Bosnian qualifier Damir Dzumhur came back from one set down to beat 2016 and 2017 Geneva champion Stan Wawrinka 3-6 6-3 6-4 after 1 hour and 56 minutes in the second round of the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open.
Dzumhur saved eight of the eleven break points he faced and broke serve four times.
Wawrinka converted his fifth break point to take a 4-3 lead after a poor drop-shot from Dzumhur.
Dzumhur saved two set points break points at 2-5 on serve, but Wawrinka served out the first set 6-3 at deuce with a service winner.
Dzumhur did not convert two break points at the start of the second set before breaking serve in the fourth game to open up a 3-1 lead. Wawrinka got the break back in the fifth game for 2-3. Dzumhur earned another break in the eighth game, when Wawrinka netted a forehand, and served out the second set in the ninth game at deuce after saving a break point.
Wawrinka broke serve in the second game to build up a 3-0 lead, but Dzumhur bounced back by winning five consecutive games with two breaks in the fifth and seventh games and served out the win in just under two hours. Dzumhur had rallied from one set down to beat Feliciano Lopez in the opening round.
Dzumhur will take on Radu Albot, who overcame Juan ignacio Londero 6-1 6-7 (3-6).
Japan’s Taro Daniel upset this year’s Houston and Munich champion Christian Garin 6-2 4-6 6-4. Daniel earned two break points and saved three break points to build up a 4-0 lead. Garin got his first break in the tenth game to close out the second set 6-4. Daniel converted his second chance to get the only break of the third set and held his next service games before closing out the decisive set 6-4 on his fourth match point.
Federico Delbonis beat Marton Fucsovics 6-4 6-2. The South American player saved five of the six break points and earned four breaks.
Delbonis built up a 5-1 lead, but Fucsovics won three consecutive games to claw his way back to 4-5. Delbonis closed out the first set with a volley winner.
Delbonis dropped just four points on serve and broke serve twice in the third and fifth games to seal the second set 6-2.
Delbonis set up a quarter final against Albert Ramos Vinolas, who saved all four break points he faced to defeat Joao Sousa 6-0 6-3. The Spanish player fended off all four break points. Ramos Vinolas broke three times to take a bagel win in the first set. The Spaniard broke serve in the fifth and ninth games to seal the second set 6-3.
Chile’s Nicolas Jarry never faced a break point and broke three times in his 6-3 6-3 win over Denis Kudla after 64 minutes.
