Stan Wawrinka is about to face Alexander Zverev in the quarters in Bercy. The Swiss ace has a rather grim 0-3 record against Sascha. However, Stan thinks that he can pull an upset. In the previous round, the German has won a rather grueling match against an in-form Adrian Mannarino while Stan upset Andrey Rublev in a relatively quick 3-setter.
Stan is having a rather difficult year like most of his colleagues because of the pandemic. He started the season decently well after reaching the semifinals in Doha and the quarters at the Australian Open where he lost to Zverev.
He decided to compete on clay in Europe after the tour was back to even play a couple of challengers in Prague.
Stan has impressed in Bercy and he has already declared that he is aiming at having a good end of his season to have a final career-push in the years to come.
Stan was very happy after beating Rublev. About his upcoming match against Zverev, he commented:
“It’s going to be a tough one, for sure. I lost to him in the Australian Open. Lost a few times to him already in the past. He’s a tough player for me to play, so it’s going to be interesting. I watched him a little bit tonight. He played also a long match. Hopefully I can deliver a great match tomorrow night.”
Our prediction is Zverev winning in straight sets.
Wawrinka in Paris, ranking, and results in 2020
Currently ranked no.20, Wawrinka has a composed 22-7 record in 2020. The Swiss is now competing in Paris where he bested Daniel Evans 6-3 7-63, Tommy Paul 4-6 7-63 6-2 and Andrey Rublev 1-6 6-4 6-3.
Stan Wawrinka will take on Zverev in the quarter. The head to head is 3-0 for Zverev.
Wawrinka clinched 1 title in 2020 in the Prague Challenger.
The Swiss 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)
Zverev in Paris, ranking, and results in 2020
Now ranked no.7, the German has an overall 25-8 match record in 2020. The German is competing in Paris where he overcame Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2 6-2 and Adrian Mannarino 7-611 6-77 6-4.
Alexander Zverev will come up against Wawrinka in the quarter. The head to head is 3-0 for Zverev.
Zverev clinched 2 titles in 2020 in Cologne and in Cologne. The German reached the final at the U.S. Open.
The German won 13 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 5 on clay courts and 5 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Stan Wawrinka and Alexander Zverev played each other 3 times. The head to head is 3-0 for Zverev. The last time that they squared off, Alexander Zverev won 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 29th of January 2020.
Here the video highlights.
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