Wawrinka clinches first win on ATP Tour since October
Stan Wawrinka edged out Timofey Skatov 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1) on Tuesday. He’ll play second seed Pedro Martinez Portero in the next round
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Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka moved into the second round of the Bucharest Open by edging out Kazakh qualifier Timofey Skatov 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1) at the Năstase & Marica Sports Club on Tuesday.
Wawrinka, ranked No 161, will play second seed Pedro Martinez Portero next. It was his first win on the ATP Tour since he made round two in Basle last October.
The Swiss became the third-oldest man, at 40, to win a match on clay on the ATP Tour, coming from 5-3 down in the final set to clinch victory, having served for the match at 6-5 in the second and squandered three match points.
Bucharest ATP 250, other first-round results (Năstase & Marica Sports Club., clay, EUR 596.035, most recent results first):
- Gabriel Diallo beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)
- Roberto Bautista Agut (5) beat Yunchaokete Bu: 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Francisco Comesana beat Martin Klizan (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli (8) beat Radu Albot (LL): 6-4, 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics beat Luca Nardi: 6-3, 6-1
- Filip Misolic (Q) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-4
- Damir Dzumhur beat Valentin Vacherot (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Christopher O’Connell beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-4, 6-3
- Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
- Filip Cristian Jianu (WC) beat Nishesh Basavareddy: 6-3, 6-4
- Mariano Navone (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
