Two times grand slam winner Stan Wawrinka rallied from 5-2 down in the second set to clinch victory over Italian Alessandro Giannessi on Thursday and reach the third round of the U.S. Open.
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After dominating the opening set, the third-seeded Swiss battled back to force a tiebreak and then broke the Italian in the final game of the match to finish a 6-1 7-6(4) 7-5 victory.
“I was trying to be a little more aggressive,” said Wawrinka, who blasted 57 winners, including 26 off his forehand.
“I’m very happy the way I won the match.”
Wawrinka will now face either Germany’s 27th seed Alexander Zverev or unseeded Briton Daniel Evans.
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