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Patna : World No 15 & and 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka, 34, Switzerland, sent World No 4 Daniil Medvedev, 23, Russia, packing out of Australian Open (AO) 2020 defeating him a five-set slugfest in 4th round at Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on January 27, 2020, to enter the quarter-finals of the event for the fifth time.
Winner of three Grand Slam titles Stan Wawrinka, the 15th seed, beat 4th seed Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 in 3 hrs 25 minutes in 4th round rallying back after losing the second and third set. Medvedev though hammered 19 Aces in the match to 18 by Wawrinka. The Swiss won 4 break points in the match to 3 by the Russian. Medvedev, however, won 5 games in a row to 3 by Wawrinka, the winner of 16 career titles. The Swiss won 94 service points to 92 by the Russian. Wawrinka hit 16 winners in the match. The two players were involved in some great rallies in the match.
Wawrinka had won AO in 2014, French Open in 2015, and US Open in 2016. He had also reached QFs at Wimbledon in 2014 and 2015. Medvedev, however, still leads Wawrinka 2-1 Head to Head.