Juan Pablo Varillas will seek to advance to the final of the Challenger 75 in Como, a clay court tournament in Italy, concluding his match against the British Jay Clarke in a decisive semifinal. This match represents an opportunity for the Peruvian tennis player to gain essential points and get closer to the top 200 positions in the ATP ranking.
Varillas has reached this stage after winning three matches, dropping only one set. He will face Clarke, who is ranked 242 in the world and has shown solidity in the previous rounds of the tournament. This will be the first encounter between them in the main draw of the tournament.
Scheduled for Saturday, September 5, the match will take place at 09:00 hours in Peru and at 16:00 hours in Italy. Varillas aims to achieve his first entry into a Challenger final in 2026, after having fallen in the semifinals of previous tournaments.
The match will be one of the highlights of the semifinal day, with the winner advancing to the final on Sunday to face the victor of the match between Johan Nikles and Matej Dodig. Below are the broadcast times for the match:
- Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador: 09:00 hours
- Bolivia, Venezuela, and Guyana: 10:00 hours
- Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana: 11:00 hours
- Paraguay: 10:00 hours
- Miami, United States: 10:00 hours
- Spain and Italy: 16:00 hours
The broadcast will be handled by Challenger TV, the official platform of the ATP Challenger circuit. In Peru, it will also be available through the YouTube channel Tenis al Máximo. Varillas will try to break his negative statistic of zero wins in Challenger semifinals during this season.
Varillas’s path to the semifinals began on August 31, when he won 2-0 against the Czech Jan Kumsat. Then, on September 2, he defeated the Italian Federico Arnaboldi 6-3 and 6-1. In the quarterfinals, he advanced after the withdrawal of Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild.
On the other hand, Jay Clarke began his tournament with a victory over the Italian Francesco Forti, winning 6-2 and 6-4. He subsequently defeated Spaniard Pedro Martínez and Dusan Ajdukovic, leading him to the semifinals.
Source: www.infobae.com
