrian conceded 7 points on serve (20-7).

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• Fabio FogniniFognini – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 6-3)
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-3 6-2)
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• Leandro RiediRiedi – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (7-6² 7-5)

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