Stan Wawrinka

[Damian]

Wawrinka Retains Geneva Crown

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Swiss notches first title of 2017
It was home cooking for Stan Wawrinka on Saturday at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open, as the local favourite successfully defended his crown in the Swiss metropolis.
The top seed ousted Mischa Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in two hours and 20 minutes to lift the trophy. Wawrinka, who was born in nearby Lausanne, improved to 9-1 in Geneva, having also prevailed last year (d. Cilic). Zverev denied 13 of 18 break points faced, but Wawrinka was clutch in the big moments.
It was the 16th tour-level title for the World No. 3 and first since winning the US Open last year. He takes home €85,945 in prize money and 250 Emirates ATP Rankings points.
"The level was great today, I think it was a great final," said Wawrinka. "Mischa was playing very well and maybe I was hesitating a bit in the beginning. I’m happy that I came back strongly in the second set and managed to turn the match around.
"I’m extremely happy to win my second title in Switzerland. It means a lot to me. This is the first time that my daughter is in the stadium when I win the title and that makes it even more special."
Zverev took the early initiative on a hot Saturday afternoon in Geneva. Wawrinka misfired a backhand long to concede the break for 3-2 and he would relinquish the opener after 47 minutes. But the reigning champion found his rhythm in the second set. The momentum swing was swift and immediate, as Wawrinka escaped danger from 0/40 down with five consecutive clutch serves and he would break in the next game with a mammoth forehand down the line.
A sublime drop shot winner saw the Swiss consolidate for 3-0 and after eventually taking the second set, he sprinted to an early lead in the decider with another immediate break. Zverev would draw level at 2-2, but Wawrinka restored the lead and put his head down to the finish line.
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Wawrinka fired a forehand past a net-charging Zverev to secure the title on his first match point. It was sweet revenge for the 32 year old, who fell to Zverev on home soil in the Basel quarter-finals in October. He improves to 2-1 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series.
Zverev, meanwhile, will leave Geneva following his best week on the ATP World Tour in seven years. Inspired by younger brother Alexander Zverev's breakthrough at the Masters 1000 event in Rome last week, Mischa enjoyed his first final appearance since finishing runner-up in Metz in 2010. They are the first siblings to reach finals in the same season since 2006, when Olivier Rochus won in Munich and Christophe Rochus was runner-up in Rotterdam.
"It was a great week for me here‎ in Geneva," said Zverev. "Playing on clay is usually not easy for me, but I really felt great here playing six matches this week and reaching my first semi-final and final on this surface. Congratulations to Stan for a good week and a great match today."
The 29-year-old Zverev was also the third qualifier to reach an ATP World Tour final in the past month, joining Budapest runner-up Aljaz Bedene and Munich finalist Guido Pella. He won six matches in seven days to reach the final, highlighted by a semi-final victory over second seed Kei Nishikori. It was the seventh Top 10 win of his career. He earns €45,265 and 150 Emirates ATP Rankings points, rising two spots to a projected World No. 31.
Wawrinka and Zverev will next head to Roland Garros for the second Grand Slam of the year. The third-seeded Swiss opens against qualifier Jozef Kovalik, while the 32nd-seeded German faces qualifier Stefano Napolitano.
"I’m looking forward to Roland Garros," added 2015 champion Wawrinka. "This is the kind of week that helps you going into a Grand Slam. I had some great matches here this week."

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[Lucas]

[Lucas]

[arti]

[Lucas]

[DUN I LOVE]

Late bloomer jak się patrzy. Do 28. urodzin Stan miał na koncie 2 wielkoszlemowe ćwiartki, teraz ma ich 15. Dziś wygrał taki mecz po raz 9. i w piątek powalczy o 4. wielkoszlemowy finał.

[Damian]

[Damian]

[Joao]

Stan jest najstarszym od 1985 roku (Connors) półfinalista RG.

