Stan Wawrinka shocks Andrey Rublev 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the quarter in Stockholm on Friday. Wawrinka will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Tommy Paul in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2010. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Swiss added to his prize money € 15,140 after winning this match. He has already won € 36,000 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Stan will add € 25,235 to his earnings to get in total € 61,235.
Highlights Stan Wawrinka vs. Andrey Rublev BNP Paribas Nordic Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:52
At the end of the match, Wawrinka scored 86 points vs. Rublev’s 83.
Wawrinka
Wawrinka served extremely well to win 77% of the points (41/53) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (19/38) on his second serve. The Swiss struck 14 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Stan won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, Rublev was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Wawrinka and Rublev is 3-2 for Stan.
Draw and next match H2H: Stan Wawrinka vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Wawrinka will take on Paul in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Stan Wawrinka and Tommy Paul face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Wawrinka and Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Wawrinka won the set after he broke Rublev .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Rublev was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 90 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Stan won just 2 more points than Andrey (46-44). Wawrinka dropped 20 points on serve (40-20). On the other side, Andrey conceded 6 points on serve (24-6).
Wawrinka started the set in the best possible way after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Wawrinka to win the set as Rublev managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Stan kept his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Wawrinka won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (4-3), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Russian won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Wawrinka converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Rublev converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They contested 79 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Wawrinka won barely 1 point more than Rublev (40-39). Stan surrendered 13 points on serve (23-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Rublev conceded 17 points on serve (26-17).
Tennis Scores in Stockholm
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andrey RublevRublev (7-65 7-65)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-69 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tommy PaulPaul (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Casper RuudRuud (0-2) – H2H details and stats
