CNN —Stan Wawrinka turned back the clock to play his “best match of the year” as he eased past fellow tour veteran Andy Murray 6-4 6-4 6-2 in the first round of the French Open.
And, yeah, he’s [an] amazing guy, amazing player, such a big fighter.
“I think I played my best match of the year,” Wawrinka, the 2017 French Open champion, added.
It’s really positive for me.”Murray, playing in his first French Open since another first-round defeat to Wawrinka in 2020, suffered an early break of serve in each set and was never able to recover.
“It was always going to be tough, tough match,” Murray said, per the BBC.
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