[Damian]

Wawrinka Edges Murray In Thriller To Reach Final

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Swiss star chasing second Roland Garros crown
Stan Wawrinka will challenge for a fourth Grand Slam championship after hitting 87 winners to edge Andy Murray 6-7(8), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-1 in a pulsating semi-final at Roland Garros on Friday.
The Swiss will look to win his second Roland Garros crown when he faces either nine-time champion Rafael Nadal or Dominic Thiem in Sunday’s final. Wawrinka won the clay-court major in 2015, beating Novak Djokovic, and also counts triumphs at the 2014 Australian Open and 2016 US Open in his major haul.
"I'm really happy to be in the final," said Wawrinka. "I think it was quite a tough match today. A big battle. I want to enjoy it a lot, because, as I say, it's not all the time you can say you're going to play a final of a Grand Slam, especially in Paris. I really want to enjoy that."
By reaching the final in Paris, Wawrinka is guaranteed to go to No. 3 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, meaning Djokovic will slip to No. 4. Should he win the title, he would go to a new career-high No. 2.

It was sweet revenge for Wawrinka, who was beaten in the semi-finals of his title defence last year by Murray, who would go on to lose to Djokovic in the final. That they were both in the semi-finals again was testament to the level of tennis they were able to produce after underwhelming results on the clay coming in.
"I came in playing garbage,” joked Murray, whose best result had been the semi-finals in Barcelona (l. to Thiem). While Wawrinka had begun to hit top gear just the week before Roland Garros, banishing memories of early losses in Madrid and Rome by winning his home title in Geneva (d. M. Zverev).
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But they both delivered their finest tennis in front of an enthralled Philippe Chatrier Crowd in a match lasting four hours and 34 minutes, and decided, fittingly, with the 87th winner from Wawrinka’s racquet. The story of the match could be seen quite simply from the winners-unforced error stats: 87-77 for Wawrinka, 36-36 for Murray.
"For sure it was amazing match I felt on the court," said Wawrinka. "I enjoyed playing this match. For sure when you win it's better after. We had some crazy points with some good rallies, with some good level of tennis. And to play a semi-final here, at the French Open against Andy, No. 1 in the world, that's something really special, so for sure I enjoy it."
"I'm proud of the tournament I had," said Murray. "I did well considering. I was one tie-break away from getting to the final when I came in really struggling. So I have to be proud of that.
"Maybe the lack of matches hurt me a little bit in the end today. That was a very high intensity match. A lot of long points. When you haven't been playing loads, over four-and-a-half hours, that can catch up to you a little bit. I only have myself to blame for that, for the way I played coming into the tournament.
"But I turned my form around really, really well and ended up having a good tournament, all things considered."

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Murray, contesting the Roland Garros semi-finals for the fifth time, used every ounce of his guile and defensive skills to sneak the opener. It was a set Wawrinka will know he should have won. The Swiss served for it at 5-3, and held a set point in the tie-break, but his go-for-broke play proved his undoing as well as his weapon, as his unforced error count mounted, due in no small part to Murray's phenomenal defence.
After thwarting Wawrinka's bid to serve for the set in the ninth game, Murray then edged a nervy tie-break, which saw both players squander leads. Murray twice had a mini-break advantage, but neither time managed to build on his lead. The Dunblane native came in behind his first serve at 5/5, but it was Wawrinka who won the game of cat and mouse at the net to earn his first set point. The Swiss failed to convert, though, as he fired a backhand into the net - one of 23 unforced errors he committed in the set, compared to just 10 from Murray. Murray then seized his own set point opportunity, steering the point his way with a brave backhand topspin lob in the wind, and sealed the opener as Wawrinka dumped a forehand return into the net.
But the 2015 Roland Garros champion would not be cowed. Wawrinka struck back in the second set, keeping Murray under constant pressure with a continuing barrage of shots. The 32-year-old Swiss brought his unforced errors down to 15 for the set, and fired rockets from the baseline to keep Murray scrambling. Murray dug himself out of a nine-plus minute game at 2-2, saving a break point, but he could not keep Wawrinka at bay in the seventh game. Feeling the pressure, Murray double faulted to go down 0/40 and could only watch on as Wawrinka rifled a backhand winner to seal the break.
This time, Wawrinka made no mistake with his lead. The Lausanne native went after Murray’s serve again in the ninth game and secured the set at the first opportunity, firing a forehand winner off the return to level the match.
Commentating for Eurosport, John McEnroe remarked that Murray was “paralysed” in the face of the explosiveness and pace coming off Wawrinka’s racquet, and the Scot appeared flat at the start of the third set as Wawrinka raced to a 3-0 lead.
Murray stopped the run of seven games against him as he dug in to hold serve, though, and he seized his opportunity as Wawrinka’s level dipped in the following game to get the break back. In a set that would swing both ways, Wawrinka again went up a break to lead 4-2, but Murray once more hit back. It seems likely Wawrinka would have scored yet another break in the eighth game, were it not for some improvised defence from Murray at key moments, including a half-volley lob at 15/15.
Having held for 4-4, Murray might have rued two missed break points in the following game as his trusty backhand return temporarily deserted him at 15/40. But the Scot responded well to hold for 5-5 and then scrapped his way to the decisive service break in the 11th game. After Paris’ take on the Mexican Wave, the Scot was able to serve out the third set.

