Wawrinka goes down to Mannarino in Astana, sixth early exit in seven tournaments

Adrian Mannarino could face world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the second round of the Spaniard gets past David Goffin

Stan Wawrinka at the 2022 Moselle Open Stan Wawrinka at the 2022 Moselle Open Image Credit: Mao / Panoramic

Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka was knocked out of the ATP Astana Open on Monday by Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.

The left-handed Mannarino overcame a slow start to oust for the former world No 3 Wawrinka 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 and advance to the second round at the Daulet National Tennis Center in Nur-Sultan.

Wawrinka had reached the semi-finals in Metz last week

Wawrinka, aged 37, was in good form coming into this week. The Swiss had qualified had reached the semi-finals in Metz last September, which included an upset win over world No 4 Daniil Medvedev.

After making his first ATP semi-final in two years, Wawrinka is now back inside the top 200 in the world rankings at No 191.

With today’s loss, Wawrinka has now lost his opening match in six of his last seven events, with Metz being the exception.

Mannarino, ranked No 51, could get a shot against world No 1 and reigning US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz in the second round. The 19-year-old Spaniard plays Belgian lucky loser David Goffin in the first round after Holger Rune pulled out from the draw.

Nur-Sultan ATP 250, other first-round matches

  • Botic van de Zandschulp beat Beibit Zhukayev (WC): 6-1, 6-1
  • Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Daniil Medvedev
  • Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
  • Pavel Kotov vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
  • Cristian Garin vs. Novak Djokovic
  • Maxime Cressy vs. Karen Khachanov
  • Marin Čilić vs. Oscar Otte
  • Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Bublik
  • Alexander Shevchenko vs. Luca Nardi
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
  • Carlos Alcaraz vs. David Goffin
  • Laslo Djere vs. Andrey Rublev
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
  • Francisco Cerundolo vs. Hubert Hurkacz
  • Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev

People in this post

Your comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *