ATP Stockholm: Wawrinka fights her way into the quarterfinals

Stan Wawrinka is in the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Stockholm. The Vaudois beats the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina in three sets after a great fight.

Wawrinka started convincingly and served well. The 39-year-old only gave up three points in his first four service games and broke Davidovich-Fokina to zero in the seventh game. Wawrinka didn’t give up this advantage in the first set and used his third set ball after a good half hour.

Even though he subsequently had to fight harder on his own service, Wawrinka got through his service games. Until his 25-year-old opponent got his first chance of a service breakthrough in the game of the second set – and promptly took advantage of it.

In the deciding set, Wawrinka fought back in his usual style after having to give up his first service game. The Lausanne native once again found an answer to the Spaniard’s instant second break and used his first match point after 134 minutes with his third break in this set.

This means that Wawrinka has won two games in a row for the first time this year, allowing him to return to the top 200 in the world. In the next round, Wawrinka will face either the Russian Andrej Rublew or the French Alexandre Muller.

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