T hree-times Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka misplaced 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2 to Tomas Machac within the Indian Wells first spherical on Thursday because the Swiss participant continues to wrestle.

Wawrinka, 38, reached a profession excessive of world quantity three a decade in the past along with his aggressive model of play however was unable to match 23-year-old Czech Machac’s stage within the deciding set and his signature one-handed backhand sail large on match level. Wawrinka misplaced within the first spherical of this yr’s Australian Open, the second spherical of the Argentina Open, and the Rio Open first spherical earlier than coming to the California desert, the place he was a finalist in 2017.

Machac will play French twenty first seed Adrian Mannarino within the second spherical on Friday.

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