Live: Wawrinka In Trouble Vs. Rosol
Live: Wawrinka In Trouble Vs. Rosol
Defending champion trails Czech in first round
Defending champion Stan Wawrinka is in trouble in the first round at Roland Garros on Monday. After rain delayed the start of play by over three hours, Wawrinka finds himself in a hole against Lukas Rosol, with the Czech leading 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Wawrinka and Rosol meet again just four days after they played in the Geneva semi-finals, when the Swiss prevailed before going on to win his first ATP World Tour title on home soil with victory over Marin Cilic in the final.
The 30-year-old Rosol is no stranger to pulling off huge Grand Slam upsets, having shocked Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon second round in 2012. The Czech broke for a 3-2 lead before going on to seal the opener against Wawrinka.
Wawrinka looked to be back on track when he raced through the second set to level the match, but Rosol again took an early lead in the third set and did not allow Wawrinka back in contention as he assumed a two-sets-to-one lead.
The 31-year-old Wawrinka won his second Grand Slam championship in Paris last year, when he denied Novak Djokovic the career Grand Slam by beating the Serb in an enthralling display in the final.