Afternoon. Well, this looks promising. It’s the second-seeded Swiss v the eighth-seeded Swiss. Roger Federer is the obvious favourite but Stanislas Wawrinka’s fighting spirit and history of having had some ding-dong battles with his compatriot and idol suggest this afternoon’s match could be highly entertaining – and high-quality with it.
Federer has faced Wawrinka twice at Roland Garros and beaten him twice. Their most recent meeting on clay, in Rome, resulted in a victory for the world No2 too but Wawrinka has scored a recent win on clay against Federer. Last year he won the Monte Carlo Masters final in three sets, not that it was a precursor to further success on the red stuff.