French Open 2015 Men’s Final: Early Predictions for Stan Wawrinka at Wimbledon

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Published: June 7, 2015

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Stan Wawrinka proved that on his day, he's a match for any top player in tennis. The mercurial Swiss player beat World No. 1 Novak Djokovic to win the 2015 French Open.

Despite losing the first set, Wawrinka turned things around to take the next three. In the process, the 30-year-old won just his second Grand Slam event and his first at Roland Garros.

Grand Slam victories may be few for Wawrinka, but he's claimed those to his credit in style, per Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times:



Wawrinka also earned a rare historical achievement for the French Open, according to ESPN Stats & Info:



After Djokovic made a fast start on the red clay at Roland Garros, things looked ominous for Wawrinka. But the top-ranked player in men's tennis never established any real dominance.

Instead, this match soon turned into a series of thrilling rallies. Both players set the tone for the back and forth early on, per the Sports Illustrated Tennis Twitter feed:



That was just the beginning of a marathon of rallies. One of the best came in a tense fourth set when Djokovic had taken the first three games, seemingly reasserting control despite trailing two sets to one.

The official Roland Garros Twitter account highlighted the epic shot trading:



It was the consistent quality of the tennis that kept viewers wowed. Former pro Andy Roddick perfectly summed up what fans were being treated to on the Paris court:



Even the individual shots were exceptional, as WSJ writer Tom Perrotta noted. He continued Roddick's theme of not quite believing what his eyes were showing him:



In what has to be one of the most exciting finals at an Open event in recent memory, momentum continued to swing sharply. Djokovic struggled to establish his serve, while Warinka broke via a series of brilliantly m...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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