Stan Wawrinka upsets Botic Van De Zandschulp 2-6 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Athens on Monday. Wawrinka will square off with Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes.
The Swiss added to his prize money € 5,235 after winning this match. He has already won € 13,455 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Swiss will add € 9,715 to his earnings to get in total € 23,170 in total.
Highlights Stan Wawrinka vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp Hellenic Championship – Athens
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Wawrinka won this match even if he won less points than Van De Zandschulp (93 vs. 104).
Wawrinka
The Swiss was remarkable in converting the only break point that he conquered.
Van De Zandschulp
On the other side, the Dutch wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Wawrinka and Van De Zandschulp is 2-0 for Stan.
Draw and next match H2H: Stan Wawrinka vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats
Wawrinka will square off with Musetti in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Stan Wawrinka and Lorenzo Musetti fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Wawrinka started the set in the best possible way after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 1st
game (1-0). The Dutch improved his lead after breaking Stan in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).Botic was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (5-1 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 63 points. The Dutch was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Wawrinka (36-27). Van De Zandschulp lost 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, the Swiss conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).
Wawrinka won the set after he broke Van De Zandschulp .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Stan didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 72 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Swiss won this set even if he scored less points 4 than the Dutch (34-38). The Swiss surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the net, the Dutch conceded 14 points on serve (33-14).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Stan conquered in the 11th
game (6-5) before finally conquering the set (7-5).The Swiss was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Swiss won just 2 more points than the Dutch (31-29). Wawrinka dropped 12 points on serve (25-12). on the other side of the court, Van De Zandschulp conceded 6 points on serve (17-6).
Tennis Scores in Athens
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-6 7-65 7-5)
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-3)
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-4 6-2)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (7-64 7-64)
- Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Laslo DjereDjere (1-6 7-66 6-2)
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 2-6 7-66)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (7-64 6-3)
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Adam WaltonWalton (7-67 6-76 7-5)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (4-6 6-3 6-4)
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