Evidence mounting that Wawrinka belongs to elite


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 07 Jul 2015

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England - 6/7/15 Men's Singles - Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka celebrates winning his fourth round match Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Tony O'Brien Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - Stanislas Wawrinka still refuses to talk about himself as a member of tennis's elite but the evidence in favour of that argument is becoming increasingly hard to ignore.

On Monday the barrel-chested Swiss produced calm and authoritative tennis, plus occasional brilliance, to beat dangerous Belgian David Goffin 7-6(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals without dropping a set.

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