Tommy Paul ended Stan Wawrinka's run in the Stockholm ATP tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win in the semifinals on Saturday.
Stunning forehand winner from Stan Wawrinka against Tommy Paul!#bnppnordicopenpic.twitter.com/8LmUz5TeMW
— Tennis Xtra 🎾 (@TennisXtra) October 19, 2024
Wawrinka, the 39-year-old three-time Grand Slam champion who has now slipped to 217th in the world, had beaten Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Friday, his first win against a top-10 opponent for over a year.
End of the road for Wawrinka!! 😐😐
— FirstSportz Tennis (@FS_Tennis1) October 19, 2024
Tommy Paul proves too strong for Stan Wawrinka as the American advances to the final of the 2024 Stockholm Open, ending a great campaign for multi-time Grand Slam champion!! 💪💪 #StockholmOpenpic.twitter.com/NTSrbMvbp1
But he found the going tough against 27-year-old American Paul, the world number 13.
With Paul 4-2 ahead in the first set, Wawrinka had two chances to break but spurned both.
The American, who won the Stockholm title in 2021, roared through the second set to move into a final against either Bulgarian world number 10 Grigor Dimitrov or Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, who face off in the other semifinal later Saturday.