Wawrinka 1st to reach semifinals at French Open | Inquirer Sports

Wawrinka 1st to reach semifinals at French Open

/ 11:49 PM June 01, 2016

Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka plays a shot against France's Benoit Paire during the first semi final mach of Chennai Open tennis tournament in Chennai, India, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. Wawrinka beat Paire in straight sets 6-3,6-4. AP

Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka plays a shot against France’s Benoit Paire during the first semi final mach of Chennai Open tennis tournament in Chennai, India, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. Wawrinka beat Paire in straight sets 6-3,6-4. AP

PARIS —Stan Wawrinka is the first player through to the French Open semifinals.

The defending men’s champion beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (7) to become the only Swiss man other than Roger Federer to have reached the semifinals of the clay-court major tournament multiple times. Federer, absent this year with an aching back, has played in seven semifinals and five finals, winning the title once, in 2009.

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The third-seeded Wawrinka was never really troubled by his left-handed opponent, who was playing his first fourth-round match at a Grand Slam.

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Ramos-Vinolas had only four break points in the match on Court Suzanne Lenglen and won just one of them, in the third set.

Wawrinka improved his career record against Ramos-Vinolas to 7-0. He will play either Andy Murray or Richard Gasquet in the semifinals.

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