the swiss Stan Wawrinka he eliminated the Belarusian on Wednesday Ilya Ivashka in two sets, for 6-2 and 6-4and signed the first victory of the main male draw of Masters 1,000 of Rome.
In just over an hour, the Swiss reached the second round of the Italian tournament, the same one where he fell more than a week ago in the Madrid tournament against Russian Andrey Rublev.
Wawrinkaranked number 84, managed to win the first set on the fast track, within half an hour, breaking the Belarusian’s first serve to take a 3-0 lead in the first exchange, with the threat of rain forcing the start of the here to be delayed also the sun.
Ivashka, number 73 in the world, tried to compose himself and raised the level in the second game, more solid from the bottom, something that did not prevent him from giving up his serve in the tenth game and sentenced Wawrinka’s classification.
The Swiss will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the second round, a clash that will, barring a major surprise, see Serbian rival Novak Djokovic in the third round.
Source: La Verdad
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