Tennis-Wawrinka makes brief work of Ivashka in Rome opener Reuters |Up to date 3 hours in the past |2 min learn ROME (Reuters) – Former world quantity three Stan Wawrinka shone following a rain delay on the Italian Open on Wednesday because the oldest participant within the males’s draw powered previous Ilya Ivashka 6-2 6-4 to ebook his place within the second spherical. The 38-year-old …
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ROME (Reuters) – Former world quantity three Stan Wawrinka shone following a rain delay on the Italian Open on Wednesday because the oldest participant within the males’s draw powered previous Ilya Ivashka 6-2 6-4 to ebook his place within the second spherical.
The 38-year-old took to the court docket after a 90-minute delay however proved too good for world quantity 73 Ivashka as soon as the match started as he blasted 26 winners and transformed three of his six breakpoint possibilities to arrange a gathering with Grigor Dimitrov.
“I used to be prepared for it. I am enjoying nicely. It was first match and I am actually completely satisfied to get by means of once more,” Wawrinka stated. “I’ve been working exhausting to get to this stage. This yr I am enjoying a lot better, however I must win extra matches.
“That is what I am lacking a bit, the boldness to win extra matches. However on the whole the extent is nice.”
Becoming a member of the three-times Grand Slam champion within the subsequent spherical was Tomas Martin Etcheverry, who downed 18-year-old Luca Van Assche 7-6(7) 6-3 to earn a gathering with Novak Djokovic.
Former world primary Andy Murray will tackle Italian wild card Fabio Fognini later within the night as he continues his preparations for the French Open beginning later this month.
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Within the girls’s event, former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens beat Nadia Podoroska 6-4 6-1 to open her Rome marketing campaign in model following her triumph in Saint Malo final week.
Up subsequent for the American is two-times main champion Victoria Azarenka.
Lesia Tsurenko overcame two-times champion Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-3 in an all-Ukrainian conflict, the latter having returned to the WTA tour on the Charleston Open final month following her maternity break.
Colombia’s Camila Osorio battled from 5-2 down within the final set and saved three match factors to defeat Varvara Gracheva 7-6(4) 1-6 7-6(4), whereas Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Sara Errani 6-1 6-1 to arrange a gathering with the top-ranked Iga Swiatek.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru, enhancing by Pritha Sarkar)
