Stan Wawrinka bowled number three in the world Casper Ruud surprisingly at home in Basel and is in the round of 16

At the beginning of the first round game in Basel, both Wawrinka and Ruud served extremely concentrated. It took until the fourth service game before the respective return player (in this case Ruud) won even a point on the opponent’s serve for the first time.

However, this should change suddenly when the score was 3: 3 in the first set when Wawrinka secured the first break chance and converted it immediately.

Although Ruud had a great opportunity for a rebreak in the service game that followed (three breakballs), the 37-year-old Swiss didn’t let himself be deterred, defended his service and took a 1-0 set lead (6: 4) after 41 minutes.

Similar to the start of the match, both players gave their own service at the beginning of the second round, which is why there were no break opportunities for a long time. Only when the score was 4:4 did Ruud show nerves again and allowed himself to be broken to zero.

Wawrinka makes the round of 16 entry perfect

It should have been the preliminary decision, because Wawrinka nipped the Norwegian’s hopes of catching up early on with his own serve. After a total of 80 minutes, the three-time Grand Slam champion finally converted his second match point with an ace and thus made it perfect for the round of 16 at his home game.

The next opponent of the three-time Grand Slam champion is the American Brandon Nakashima, who surprisingly defeated David Goffin (Belgium) after a set deficit 2: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 4.

Murray fights his way through

Also in the round of 16 is Andy Murray. The Olympic champion once again proved his comeback qualities in his opening match against Roman Safiullin (Russia). After the former number one in the world had to give up the first set in the tie-break, he fought back and ultimately celebrated a 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 3, 6: 4 win.

Murray’s next opponent is former top ten player Roberto Bautista Agut from Spain, who defeated qualifier Laslo Djere (Serbia) clearly 6:4 and 6:1.