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- Stan Wawrinka is in the bottom eight at the indoor tournament in St. Petersburg.
- With Russian wild card holder Yevgeny Donskoi, Romand has more problems than expected at 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 3.
- Wawrinka’s opponent in the next round is either Canadian No. 2 seed Denis Shapovalov (ATP 12) or Belarusian Ilja Iwaschka (ATP 141).
Stan Wawrinka has reached the quarterfinals at the ATP 500 tournament in St. Petersburg. The Swiss, ranked number 5 in the Russian metropolis, also struggled to make his second appearance.
While Wawrinka (ATP 18) had to fend off two match balls in the first round against Daniel Ewans (GBR), the French-speaking team ran the full distance again on Wednesday against Russia’s Yevgeny Donskoi (ATP 121).
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At first, Wawrinka had everything under control. Two breaks were enough for him to clearly win the opening set. In Donskois’ first service game in the second round, Wawrinka got 2 break balls, which he couldn’t use. So the event remained balanced, this time thanks to a break with a better ending for Donskoi. “He played a little more aggressively in this phase,” Wawrinka analyzed in the course interview.
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The set of decisions then offered the best tennis. Both players scored numerous spectacular points, Donskoi continued to make life difficult for Wawrinka. But the Swiss could not be fooled once again. He made the serve advance to 3: 1 and after 1:42 hours “Stan the Man” used his second match point to win.
“I thought we were both playing at a good level,” Wawrinka said, adding: “It’s good to be in the quarter-finals here.”
