Wawrinka In Full Flight Over Cilic

Third seed Stan Wawrinka continued his dominance against Marin Cilic in their quarter-final on Wednesday at Roland Garros, cruising into the final four with a convincing 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 triumph. 

Wawrinka improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head with Cilic to 12-2 and has won their past eight matches. The Swiss star has prevailed in all five of their meetings on clay, including a victory at Roland Garros in 2008.

Next up for Wawrinka is top seed Andy Murray or eighth seed Kei Nishikori. Murray leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head 10-7, including a victory last year in their Roland Garros semi-final. Wawrinka and Nishikori are even in their FedEx ATP Head2Head at 4-4. The Japanese star has won their past two matches, including a victory this January in the Brisbane semi-finals.

Wawrinka is through to his third straight Roland Garros semi-final, marking the first time he’s achieved this at a Grand Slam. He has also reached three consecutive Grand Slam semi-finals for the first time in his career. At 32 years, 75 days, Wawrinka is the oldest semi-finalist at this event since Jimmy Connors (32 years, 280 days in 1985).

After a tame start to the clay season that saw him a sport 2-3 record, Wawrinka is on a nine-match win streak on the dirt. He defended his title on home soil in Geneva (d. Zverev), and stormed into the final four at Roland Garros without losing a set. 

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The Swiss star stormed to a 3-0 lead in the opening set and hit three consecutive winners to grab the early advantage. He then fired a forehand return winner to clinch an early break at 1-1 in the second set. Although Cilic managed to level the match at 3-3, the remainder of the contest was one-way traffic. Wawrinka won the next eight games and comfortably closed out the match on his first try, hitting a second-serve ace to end the match in one hour and 40 minutes. 

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