Wawrinka 1st to reach semifinals at French Open
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.
Article continues after this advertisementThe third-seeded Wawrinka was never really troubled by his left-handed opponent, who was playing his first fourth-round match at a Grand Slam.
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.