London July 5 (IANS) Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano on Thursday knocked out former world No. 3 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 7-6 (8-6) to book a place in the third round of Wimbledon equaling his best run ever in a Grand Slam tournament.
The match was played over two days as rain and nightfall forced the encounter to be suspended on Wednesday while the Italian world No. 133 was trailing 5-6 in the third set and on serve reports Efe.
When the match was resumed Fabbiano held serve and managed to clinch the third set tie-break earning his first career win over Wawrinka who struggled to regain form.
The three-time Grand champion Wawrinka currently world No. 224 missed the later part of the last season due to a knee injury that required surgery.
Next up for Fabbiano who had reached the 2017 US Open third round will be Stefano Tsitsipas of Greece who defeated United States Jared Donaldson 6-3 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3.

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