Alexander Zverev vs Stan Wawrinka
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One player is a French Open winner – and the other has never lost to him in their history! 2016 US Open winner and 2015 French Open champion Wawrinka has proved his prowess on clay, and has described it on several occasions as his favourite surface.
The pair are placed in the same quarter, putting them in very likely QF contention given the draw.
Touted as tennis’ Next Big Thing, part of the ATP NextGen and considered by many senior players a ‘future No. 1,’ 20-year-old Zverev, the youngest player in the ATP Top 20, has never lost to Wawrinka.
The two have played each other twice in the past, most recently at the Miami Masters this year, with Zverev firmly wresting control from Wawrinka after a first-set loss; he also beat Wawrinka at the finals in St. Petersburg, soon after the Swiss ace’s US Open victory. That win also marked Zverev’s first-ever career title.
Now, the 20-year-old is fresh off his first ever home title at the Bavarian Tennis Championships, played on outdoor clay courts – so riding high on that success, he could put up quite the fight against Wawrinka – and given his form, could even pull off an upset of the third seed.
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