Stan Wawrinka ousts Timofey Skatov 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Bucharest on Tuesday. Wawrinka is going to play against Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 18 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2004 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stan added to his prize money € 4,160 after winning this match. He has already won € 10,460 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stan will add € 7,555 to his earnings to get in total € 18,015 in total.
Highlights Stan Wawrinka vs. Timofey Skatov Tiriac Open – Bucharest
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:18
At the end of the match, Stan scored 126 points vs. Timofey’s 124.
Wawrinka
Stan won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.
Skatov
On the other side, Skatov was battling in converting his break points (only 27% – 4/15). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Wawrinka and Skatov is 1-0 for Stan.
Draw and next match H2H: Stan Wawrinka vs. Pedro Martinez Portero – stats
Wawrinka will come up against Martinez Portero in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Stan Wawrinka and Pedro Martinez Portero face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Wawrinka and Martinez Portero (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The Swiss clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Wawrinka broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Wawrinka failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Wawrinka converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Timofey converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40).
They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Stan won just 2 more points than Timofey (41-39). Stan lost 17 points on serve (25-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Timofey conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Wawrinka conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Timofey Skatov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Kazakhstani refused to bow to come back to break Stan in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set (7-6).
The Kazakhstani was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Wawrinka was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 100 points. Skatov was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Wawrinka (53-47). The Kazakhstani lost 25 points on serve (38-25). On the losing side, Stan conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
Wawrinka had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Timofey Skatov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Wawrinka refused to bow to come back to break the Kazakhstani in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 1.
Tiebreak
Stan won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
Wawrinka won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
Stan was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40). On the other side, Timofey converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40).
They contested 68 points. The Swiss was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Skatov (38-30). The Swiss dropped 17 points on serve (27-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Skatov conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
Tennis Scores in Bucharest
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- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-65 7-62)
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 6-3)
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Martin KlizanKlizan (4-6 7-5 7-5)
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-4 6-75 7-61)
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Luca NardiNardi (6-3 6-1)
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-3)
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (3-6 6-2 7-5)
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-2 6-1)
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-3 6-4)
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Laslo DjereDjere (6-1 4-6 6-2)
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (4-6 7-5 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H details and stats
