30 October,2016 01:11 PM IST | | AFP
Top seed and US Open champion Stan Wawrinka slumped to a shock 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 defeat to German qualifier Mischa Zverev on Friday, limping out of the Swiss Indoors event in the quarter-finals
Basel: Top seed and US Open champion Stan Wawrinka slumped to a shock 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 defeat to German qualifier Mischa Zverev on Friday, limping out of the Swiss Indoors event in the quarter-finals.
Zverev, ranked 72 , will now face Croatian Marin Cilic for a place in the final. Wawrinka has a poor history at the Swiss tournament, despite playing the event for 13 of the last 14 years.
He ended a run of four straight first-round defeats with a pair of wins this week having made an impression in 2011. "Zverev almost beat Novak Djokovic two weeks ago" Wawrinka said. "He is an offensive player who likes to rely on the speed of the ball from the opponent." he added.
