Roman Safiullin defeated Stan Wawrinka to reach the second round of the ATP 500 China Open
Roman Safiullin (Russia) defeated Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:4) in the first round of the ATP 500 China Open in Beijing. The Russian tennis player eliminated the former world’s number three in the ATP for only 1:21 hours of play.
Roman Safiullin recorded 11 aces against only 5 for his opponent, who meanwhile made more double faults (3-2). The Russian tennis player won 82% of his first serve point and made 28 winners against only 18 for Stan Wawrinka.
The first set started perfectly for Roman Safiullin, who broke already in the fourth game and took a lead of 3:1. This was enough for him to close the set at 6:3. The second set started equally with both players saving one breakpoint. In the ninth game, Roman Safiullin received another breakpoint, which he scored and won the game and later the set by 6:4.
The next opponent of Roman Safiullin is the top-seeded Jannik Sinner (Italy). The head-to-head matches between Roman Safiullin and Jannik Sinner is 0-2 with latest one was in the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon 2023.
Meanwhile, Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) eliminated Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) by 2-0 (7:6, 6:1) and in the all-Chinese clash Yunchaokete Bu defeated his compatriot Juncheng Shang by 2-1 (6:7, 6:2, 6:4).
