US Open 2016 3rd round match between the No.3 seed Stan Wawrinka and Daniel Evans was one of the best matches of the tournament with Wawrinka a point away from crushing out of the US Open, but came back to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(8), 6-2 against Daniel Evans to reach the 4th round of US Open.
Evans held match point at 6-5 in the fourth set tie-break but the Swiss hung on and completed the comeback in just over four hours. Wawrinka looked unsettled after rolling an ankle early in the match, but it was Evans who controlled the run of play approaching the net 63 times in total (41/63) to keep Wawrinka off balance until the momentum shifted late in the match.
The two times Grand Slam champion's experience and superior conditioning help him win the match. He broke his opponent three times in the final set to move into the second week for the fifth consecutive year.
The 2015 semi-finalist will now face Illya Marchenko in the fourth round, who won when No.14 Nick Kyrgios retired down 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
He became only the third Ukrainian, after Andrei Medvedev and Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach the second week of the Grand Slam event. Wawrinka beat Marchenko 6-3, 6-2 at Indians Wells earlier this year in their lone previous FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting.
The third seed Andy Murray advances to the fourth round of US Open, was put to the test by Italian Paolo Lorenzi in the third round, needing four sets to overcome the opponent to reach the fourth round.
Britain will now face No.22 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth round for the tenth time. Murray leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry 6-3.
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