ATP Masters Paris-Bercy: Stan Wawrinka ends Andrey Rublev's successful run
Stan Wawrinka stopped Andrey Rublev's run of success and qualified for the quarter-finals at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy. In this, the Swiss meets Alexander Zverev .
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: Nov 06, 2020, 12:36 am
Andrey Rublev suffered his last defeat in the quarter-finals of the French Open against Stefanos Tsitsipas, but then the Russian won in both St. Petersburg and Vienna. After the clear opening success over Radu Albot in Paris-Bercy, the 23-year-old has already had eleven wins in a row, but Stan Wawrinka should put an end to this series.
In the first round everything had come out after another clear success of the world rankings eight. Rublev dictated the action from the baseline with his powerful strokes and only granted Wawrinka one game win in the opening set.
Wawrinka comes back
But the three-time Grand Slam winner responded in the style of a real champion, took section two 6: 4 and quickly took the lead with a break in the third set. At the end of the encounter, Wawrinka took the serve from the world number eight again and thus secured the 1: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 3 success.
In the quarter-finals, the 35-year-old will meet Alexander Zverev on Friday. The German had prevailed in his last sixteen in a battle of three against Adrian Mannarino
The single tableau in Paris-Bercy
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