Wawrinka Clinches Victory On Umag Return
Wawrinka Clinches Victory On Umag Return
Stan Wawrinka earned victory on his return to the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag on Wednesday, moving past Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round.
Competing at the ATP 250 clay-court event for the first time since 2007, the 38-year-old won 77 per cent (23/30) of his first-serve points to advance after 63 minutes.
Wawrinka, who lifted the trophy in Umag in 2006, will next play Federico Coria. The Argentine Coria beat Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-4, 6-2 in one hour and 57 minutes.
In other action, seventh-seeded Italian Matteo Arnaldi defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 7-6(5) to reach the third round, while Alexei Popyrin overcame Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the same stage.
Spaniard Jaume Munar reached the second round, downing Gstaad runner-up Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. He will next meet Hungarian Fabian Marozsan after the World No. 87 beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3, 6-2. Marozsan shocked World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in Rome earlier this season.
Croatian wild card Dino Prizmic continued to carry home hopes in Umag. The 17-year-old, who is the reigning Roland Garros boys’ singles champion, earned his second tour-level win when he defeated Hungarian Zsombor Piros 6-2, 6-3 to reach the third round.