(Paris) The Swiss Stan Wawrinka beat the Hungarian Zsombor Piros on Monday 6-7 (7/4), 6-2, 6-0 to 2e qualifying round of the ATP 250 tournament in Metz and climbed into the main draw.
The ex-N. 3 worldwide, now down to 284e world place, overcame a first set loss in the tiebreaker before dominating the second set brilliantly 6-2 and finishing a one-sided third 6-0.
With this victory, the triple Grand Slam winner (Australian Open 2014, Roland-Garros 2015, United States Open 2016) offered himself the right to face the Portuguese Joao Sousa (55e) with an enticing second round in sight against the No. 1 seed of the tournament, the Russian Daniil Medvedev (exempted from the first round).
Wawrinka, 37, turned professional twenty years ago, remained on a defeat on abandonment in the first round of the United States Open against the French Corentin Moutet at the end of August. He hasn’t won on the main circuit since the first round of the Queen’s Tournament last June.
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In the other qualifying matches, Frenchman Grégoire Barrère (234e) also won his sesame for the main draw by dismissing the Hungarian Márton Fucsovics (7-5, 6-1) while his compatriot Quentin Halys (86e) lost to Evan Furness (208e) 6-3, 6-4 in a Franco-French duel.
Barrère will face in the first round the German Oscar Otte (52e) while Furness will face Kazakh Alexander Bublik (44e).
The last qualifying ticket went to Belgian Zizou Bergs (134e), who defeated Dutchman Gijs Brouwer in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, seeded N.5 of the tournament, will be his opponent in the first round.
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