Thursday 2 June 2016

French Open 2016: Andy Murray & Stan Wawrinka Enters Semi-Finals

Paris: Second seed Andy Murray reached the semi-finals in Paris for a fourth time by battling back to defeat the last home hope Richard Gasquet 5-7, 7-6 (7/3), 6-0, 6-2. Reigning French Open champion Stan Wawrinka, the 31-year-old third seed, became the oldest man since 1985 to reach the semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (9/7) win over Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas.


Murray leads his head-to-head 8-7 with Wawrinka but the Swiss star has won their last three meetings as well as their only two matches on clay.
Wawrinka is the oldest semi-finalist in Paris since 32-year-old Jimmy Connors in 1985. He was in complete control against world number 55 Ramos-Vinolas, playing in his first quarter-finals at the majors, firing an impressive 49 winners. “Overall, I played a good match with an incredible level in the first two sets,” said Wawrinka. “I had to dig deep to finish the match. To win in three sets, it’s ideal”’ he added.
Wawrinka, who beat Djokovic in last year’s final, will be playing in only his second Roland Garros semi-final.
Top seed Djokovic reached the quarter-finals for the tenth time by defeating 14th seeded Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5. The 29-year-old Serb will on Thursday take on Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych, who beat Spanish 11th seed David Ferrer 6-3, 7-5, 6-3.Djokovic has a 23-2 career stranglehold on Berdych who will be playing in his third Roland Garros quarter-final.
It will be the top seed’s 28th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final and 36th in all. Djokovic also crossed the $100 million prize money barrier on Wednesday.


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