Wawrinka

The three-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1 is the seventh active men's player to reach that number.

3 has some very strong feelings about continuing to fight his way back up the rankings, too. I started to talk less to myself, begin adjusting to the game and then, yeah, I got a little bit lucky in the end, and I’m super happy with the win.” “I lost to him already in Paris, it was match point—I also served for the match [against Alex Molcan] in Australia. It was also a big personal milestone for Wawrinka—it was the 550th tour-level win of his career. 8-ranked Rune off after two hours and 39 grueling minutes on court, getting the only break of the third set to go up 6-5 and then serving it out emphatically at love. Facts & Stats

Stan Wawrinka has revealed the reason that he has not retired yet, with Andy Murray heaping praise on the three-time Grand Slam champion.

It’s a privilege to be playing at that level, to be playing in the biggest tournaments in the world. We always sort of message each other and stayed in touch through the injuries.” For me I always enjoy it and I always appreciate the sport.” Murray continued, “Me and Stan always stayed in touch during the injuries. It’s a privilege to be a tennis player. You have to have great discipline.”

Stan Wawrinka edged out Holger Rune 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 (ATP)

- Cristian Garin (Q) beat Casper Ruud (3): 6-4, 7-6 (2) - Cameron Norrie (10) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2 - Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Francisco Cerundolo (27): 7-5, 6-4

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After tennis, there are still a lot of years to do things, so I want to enjoy it as much as I can. I don't know what tournament level, but of course I can win a trophy before I stop. Things are a bit more complicated than before, but I still believe that I can win tournaments.

He had match points the last time he faced him but couldn't get it done however this time Wawrinka did get it done as he took down Rune 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5.

The second set saw Rune play much better than in the first set and it was a far more competitive match. He was complaining about the crowd as well and doing what he does most of the time when things go south. It wasn't a very good match from Rune as the Danish was all over the place in the first set missing quite a few balls.

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Sign up, deposit between £5* and £10* to your account and bet365 will give you three times that value in Free Bets when you place qualifying bets to the same value and they are settled. Holger Rune will be the man looking to end Wawrinka’s run and the seventh-seed has been climbing up the rankings of late. Last year he won the Paris Masters and he had already matched his best showing at Indian Wells before playing a single ball. Up against Miomir Kecmanovic, Wawrinka dispatched the 26th-seed in two sets, winning 7-6 (8), 6-4 to reach the third round for a ninth time. Wawrinka is a one-time finalist as a singles competitor at Indian Wells, losing to compatriot Roger Federer in the 2017 final. All odds and offers within this article are accurate at the time of writing (16:00, 13/03/23).

Thirty-seven-year-old Stan Wawrinka survived a long three-set match and the talents of 19-year old Holger Rune 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 for a third-round win.

Caroline Garcia (5), France, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, def. Krawcyyk and Schurrs won the first set 6-4, but Linette of Poland and McNally of the United States won the second set 6-1, setting up the tiebreaker. Magda Linete-Caty McNally: Krawcyyk, the Palm Desert High School graduate, and her partner Schurrs lost a tense tiebreaker 11-9 to fall out of the doubles draw of the BNP Paribas Open. Rybakina will face the winner of the match between No. Even in the final game of the second set on Stadium 3, Auger-Aliassime struggled to close out the match, being pushed to four match points before advancing to the fourth round. Auger-Aliassime had six aces in the match compared to just two for Cerundolo, but the winner also had eight double faults against just three for Cerundolo. Francisco Cerundolo: In a match where the winner both took advantage of his powerful serve but also was a victim of that serve, eighth-seeded Auger-Aliassime of Canada was stretched to more than two hours before closing out a 7-5, 6-4 victory over No. But she has secured a next match against Sorana Cirstea of Romania, who won a battle of unseeded players over Bernarda Pera of the United States, 6-3, 6-1, on Monday. In a back-and-forth tiebreaker, Garcia held off on set point but couldn’t hold off the second, with Fernandez winning the second on a strong backhand crosscourt pass. In front of a raucous Stadium 2 crowd that was rooting for Wawrinka in a match between two players with some contentious history, Wawrinka had two chances to close out the match in the second set, including one match point, only to have Rune fight back from the deficit and a sore right shoulder and neck. The match extended to 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka scored a win for the old guard Monday, beating 19-year-old seventh seed Holger Rune 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), ...

"It's special to keep winning. It looked like the young Dane, ranked eighth in the world, might pull off a similar comeback when he saved a match point and broke Wawrinka in the ninth game of the second set. At 37, he had 18 years on his opponent, but he avenged a first-round defeat to the Dane at the Paris Masters in November, where Rune saved three match points to launch his run to a first Masters title.

However, the tension from Wawrinka's comments at the net when Rune won in Paris last year were dug up when the 19-year-old Danish tennis prodigy called him out.

The young Dane, whom the veteran Swiss called a "baby on the court" last November, shot back after losing a tight third-rounder.

There was clearly some bad blood heading into today’s third-round collision at the BNP Paribas Open, which you could detect from the crowded Stadium 2 and the intensity of the competitors. Social

Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka scored a win for the old guard Monday, beating 19-year-old seventh seed Holger Rune 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, March 13, 2023. A focused Stan Wawrinka seized the last point. A fierce Holger Rune fired the last word.

to bump up the buzz next time Wawrinka and Rune get together. Rune saved a match point when Wawrinka served for the fourth round at 6-2, 5-3, 40-30. Rune was both waving his arms to exhort fans and wearing a wide smile. Ruud and Rune took their war of words into the locker room in Paris with neither man reportedly backing down. You got nothing to say now?" "You got nothing to say now?