Stan Wawrinka, after 12 seasons without visiting Stockholm, wasted no time in getting through the first match at the 2023 Stockholm Open season.
The 38 year old tennis player, Wawrinka beat the Croatian tennis player, Borna Gojo with 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of the Stockholm Open, thus becoming the oldest tennis player to win a match at the ATP level 250 tournament since 39 year old tennis player, Jimmy Connors in the season 1991.
Throughout the match which lasted 91 minutes, the Swiss national converted three of the ten break point opportunities he created. This meeting was the first meeting between the two tennis players.
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A tennis player who has three Grand Slam titles, Stan Wawrinka previously competed in Stockholm in the 2010 season, when he qualified for the quarterfinals and the 2011 season. The former world number 3 is now 26-19 in the 2023 season and will try to qualify for the quarterfinals when he meets tennis player Czech national, Tomas Machac.
On another court, the world number 61, Emil Ruusuvuori wasted no time in slaughtering the Lebanese tennis player, Benjamin Hassan with a landslide result 6-2, 6-1 in just 57 minutes.
“I feel very happy with my performance,” exclaimed Ruusuvuori. “I’ve spent a few weeks taking a break from tournaments, so it’s really positive to start with a solid performance like this. “
Estonian tennis player Ruusuvuori will next face third seed Tallon Griekspoor in the second round of the Stockholm Open. The Dutch tennis player is currently leading 2-0 in their head to head.
Meanwhile, three seeded players had to be eliminated from the European Open. First, American tennis player, J. J. Wolf defeated fifth seed, Sebastian Baez with 7-6, 6-2 and booked a second round match against Serbian tennis player, Laslo Djere who beat the host player, Leo Borg with 6-3, 6-3 .
Pavel Kotov remained calm despite losing the first set and silenced seventh seed Christopher Eubanks 6-7, 6-3, 7-6. The world number 109 tennis player was rewarded with a ticket to the second round against Lorenzo Sonego.
The eighth seed, Dan Evans, also had bad luck after he lost to the Austrian, Filip Misolic, who won 6-4, 7-6. In the second round, he will face Gael Monfils or Marton Fucsovics.
