About a month and a half ago, just before the French Open began in Paris, there was an unusual duel at a small tennis tournament near Bordeaux. Unusual not because the two players who were facing each other on the pitch had not faced each other more often. Unusual because they usually do it at a different level.
Andy Murray, the great British tennis hero, who has won two titles and one Olympic gold medal at Wimbledon alone, and Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka, who has triumphed in three out of four Grand Slam tournaments, were among the biggest numbers in tennis for many years their sport. Now they played a round of 16 at a Challenger tournament in southern France. Wawrinka won in straight sets.
