• Wawrinka eliminated in the second after winning the first set in an exciting and twisted tennis game break deficit, in a tiebreak, the result is 6: 5, without using a match point. Even in the decisive set, the initiative belonged to 37-year-old Wawrinka, who before this tournament had not won three games in a row for almost two years.
• In the third set the Swiss won and then lost break preponderance. The last two games of the set turned out to be the most intense, Wawrinka starting with the third move for the fourth time in this match break opponent serve (5: 3), and then use the match point with the third attempt.
• Wawrinka reached the quarter-finals for the last time at the ATP “Masters” series tournament in Paris in early November 2020. On Friday, the Swiss veteran will test Swedish Mikael Imer (ATP 100).
• Among the other matches of the round of 16 of the Metz tournament, worthy of note the victory (6: 3, 6: 4) of the second seeded by the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (10th ATP) in 77 minutes over another former ATP single ranked Third rocket Austrian Dominik Thiem (ATP 182). In the quarter-finals, Hurkačs will compete against host Artūras Rindernech (ATP 60).
• Unfortunately an injury prevented French athlete Benjamin Bonzi (61st ATP) from showing a quality performance, who, with the result of 4: 6, 1: 4, decided to retire against 19-year-old Danish talent Holger Rooney ( 31st ATP).
• In the quarter-finals, Rūne will play against Kazakhstan number one Aleksandar Bublik (44th ATP), who in more than two hours has beaten (6: 7 (4); 6: 4; 6: 3) the Finnish tennis player currently highest ranking Emil Rusuvuori (51st ATP).
Mecas ATP 250 “Moselle Open” round of 16
| The game | The result |
|---|---|
| Daniel Medvedev [1.] – Stan Wawrinka [Q] | 4: 6; 7: 6 (7); 3: 6 |
| Grégoire Barre [Q] – Michele Imer | 4: 6; 3: 6 |
| Rune of Holger [4.] – Beniamino Bonzi | 6: 4; 4: 1 – retired |
| Alexander Bublik [7.] – Emil Rusuvuori | 6: 7 (4); 6: 4; 6: 3 |
| Lorenco Sonego – Gilles Simone [WC] | 7: 6 (2); 6: 4 |
| Sebastian Korda – Lorenzo Muzeti [3.] | 6: 3; 7: 6 (6) |
| Nikoloz Basilashvili [5.] – Arthur Rindernech | 6: 7 (11); 3: 6 |
| Hubert Hurka [2.] – Dominic Thiem | 6: 3; 6: 4 |
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