Stanislas Wawrinka overwhelms Thomas Schoorel in the second round – French Open 2011
Swiss domination continued in the French Open, as the world number 14, Stanislas Wawrinka outclassed the 108th ranked Dutch opponent, Thomas Schoorel, in the second round on Wednesday afternoon. In the contest being played in Paris, France, the 14th seed Swiss took down his opponent in straight sets 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, in just one hour and thirty eight minutes to book a spot in the third round of Roland Garros.
26-year-old Wawrinka absolutely devastated his bleak opponent to register his 20th win of the running ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) season. The Swiss has been in a terrific form this year and has already won a championship title in Chennai at the beginning of the season. He had an excellent start to the French Open, winning his opening round match against Augustin Gensse and then carried on his dominant form to dispense out Schoorel from Roland Garros in the second round.
Wawrinka was very aggressive in his approach to the game and gave away limited opportunities to his competitor to come on top. The Dutch dropped the opening two sets to Wawrinka without putting up much resistance but he hung in the third set for a while before finally submitting the game to his superior opponent.
Despite of a par serve of 58 percent, the Swiss secured 39 of 51 first serve points to get the competitive edge over his opponent. Wawrinka fired 10 aces to the opponent’s court and conceded 28 unforced errors, in contrast to 42 costly errors from the Dutch.
Schoorel’s errant stroke play caused him the major damage, as it provided easy opportunities to Wawrinka to take the better of him. The Dutch suffered four serve breaks in the entire contest. While he failed to register even a single break point out of the three chances he had.
The opener took off with aggression from both opponents, along with exchange of assertive winners. Wawrinka needed just one serve break to close the first set at 6-3 and get the initial advantage in the game. He carried on his momentum in the following set as well and two straight break points from his racquet sealed the second set at 6-2, to give him a commanding position in the matchup.
Wawrinka faced no real challenge in the third one as well, breaking into the lead early and then concluding victory comprehensively at 6-4 to get through to the third round. He will now face the hard-hitting home favourite, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round of the Grand Slam event.
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