Third seed Stan Wawrinka continued his dominance against seventh seed Marin Cilic in their quarter-final on Wednesday at Roland Garros, cruising into the final four with a convincing 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 triumph. @StanWawrinka l'emporte face à Marin Cilic ! RDV face au n°1 mondial Andy Murray en demi-finale ! #RG17 pic.twitter.com/P6bmIsjvVu — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 7, 2017 Wawrinka improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head with Cilic to 12-2 and has won their past eight matches. The Swiss star has prevailed in all five of their meetings on clay, including a victory at Roland Garros in 2008. “I didn't expect that score, but I was confident with my game. I knew he was playing good, but I was confident with what I was...
Andy Murray will face Stan Wawrinka in a must-see semi-final at Roland Garros after battling past eighth seed Kei Nishikori on Wednesday 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(0), 6-1. The Scot overcame a slow start to reach his fourth consecutive Roland Garros semi-final and come within a match of returning to the Roland Garros final, where fell to Novak Djokovic last year. Wawrinka advanced by beating Croatian Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. The semi-final will be a rematch of a last-four match-up last year, in which Murray dismissed the 2015 titlist Wawrinka in four sets. The Scot leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 10-7 and has won their past two contests, including a round-robin contest at last year's Nitto ATP Finals in London....
Novak Djokovic insists his goal is to return to No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, but he must first figure out a way to return to peak form. Talking after his Roland Garros quarter-final loss to Dominic Thiem, the World No. 2 admitted, “I obviously always expect a lot from myself, but it's a fact that I'm not playing close to my best, and I know that. For me, it's a whole new situation that I'm facing, especially in the past seven, eight months. Not winning any tournament, [is something] which hasn't happened in many years. “It's not something that hasn't happened before for any player. All the top players have been through that. So I guess you've got...
Watch highlights of Dominic Thiem beating Novak Djokovic during the 2017 Roland Garros quarter-finals. Video courtesy Roland Garros. Getty Images photo.
Watch highlights of Stan Wawrinka beating Marin Cilic on Wednesday to move into the Roland Garros semi-finals. Video courtesy Roland Garros. Getty Images photo.