Stan Wawrinka clinches Geneva title in final French Open warmup

ByReuters

Published 21/05/2016 at 16:39 GMT

French Open champion Stan Wawrinka warmed up for the defence of his title at Roland Garros with a 6-4 7-6(11) victory over Marin Cilic to win the Geneva Open title on Saturday.

Stan Wawrinka won his third title of the season in Geneva

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It was Wawrinka's first title on home soil in Switzerland and his first on clay this season in his final match before facing 68th-ranked Czech Lukas Rosol in the first round in Paris next week.

Wawrinka, who stunned Novak Djokovic in the final to win the claycourt major last year, eased through the opening set against world number 11 Cilic without facing a break point.

Cilic fought back, however, breaking in the fourth game of the second before Wawrinka broke at 3-5 and forced a tiebreak.

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Cilic spurned five set points before slapping a backhand long to hand the Swiss the title.

"Big congratulations to Stan," Cilic said. "He played really amazing this week."

Cilic faces the 167th-ranked Marco Trungelliti in the French Open's first round.

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