Ilya Marchenko had a decent resistance Stan Wawrinka in the fourth round of the Open championship of the USA on tennis.
To repeat the best result in the history of Ukraine at the US Open, Marchenko had to beat Stan Wawrinka – the double winner of tournaments of the Grand slam and one of the favorites of American major.
Already in the first game Marchenko missed two break points. Wawrinka praised the effort of the opponent and then organized a break. However, the easy life however, no one promised – in the fifth game Marchenko caught on the opponent’s serve and did a back break. With the score 4:5 Elijah wavered and with the second set ball launched the ball out of bounds.
The second set lasted only 22 minutes, Wawrinka made two breaks and lost only three ball on his serve. At the start of the third set at Marchenko had a good chance to go ahead and try to delay the match, but Elijah missed the double break point, then lost his serve. In the tenth game, when Wawrinka could apply for the match. Marchenko caught their chance and punished rival in the tie-break. In the fourth set Ilya led to a break, but have tanked a few games in a row and more problems to the opponent is not created.
For an exit in the fourth round of the US Open, Illya Marchenko has earned 180 ranking points, with 235 thousand dollars in prize money, as well as the status of the first racket of Ukraine. If Wawrinka in the quarterfinals and will play Juan Martin Del Potro, Marchenko for the first time in his career, will enter the top 50 of the ATP ranking.
Ilya Marchenko (Ukraine) – Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland, 3) – 4:6, 1:6, 7:6, 3:6
