Stan Wawrinka gets the biggest win of his season to reach round 16 in Stockholm

Stan Wawrinka who is almost 40 years of age, rolled back the years to play a flawless match and beat No.38 Brandon Nakashima in straight sets to reach the second round in Stockholm.

The 39-year-old Swiss who only faces just one Break point in the last game, got the best win of this year and first top 40 win since september 2023 after beating American Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 6-4. He next meet Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina for a place in the last eight on Thursday.

Elsewhere, Justin Engel, 17, made history on Monday at the Almaty Open where he became the first player born in 2007 or later to win an ATP Tour match. But his run at the ATP 250 grinded to a halt on Wednesday when fourth seed Francisco Cerundolo moved past the German wild card 6-4, 7-6(3).

Engel, who defeated Coleman Wong on his tour-level debut, put up a fight against Cerundolo in an absorbing 90-minute clash.

The fourth seed has now recorded 30 tour-level wins in a season for the second time in his career, having earned 39 in 2023. Into his first hard-court quarter-final of the year, the Argentine will next meet qualifier Aslan Karatsev or Alexander Shevchenko.

Second seed Alejandro Tabilo made a winning start in Almaty, cruising past German Maximilian Marterer 6-2, 6-4. The Chilean is aiming to rediscover his best form this week, having lost nine of his 10 previous matches prior to Wednesday’s win.

Earlier this year, the 27-year-old won titles in Auckland and Mallorca. Tabilo will play Gabriel Diallo in the quarter-finals.

Canadian Diallo defeated Croatian Borna Coric 7-6(1), 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals at a tour-level event for the first time.

The 23-year-old, who came through qualifying to advance to the third round at the US Open in August, saved both break points he faced according to Infosys ATP Stats to advance after one hour and 46 minutes.

Fifth seed Tomas Machac continued his impressive recent form with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Kazakhstan wild card Timofey Skatov.

Machac reached his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final in Shanghai last week, defeating World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets in the quarter-finals. The Czech also advanced to the last four in Tokyo at the end of September.

Machac is No. 25 in the PIF ATP Rankings and the highest-ranked player without an ATP Tour title. The 24-year-old is aiming to change that in Almaty, where he will next meet Beibit Zhukayev.

In first-round action, Australian Aleksandar Vukic defeated countryman James Duckworth 6-4, 7-5. Vukic will face eighth seed Adrian Mannarino in the second round.