Wawrinka was unable to verify the sturdy efficiency within the opening match in opposition to Andy Murray. As an alternative, it’s the 25-year-old Russian who reached the third spherical of a Grand Slam event for the primary time.
There was lots to know that the 39-year-old man from Vaud would survive the primary two rounds of one of many 4 main tennis occasions of the 12 months for the forty third time. Towards the inform Kotow, who reached the quarter-finals in Lyon final week, he began with errors, particularly on the return, and he was not capable of put efficient stress on him.
Then the Swiss appeared to catch themselves, profitable the third set 6:1 and main 3:1 within the fourth in opposition to the more and more drained Russians. As has been the case all year long, Wawrinka lacked consistency and misplaced three video games in a row, together with twice on his personal serve.
However the preventing spirit was there as at all times. After midnight, with the followers nonetheless underneath the roof of the Suzanne-Lenglen Court docket, Wawrinka bought the break once more. Within the tiebreak, nevertheless, as within the first set, Kotow confirmed higher nerves. After 3:40 hours, a forehand from the Swiss sailed out of bounds on the second match level.
From Switzerland’s perspective, this implies solely Viktorija Golubic continues to be within the working, with their second spherical match postponed till Thursday resulting from rain.