Stan Wawrinka (ATP 88) beats Emil Ruusuvuori (ATP 47) in the 1st round at Wimbledon 7: 5, 7: 5, 6: 4. The man from Vaud is a bit better than his Finnish opponent in the crucial moments In the next round, Wawrinka meets the winner of the duel between Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ATP 32) and Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ATP 53).
Stan Wawrinka is in the 2nd round of Wimbledon. In his first round game against Emil Ruusuvuori from Finland, the 38-year-old showed himself to be ready to the point, especially in the crucial moments. For example, when he immediately made up for a break deficit in the first set. Or in the final phases of sentences 1 and 2, in which Wawrinka made the decisive break when the score was 5:5.
The Vaud native played very well, especially with breakballs. Although his quota dropped a bit in the 3rd set, Wawrinka was able to take advantage of a total of 5 out of 12 chances. For his part, Ruusuvuori also had 11 break opportunities, but the Swiss was able to fend off 9 of them.
Short slump in the 3rd set.
After Wawrinka had won the first two sets 7:5, he got off to a strong start in the third round. At the first opportunity, the three-time Grand Slam winner secured the service breakthrough. Shortly afterwards, however, the only short phase of weakness followed for the Swiss in which he had to accept the re-break to make it 2:2.
The Swiss then turned up the heat again, made the break to make it 4:3 and a short time later used his second match ball to make it 6:4 in the 3rd set. Wawrinka had shown himself wide awake again: he fended off a break chance for the Finn in the last service game with the serve.
Just over 2 hours of gameplay
Wawrinka has won a game in three sets in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since the Australian Open in 2021. The playing time of 2 hours and 18 minutes was still within limits for “Wawrinka conditions”. However, the 38-year-old will certainly be happy that he hasn’t used up too much energy yet. In the 2nd round, the right-hander meets Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ATP 32) or Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ATP 53).
2023-07-03 19:53:00
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