Stan Wawrinka saw the light again in Shanghai. In search of a victory since his first round in the Olympic tournament, the Vaudois may have found in the Chinese Masters 1000 the trigger he is looking for.
236th in the world, Stan Wawrinka won 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (8/6) ahead of Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (50), victorious this year at the ATP 250 tournament in Lyon and, above all, 8th finalist at Wimbledon. Faced with this formidable 21-year-old waiter, Stan Wawrinka demonstrated great nervous control.
He thus dismissed two first set balls at 6-5 15/40 and one second set ball at 6/5 in the deciding game. Perfectly protected by his service with his 13 aces, he achieved a well-deserved success.
Faced with the Cobolli revelation in the 2nd round
In the second round on Saturday, Stan Wawrinka will face Flavio Cobolli (ATP 30). He will meet for the first time this Roma tifoso who is one of the great revelations of the year, with the ambition of winning, for the first time in 13 months, two matches in a row. History of celebrating in the most beautiful way its 125th participation in a Masters 1000!
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