Pat Cash gives thoughts on epic Stan Wawrinka and Stefanos Tsitsipas battle
Former world No. 4 Pat Cash absolutely enjoyed watching a French Open round-of-16 showdown between No. 24 seed Stan Wawrinka and sixth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas.
After five hours and nine minutes of epic action, 2015 French Open champion Wawrinka edged out the rising Greek star 7-6 (6) 5-7 6-4 3-6 8-6 to set up a quarter-final clash against third-seeded Roger Federer.
“Standing ovation to both Stefanos Tsitsipas and Stan Wawrinka. An absolutely epic battle. Phenomenal tennis and mental toughness. And what a finish from Wawrinka! Unreal stuff,” Cash wrote on Twitter.
Tsitsipas failed to convert a set point in the first set but kept his focus as he won the second set to make it all tied one set apiece.
The Swiss, who broke Tsitsipas in the seventh game of the third set, failed to convert any of his two set points in the ninth game but successfully served out for the set in the following game.
Tsitsipas blew an early fourth-set break but broke the Swiss once again in the seventh game to force a decider.
Tsitsipas appeared to be closer to winning the fifth set but that didn’t happen as Wawrinka used all of his experience to beat the Greek.
Wawrinka saved a total of eight break points in the fifth set before he broke Tsitsipas in the 14th game to seal the win.
Tsitsipas didn’t face a single break point in his first seven service games of the decider.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2Xnz5R5
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