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Fans of BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – also those with good internet connections – will face Grand Slam winners Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka on Wednesday.
It’s not often that two of the sport’s modern tennis icons meet on the ATP Challenger Tour, but that’s exactly what happened in the southwestern French port city.
Both Murray and Wawrinka signed up for the 175K tournament following last week’s early exit from the ATP Masters 1000 Italian Open.
As the second seed, former world No. 1 Murray entered the second round, while Wawrinka had to overcome first-round qualifier Hugo Blanchett. The Swiss prodigy needed just 67 minutes to beat the Frenchman 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday and set up a showdown with the British No.3.
Murray is looking to win his second ATP Challenger Tour title in the space of a month after winning the Open X Provence in early May – his first 175k in 18 years.
Wawrinka’s last Challenger title – and his seventh at that level – came at the Prague Open in August 2020.
Andy Murray vs Stan Wawrinka face off
They have met in Grand Slams, ATP Tour matches, ATP Finals, Davis Cup and the Olympics. In fact, they’ve met 22 times at the ATP Tour-level and Murray leads H2H 13-9.
Murray won their last meeting at the Cincinnati Masters last year, defeating the Swiss 7-6(7-3) 5-7, 7-5 in the round of 64, while the Scot has won both of their finals. Antwerp 2019 and Doha 2008).
Wawrinka, however, has won four of their five meetings on clay against the 2020 Roland Garros first-rounder.
How to watch Andy Murray vs Stan Wawrinka for free
The match is scheduled to kick off at 17:45 local time (16:45 BST) and the action will be ATP’s Challenger Tour TV landing page. Alternatively, you can also download the ATP WTA Live app and navigate to the Challenger TV selection.
The cover begins as the action begins in Bordeaux.
The winner of the Murray-Wawrinka clash will face fifth seed Ugo Humbert or qualifier Gauthier Onklin in the quarter-finals, and a clash with third seed Richard Gaschet or Thanasi Kokkinakis could await him in the last four.
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