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Tennis: Stan Wawrinka records his first ATP Tour win of the season

# Tennis: Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka earned his first tour-level win of the season in the first round of the Tiriac Open in Bucharest, Romania. He battled past qualifier Timofey Skatov of Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6. Wawrinka is the third player aged 40 or over to win an ATP Tour or Grand Slam match on clay since 1980. Defending champion Hungarian Marton Fucsovics overcame Italian Luca Nardi, 6-3, 6-1, to set up a second-round clash with Argentina’s Mariano Navone, a rematch of last year’s final.