ANTWERP RESULTS. Stanislas Wawrinka dispatches Simon in the quarter

EUROPEAN OPEN - ANTWERP RESULTS. Wawrinka victorious over Simon to fight against Jannik Sinner in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Stan Wawrinka vs. Gilles Simon

Stan Wawrinka victorious over Gilles Simon 6-3 6-76 6-2 in the quarter in Antwerp on Friday. Wawrinka will seek to keep on going in this event against Jannik Sinner in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Wawrinka started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Simon in the 1st game (1-0). Wawrinka extended his lead after breaking Gilles in the 9th (6-3) game before managing to win the set.

2nd set.

Gilles won the set after he broke Wawrinka in the 5th (3-2) game. Wawrinka tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Simon kept the focus before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 6.

3rd set.

Wawrinka conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Simon in the 1st game (1-0). Stanislas reinforced his lead after breaking Simon in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 99 points vs. Gilles’s 85 points.

Stanislas didn’t lose the concentration in converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7). On the other side, Simon had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 33% of his break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Next Match: Stan Wawrinka vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Wawrinka will take on Sinner in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Stan Wawrinka and Jannik Sinner square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Wawrinka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Wawrinka won 6-3 7-64 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Us open back in August 2019.

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