ANTWERP. Relentless Stanislas Wawrinka outlasts Lopez in the 2nd round of the European Open

EUROPEAN OPEN - ANTWERP. Wawrinka outlasts Lopez to compete against Gilles Simon in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Stan Wawrinka outlasts Feliciano Lopez 6-74 6-4 7-64 in the 2nd round in Antwerp on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Wawrinka is going to play against Gilles Simon in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Feliciano won the breaker at 4.

2nd set.

Wawrinka was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Lopez in the 1st game (1-0). That break was crucial for the Swiss to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

3rd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Stanislas won the tiebreak at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Stanislas scored 117 points vs. Feliciano’s 102 points.

The Swiss served extremely well to win 85% of the points (61/72) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (22/33) on his second serve. The Swiss struck 17 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Wawrinka won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 25% (1/4). On the other side, Feliciano wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Wawrinka and Lopez is 5-3 for Stanislas.

Next Match: Stan Wawrinka vs. Gilles Simon – stats

Wawrinka will fight against Simon in the quarter.

This will be the 8th time that Stan Wawrinka and Gilles Simon square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Wawrinka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Simon won 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Shanghai back in 2016.

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