Stanislas Wawrinka Has Tools to Beat Novak Djokovic in Australian Open Quarters

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Published: January 20, 2014

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If history has any inclination to repeat itself, spectators will be in for a real treat when Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka meet in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Tuesday.

When the second-ranked Serb and eighth-ranked Swiss last met in Melbourne, they produced a five-hour marathon that turned out to be one of the matches of the year. 



These two players know each other well. Djokovic has only faced the other members of the Big Four—Federer, Nadal and Murray—more times in his career.

But the rivalry remains decidedly one-sided: in 17 meetings between Djokovic and Wawrinka, the Serb owns 15 wins. And Djokovic has history on his side as he seeks his fourth consecutive Australian Open title.

Wawrinka looks to be in the best position of his career to notch his third win in their head-to-head record.

The big-hitting Swiss recorded a career year in 2013, recording his best ever results in the French Open (quarterfinals) and the US Open (semifinals) and logging nine wins over Top 10 players.

He entered the Australian Open with the highest ATP ranking of his career and one title already under his belt in 2014.

If Wawrinka had a full head of steam coming into the tournament, things have progressed just as well since play began in the grueling Melbourne heat.

Most importantly, Wawrinka will be fresh when he takes the court—just two of his four matches played to completion. Andrey Golubev retired two sets into the first round and his third-round opponent, Vasek Pospisil, never made it out to the court.

All in all, Wawrinka has played six hours and 15 minutes compared to seven hours and nine minutes for Djokovic. With temperatures hitting triple digits throughout the first week of the tournament, Wawrinka relayed to Micheal Chammas of the Sydney Morning Herald that he understands this point well enough:

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