Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland stunned top seed Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-7 6-3 in a round of 16 match at the ATP Moselle Open in Metz on Thursday. The 37-year-old Wawrinka will take on Mikael Ymer of Sweden in the quarterfinal on Friday.<\/p>\n
Wawrinka showed glimpses of his brilliance in what was a vintage performance. On the other hand, Medveded\u2019s poor run continued and the now the Russian has failed to win a single tournament since reaching<\/a> the Australian Open<\/a> final in January.<\/p>\n Wawrinka put Medvedev under some serious pressure by playing powerful groundstrokes from the baseline. Some of the down-the-line backhand winners reminded one of the Wawrinka of yesteryear as Medvedev struggled to deal with his Swiss opponent.<\/p>\n Wawrinka got the the first break of the match in the eighth game of the first set to go 4-3 up and then held his serve to lead 5-3. The Swiss then managed to serve out the first set as Medvedev stared at yet another early exit from a tournament.<\/p>\n Wawrinka went for the kill in the second set by being more aggressive. However, at times he overdid things as he handed Medvedev a break by going for serve-and-volley and then hitting his volley into the net.<\/p>\n However, Wawrinka managed to break back and level the score. Wawrinka kept going to the net frequently and came up with a few wonderful volleys to win points as the second set went into a tie-break. Medvedev managed to hang on to win the tie-break as the Swiss overpressed with his forehand and committed a few unforced errors by hitting the ball long.<\/p>\nThree things that stood out in Stan Wawrinka’s win over Daniil Medvedev at the Moselle Open<\/h2>\n
#1 Wawrinka played some wonderful groundstrokes in the first set:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
#2 Medvedev came back well to win the second set:<\/strong><\/h4>\n