NEW YORK—Former US Open champion Stan Wawrinka on Tuesday became the oldest man to win a match at the tournament
Wawrinka, 38, earned his first win in New York in four years as he beat Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6 , 6-2, 6-4 in the opening round.
The Swiss goes on to play Argentine 30th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry, who outlasted Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen in a fifth-set tie-break. “Last few months have been almost better every week with more win, with more confidence, with what I’m doing,” he said.Wawrinka, a former world number three, saw his ranking drop as low as 361 last year after a lengthy battle with injuries.
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