Varillas hands Thiem heartbreaking farewell to Gstaad
pPeruvian qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juan-pablo-varillas/v836/overview'Juan Pablo Varillas/a handed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dominic-thiem/tb69/overview'Dominic Thiem/a a heartbreaking final appearance at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview'EFG Swiss Open Gstaad/a after denying the 2020 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a champion in a third-set tie-break Monday./p
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A two-time quarter-finalist at the clay-court ATP 250, Varillas came into the tournament with just one tour-level match win on the season. Making his final appearance in the picturesque Swiss town, Thiem rallied from a set down to lead 4-2 in the third but was ultimately denied in a deciding-set tie-break as Varillas powered home to a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(4) win. /p
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Playing his final season, the former World No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings was looking for just his third match win on the season and first since Estoril in late April. /p
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Varillas next faces a first-time Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with Italian veteran a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabio-fognini/f510/overview'Fabio Fognini/a, who defeated French qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/titouan-droguet/d0dw/overview'Titouan Droguet/a 6-4, 6-3. /p
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German a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-lennard-struff/sl28/overview'Jan-Lennard Struff/a fired 11 aces and won 86 per cent of first-serve points according to Infosys ATP Stats in a 7-6(6), 7-6(4) win over Spanish veteran Albert Ramos-Vinaolas in a match that featured just two breaks of serve. /p
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