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Following five service breaks in the third set, neither player created a break point chance in the fourth, which was ultimately decided in another tie-break. Despite Murray’s high level throughout the set, the Scot was made to rue an ill-executed drop shot at 2/3. It was all the opening Wawrinka needed. Roared on by the Parisian crowd, the Swiss reeled off the following three points, including an explosive forehand return winner on set point.
Wawrinka did not look back in the fifth set. Almost unstoppable, the Swiss surged into a double-break lead. Murray tried to fire himself up and stem the momentum against him, but it was to no avail as Wawrinka broke again. Murray held off defeat momentarily with a break in the sixth game, but succumbed in the following game as Wawrinka rifled a backhand winner up the line.

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[Emu]

Roland Garros 2017: 4. wielkoszlemowy finał.


sportowefakty

Australian Open 2014 (d. Nadal)
Roland Garros 2015 (d. Djoković)
US Open 2016 (d. Djoković)
Roland Garros 2017 (vs Nadal)

[Robertinho]

Szkoda, że Nadal nie ma poczucia humoru, bo wygrana Stana dałaby świetny materiał do bekowania z Ryżego.

[lake]

Beka z Ryżego będzie tylko wisienką na torcie.

[Robertinho]

Dla opcji "ratujmy maluchy przed zuym Rafo", pewnie tak. Niemniej 4/4, w zestawieniu z finałowymi statystykami Szkota, byłoby źródłem wielkiej uciechy.

[lake]

Przecież już jest i 3/1 tego nie zmieni.

[Robertinho]

No ale wiesz, byłoby smaczna dyskusja, czy więcej jest wart jeden Szlem więcej, czy masa śmieciowych tytułów, finałowe wtopy i jedynka w rankingu. Pewnie pamiętasz temperaturę podobnej debaty o nr 1 i wygranym Szlemie, też odnośnie Stana. Także dla dobra forum, mógłby coś jeszcze dorzucić Szwajcar, jak nie tu, to przy innej okazji.

[lake]

Za miesiąc nie mam nic przeciwko temu.

[Lucas]

Jakby dorzucił Szlema za miesiąc to miałby karierowego. Byłby to poważny argument w debacie przeciwko Ryżemu, ale na szczęście dla Szkota trawa i Stasiu niezbyt się lubią. Z drugiej strony Gasquet, który, o ile się nie myle złożył kiedyś Misia na Wimblu, nie jest teraz zbyt groźny, więc .

[Joao]

ATP Media Info‏:

Wawrinka bids to become 1st player outside of Big Four to reach No. 2 in Emirates ATP Rankings since LleytonHewitt from July 18-24, 2005.