Wawrinka finds the answers to take down Medvedev

Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka celebrates winning his match against Russia’s Daniil Medvedev - Reuters

M E L B O U R N E (REUTERS): Former champion Stan Wawrinka emerged from a mid-match loss of confidence to battle past Russian fourth seed Daniil Medvedev to reach the Australian Open quarter- finals with a 6-2 2-6 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2 victory yesterday.

Medvedev, 23, arrived in Melbourne after a 2019 season featuring four titles and a Tour-leading 59 match wins and came into yesterday’s contest against Wawrinka having won both career meetings at Grand Slams in four sets.

But the Russian failed to find a way past the battling 2014 Australian Open champion, ending up the highest seed to fall in the men’s draw so far. Wawrinka, who won the last of his three Grand Slam titles at the 2016 US Open, hit a staggering 71 winners and sealed the contest after three hours and 25 minutes.