the swiss Stan Wawrinka accumulated seven years without consecutive success on the grassafter beating this Thursday at Queen’s second round against the American tommy paul by 6-1 and 6-4.
The Swiss gave a horrible image to the Queen’s central court, proving that knee injuries have weighed down on her and that she is still far from reaching her best level, the one that led to him to win an Australian Open, a Roland Garros and a United States Open.
Wawrinka, currently number 290 in the world, has not won two consecutive games on the grass since 2015 and, since then, has only achieved six wins over this.
The last time Wawrinka posted a consecutive win on the grass was at Wimbledon 2015, when she reached the quarter-finals, where she lost in the fifth set against Frenchman Richard Gasquet.
Those quarters, along with his achievements in 2014, were Wawrinka’s best result in the only Grand Slam left to achieve to join the exclusive club of tennis players that adopted the Grand Slam career, that is, win four Great without needing. to be in the same year.
Only eight men in history have done so: Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
The Swiss competed with the Queen’s gratitude to the protected ranks and at Wimbledon she will play at an invitation from the organization.
Source: La Verdad
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