Wawrinka, Nishikori advance to Geneva Open semis

TIL Desk Sports/ Top-seeded Stan Wawrinka and second-seeded Kei Nishikori advanced to the semi-finals of the Geneva Open with come-from-behind three-set victories over Sam Querrey and Kevin Anderson, respectively.

The 32-year-old Wawrinka, who has struggled on clay thus far this season, on Thursday worked out some of the kinks in his game in a confidence-boosting 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Querrey.

The big-serving American took the opening set without losing his serve and then went up an early break of serve in the second set against the defending champion.

But the sweet-hitting Swiss delighted the home crowd by breaking Querrey’s serve twice to take the second set and two more times in a comfortable third-set victory. In the other matches, Nishikori saved three match points before edging Anderson 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).