It was better late than never for Stan Wawrinka at the Swiss Indoors Basel on Thursday. The top seed unsuccessfully served for the match at 5-3 in the second set before winning 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-4 against Donald Young to advance to the quarter-finals. The 2011 semi-finalist is a win away from his best showing in Basel, and will next face Mischa Zverev. Wawrinka enjoyed a strong serving day and was cruising toward his third win over Young in four FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings when the American left-hander scored his lone break of the match in a must-win game. Young had taken at least a set off Wawrinka in all of their past tour-level meetings, but the Swiss refocused in the...
Stan Wawrinka's losing streak at the Swiss Indoors Basel ended on Monday evening. The top seed outlasted countryman Marco Chiudinelli 6-7(1), 6-1, 6-4 in two hours and 31 minutes. Wawrinka hit 16 aces and saved four of five break points against the 35-year-old Chiudinelli, who was trying to end a four-match losing streak of his own in his hometown. Wawrinka snapped a five-match skid in Basel. The World No. 3 had fallen in the first round of the indoor tournament the past four years. He will face American Donald Young in the second round. Wawrinka leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 2-1 and won the last time they played, at the 2015 US Open. [ALSO LIKE] The Swiss right-hander is...
Top seed Stan Wawrinka pulls off a crowd-pleasing half volley drop shot in his Basel opener against fellow Swiss Marco Chiudinelli. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples / ATP World Tour
Stan Wawrinka fights past countryman Marco Chiudinelli, while Ricardas Berankis ousts Milos Raonic in the first round of the Swiss Indoors Basel. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.