"I'm really happy" - Wawrinka after first win in 15 months

Stan Wawrinka was on the brink of defeat against Reilly Opelka being a set and break down but he stay patient and eventually it paid off for him in the comeback win.

Stan Wawrinka had his mother watching him from the stands and he could not disappoint her so he did a tremendous comeback to down last year's semifinalist Reilly Opelka. Wawrinka was fairly close to losing the match being a set and break down but he battled back to win it in three. After the match, he said:

“You just have to stay positive and try to fight. You know if you get a bit lucky, if you show him that you going to stay there, you going to get some chance. I got some chance. I played better. He started to miss few, start to change a bit. Yeah, I’m really happy.”

The match was not pretty, the tennis was not great but Stan the man did what he needed to do to get the win. He explained:

“I think it feels great because so much time I was away from tennis. I was completely outside of the tour. I did a lot of hard work to come back, so it feel great to finally win a match, to see that things are getting better. I’m feeling much better in practice. I’ve been practicing really hard to move better, to feel better. I know that my game will get there. I feel confidence with that. I just need a few more months to be where I want to be. But in general it’s already a big step ahead.”

Asked what kept him going after so many setbacks he said:

“As I say, after two surgery, at my age I could easily stop playing because my career is way better than what I expected when I grew up, when I was young. But I still have this fire on me. I still believe that I can play great tennis. I still believe that I make some big results, maybe not now, but in few months”.