2010 US Open Press Conferences: Stanislas Wawrinka (First Round)

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WAWRINKA OUTCLASSED

Stanislas Wawrinka has been defeated by Rafael Nadal in the quarter final of the ongoing French Open. Nadal won the match in the straight sets by 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.

It was another high class performance by Nadal. Just like the last game, he was at his peak. He thrashed Wawrinka and got closer to winning the French open singles title for the 8^th time in his career.

This was the 10^th match between these two players and Nadal has won all of them.

Nadal began aggressively and in the very first game of the first set, he broke Wawrinka’s serve to take a lead of 1-0. The next 3 games went with the serve and at the end of the 4^th game; Nadal was ahead by 3-1.

In the 5^th game, Wawrinka dropped his serve again and got trailed by 1-4. It was hard for him to bounce back after that. He required to break Nadal’s serve a couple of times to level the proceedings, but, he wasn’t able to do that. Nadal served out the 6^th and the 8^th game and won the opener by 6-2.

In the second set, both the players held their serve in the first 2 games. Nadal got a breakthrough in the 3^rd game to take a lead of 2-1.

The next couple of games went with the serve again and then, in the 6^th game, Wawrinka broke Nadal back to make the score 3-3.

But, that didn’t disturb Nadal’s concentration. He kept his cool and broke Wawrinka’s serve twice after that (in the 7^th and the 9^th game) to bag the set by 6-3.

In the third set, Wawrinka looked awfully nervous. Some of his shots were extremely poor and it was clear that the pressure got on him. The Swiss no. 2 dropped his serve in the 2^nd and the 4^th game and got trailed by 0-5.

Although, Wawrinka held his serve in the 6^th game, but, that was not going to save him from defeat. He needed to break Nadal’s serve in the 7^th game to extend the match, but, he couldn’t do that. Nadal served it out and won the match to make his way into the final 4 where he will face the no. 1 player in the world Novak Djokovic.

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WAWRINKA LOSES TO TSONGA

Stanislas Wawrinka has been defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter final of the Monte Carlo Masters. Tsonga won the match by 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Tsonga who has been given the sixth seed in this competition had to fight hard to defeat the Swiss no. 2. He was trailing by a set at one point of time, but, he showed great temperament and played some quality tennis in the second and the third set to make his way into the final 4. The match went on for 2 hours and 10 minutes.

In the post match interview, Tsonga said, “I didn’t get the kind of start that I wanted, but, it was important not to get demoralized. I just tried to calm myself down before the second set and decided to play with a positive approach in the remainder of the match.”

In the opening set, neither of the two players dropped his serve in the first four games and the scores were levelled at 2-2 when the 4^th game got finished.

After that, it was a Wawrinka show in the first set. With serve breaks in the 5^th and the 7^th game, he won the next four games in a row and sealed the first set by 6-2.

In the second set, Tsonga started well. He broke Wawrinka’s serve in the 4^th game and then, with a serve hold in the 5^th game, he took a lead of 4-1. The next three games went with the serve and Tsonga was leading by 5-3 at the end of the 8^th game.

To take the set further, Wawrinka had to stop Tsonga from holding his serve in the 9^th game which he couldn’t do. With an easy serve hold, the Frenchman took the match into the third set.

In the third set, Tsonga got a breakthrough in the 7^th game to take a lead of 4-3. Thereafter, he won his remaining service games and kept his lead till the end to win the set by 6-4.

In the semi final, Tsonga will face the winner of the match between Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov.