By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, April 10, 2023

Stan Wawrinka stored calm amid difficult Monte-Carlo closure right this moment.

Wawrinka misplaced a 3-1 final-set lead, saved a break level when serving for the match and required six match factors to lastly subdue Tallon Griekspoor 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in his Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters opener.

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Afterward, Wawrinka stated he is set a easy aim: Keep profitable.

"What I want to do is keep winning," Wawrinka advised the media in Monte-Carlo. "Physically I feel good and my level is quite high. I'm able to beat many players, so I just need now to play my game."

Wild card Wawrinka saved 9 of 11 break factors in a bodily two hour, 26-minute triumph.

"At present, any victory is important," Wawrinka stated. "It's been a while now that I feel better, that I can finish the match, and I have no problem, so I'm very happy of what is happening during the matches.

"I really feel good in observe too. I'm able to play observe weeks very laborious. So actually, I wish to add up as many victories as I can."

At age 38, Wawrinka is the oldest man within the Monte-Carlo discipline. The 2014 Monte-Carlo champion will play for a spot in his fourth consecutive spherical of 16 when he faces fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz subsequent.

"It's going to be a troublesome match. He's a top-10 participant," Wawrinka said of Fritz. "He's of the youthful era. He received many matches in the course of the previous two years. He improved loads. He's harmful on any floor.

"Even if he didn't grow up on clay, he's very dangerous on this surface. And here the conditions are quite fast and the balls are fast, so it's going to be a good challenge, and I hope I will be able to play my game."

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