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Stan Wawrinka lost to German Alexander Zverev 3: 6, 6: 7 in the semi-finals of the Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy.
Against Zverev, Wawrinka was unable to continue the strong duel against Andrej Rublew the night before and lost in the fourth game to the US Open finalist for the fourth time. In the first set, the world number 20 was able to make up for a deficit from the first break before having to give up his serve again to make the 3: 4. In the second round, Wawrinka led 5: 3, but ultimately lost the tie-break clearly 1: 7 after just under an hour and a half.
For Wawrinka it was the third “night exercise” in three nights. On Thursday after midnight he had won 1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 against Russian Andrei Rublev. The climber of the year had previously won eleven games in a row. Qualification for the quarter-finals marks a strong end to the season for the 35-year-old Vaudista despite the loss to Zverev. Paris-Bercy is not one of your favorite tournaments; in 14 attempts he reached the semifinals only once (2015). In the ranking it improved to 18th place.
Schwartzman despite losing in the ATP Finals
Meanwhile, on Friday, Diego Schwartzman took eighth and final place in the ATP Finals from the following week to the next. The only 1.70 m tall Argentine lost 3: 6, 1: 6 against Daniil Medvedev. But since his last rival Pablo Carreño Busta also lost to Rafael Nadal in three sets, Schwartzman’s road to London is free. Nadal, seeded, meets Wawrinka’s conqueror, Zverev, in the semi-finals.
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