MELBOURNE RESULTS. Stanislas Wawrinka beats Seppi in the 2nd round

Stan Wawrinka aces Andreas Seppi 4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Wawrinka will have to play John Isner in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Wawrinka was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Seppi in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the Italian managed to stage a great comeback to break the Swiss in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

The Swiss conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 9^th (4-5) game, Wawrinka broke back in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

3^rd set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Swiss conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

4^th set.

Similarly to the 3^rd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Seppi conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

5^th set.

Wawrinka conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7^th (3-4) game, Stanislas broke back in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Wawrinka scored 153 points vs. the Italian’s 140 points.

The Swiss served extremely well to win 80% of the points (66/83) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (29/55) on his second serve. Stanislas blasted 19 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Stanislas won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (6/16). On the other side, Seppi was absolutely great in converting all the break points (5/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Wawrinka and Seppi is 12-4 for Stanislas.

Highlights Stan Wawrinka vs. Andreas Seppi Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Stan Wawrinka vs. John Isner – stats

Wawrinka will face Isner in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Stan Wawrinka and John Isner play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Isner (see full H2H stats), but Wawrinka leads 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Isner won 7-6¹ 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Rome back in 2017.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mikael YmerYmer (6-2 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 5-7 6-7⁵ 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andreas SeppiSeppi (4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-3 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-2 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁵ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (4-6 7-6⁸ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ernests GulbisGulbis – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-5 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kevin AndersonAnderson (4-6 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-1 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-4 6-1 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Richard BerankisBerankis (7-6² 4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-6⁴ 6-1 3-6 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Guido PellaPella – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-1 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-7⁶ 3-6 6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 7-6⁶ 3-6 6-7³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6⁷ 6-4 4-6 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Michael MmohMmoh (5-7 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-2 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-0) – See H2H details
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (2-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-2) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – See H2H details
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-2) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Roger FedererFederer (1-2) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – See H2H details