Stan Wawrinka has starred this Monday in one of the most anticipated news in the world of tennis. The Swiss tennis player, winner of three Grand Slam titles, achieved his first victory in 15 months after beating American Reilly Opelka 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Rome Masters 1,000.
In this way, Wawrinka recovers his smile after some complicated seasons due to injuries and once again savors a victory that he has not achieved since February 2021, when he beat Pedro Sousa in the first round of the Australian Open. Since then Wawrinka was only able to play two more tournaments in 2021 (Rotterdam and Doha) before returning this season in Marbella and Monte Carlo, where he debuted with a loss.
‘Stan The Man’ managed to survive Opelka’s powerful serve (14 aces) and even hurt his serve, breaking the American giant’s serve up to 4 times At the same time, he showed great defense with his service, saving eight of the 10 break balls he had to face. In the second round Wawrinka will face Serbian Laslo Djere or Borna Coric.
Jenson Brooskby went through less trouble, who beat the Italian invited by the organization Flavio Cobolli 6-3 and 6-4. Brooksby will have a difficult rival waiting for him in the second round that will come from the meeting between the Pole Hubert Hurkacz and the Belgian David Goffin, who already showed in Madrid against Rafa Nadal that he can return to the tennis elite.