Roger Federer has been playing incredibly well at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. The former world number one has won the tournament nine times in his career. The 38-year-old has won three titles this year and is looking to win his 103rd title in his hometown this week.
Federer vs. Wawrinka H2H and more
Federer is through to the quarterfinals after defeating Radu Albot in the round of sixteen. He defeated the Moldovan player 6-0 6-3 to win in a match that lasted for one hour and three minutes. Roger has been in fine form in Basel and had won his opening match against Peter Gojowczyk in fifty-three minutes. The match was his 1500th of his career.
Asked about his potential quarterfinal opponent, the 20-time Grand Slam winner said he would like to face Stan Wawrinka in the next round. The 2014 Australian Open winner will play against Francis Tiafoe on Thursday. Federer would like to play against the 34-year-old to excite the home fans. If Stan defeats Tiafoe, he will set up the 27th meeting with his compatriot in his career. The current world No.3 has dominated the proceedings in most of their matches, winning twenty-three times.
The head to head is 23-3 for the former world no.1 that would be the favorite to reach the semifinal.
When they won the Olympic Games and the Davis Cup together
Despite his good record over his compatriot, Federer would be happy to play Wawrinka in Basel. “I would relish a chance like this. I’ve always had tough matches against him even though on the hard courts I’ve been good against him. But I think for the fans, this match hopefully happens.” Federer and Wawrinka have enjoyed success when representing their country. The duo won the doubles gold for Switzerland at the 2008 Olympics. In 2014, they led their country to the Davis Cup title. Wawrinka has, however, been struggling with injuries in the last few years.
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The three-time Grand Slam champion has been struggling with a knee injury this year. He pulled out of the St. Petersburg Open last month to recover and from the injury. He has been healthy since and reached his first final last weekend at the European Open. He lost the match to Andy Murray in a pulsating final. If Federer gets past his countrymen, he could face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinals. On the other side, American Taylor Fritz knocked out Alexander Zverev, in the third round. The German had defeated Federer at the Shanghai Masters and has a 4-3 winning record over the 38-year-old.
Federer in Basel, ranking, and results in 2019
Ranked no.3, Federer has a 47-8 win-loss record in 2019. Federer is currently playing in Basel where he ousted Peter Gojowczyk 6-2 6-1 and Radu Albot 6-0 6-3.
Roger has won 3 titles in 2019 in Dubai, in Miami and in Halle. Roger was the finalist in Indian Wells and in Wimbledon.
Federer won 102 titles in his career: 47 on hard courts, 11 on clay courts, 20 on indoor courts, 5 on carpet courts and 19 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Wawrinka in Basel, ranking, and results in 2019
Ranked no.17, the Swiss has a 31-18 win-loss record in 2019. Stanislas is currently having a run in Basel where he ousted Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-4.
The Swiss will fight against Tiafoe in the 2nd round. They have never played each so far on the main tour.
Wawrinka was the finalist in Rotterdam and in Antwerp.
Wawrinka won 16 titles in his career: 8 on hard courts, 7 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka played each other 28 times. The head to head is 25-3 for Federer.
The last time that they competed against each other, Roger Federer won 7-64 4-6 7-65 6-4 in the quarter in French Open in 04th June 2019.
Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka |
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