Stan Wawrinka prevails over Roman Safiullin 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Prague Challenger on Monday. Wawrinka will square off with Oscar Otte in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Wawrinka commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Safiullin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Wawrinka managed to boost his lead after breaking Roman in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Wawrinka won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Wawrinka was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Stanislas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Wawrinka won 12 more points than Roman (28-16). Stanislas lost 9 points on serve (18-9). On the losing side, Roman conceded 10 points on serve (7-10).

The Russian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Russian broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th () game to win the set 6-4.

Safiullin converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). In addition on the other side, Stanislas converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 80 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Wawrinka (43-37). The Russian lost 18 points on serve (25-18). on the other side of the court, the Swiss conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).

Wawrinka started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Safiullin in the 1st game (1-0). Stanislas improved his lead after breaking Safiullin in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

Wawrinka was unable to break Safiullin in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Roman was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.

Stanislas converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Roman was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 51 points. Stanislas conquered the set after winning 15 points more than the Russian (33-18

). Stanislas conceded 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the court, Roman conceded 19 points on serve (12-19).

Wawrinka will add to his prize money € 860 after winning this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Swiss will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.

Match Statistics

Wawrinka
Safiullin
6-1 4-6 6-1
99
99
Total points
77
77
26
26
Winners
29
29
26%
26%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
49%
49%
1st in
64%
64%
62%
62%
1st won
50%
50%
26/42
26/42
1st won
29/58
29/58
60%
60%
2nd won
45%
45%
26/43
26/43
2nd won
15/33
15/33
-- Break Points --
6/13
6/13
Total
2/7
2/7
46%
46%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Wawrinka scored 99

points vs. Safiullin’s 77.

Wawrinka won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Roman was battling in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Wawrinka and Safiullin is 1-0 for Stanislas.

Draw and next match H2H: Stan Wawrinka vs. Oscar Otte – stats

Wawrinka will take on Otte in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Stan Wawrinka and Oscar Otte since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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