Third seed and 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka will meet No. 16 seed Pablo Cuevas for a place in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters quarter-finals after the Swiss beat Jiri Vesely on Wednesday 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in 84 minutes for his 20th match win at the Monte-Carlo Country Club. “Overall it was a good match, my first match on clay,” said Wawrinka. “The feeling was good. Winning in three sets means it was a good victory… I prepared well. Physically I'm fine, so we'll see what I can do… I know my level is good. If I'm able to improve, I might have a chance in this tournament.” Wawrinka opened up a 3-0 lead in the first set and despite losing his...
Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal and other ATP World Tour stars take part in Media Day on Sunday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.
2014 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters champion Stan Wawrinka is eager to build on a promising start to the season this week. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
The doubles field at this week’s Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters is not only stacked with all the top doubles players on the ATP World Tour, but also many of the world’s best singles players. Stan Wawrinka prevailed in his first-round match with Fabio Fognini on Sunday by ousting the veteran team of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 6-4, 7-6(2). Their path won’t get any easier as second seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut await in the next round. Two-time Monte-Carlo singles champion Novak Djokovic teams up with fellow Serbian Viktor Troicki and will open against Gilles Muller and Gilles Simon. Djokovic/Troicki ousted Herbert/Mahut en route to a quarter-final finish last month at the BNP Paribas Open. Should they win their first...
