French Open 2020 - Stan Wawrinka sent packing by unseeded Frenchman Hugo Gaston

ByBen Snowball

Updated 02/10/2020 at 18:17 GMT

Stan Wawrinka crashes out of the French Open to unseeded Frenchman Hugo Gaston. Gaston, ranked 239 in the world, produced a memorable display to claim the scalp of the 2015 champion at Roland Garros and the home crowd went absolutely wild.

Hugo Gaston produced the biggest performance of his career to unravel Stan Wawrinka in five sets on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

Gaston, who had only played one Grand Slam match before this year’s tournament in Paris, defied the odds to win 2-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-0 in a rain-interrupted third-round match.

Roared on by a small, socially-distanced crowd, the world number 239 kept his nerve in the decider to bagel the 35-year-old Wawrinka and claim a huge scalp.

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"I tried to play my game, I entered the court to win even if I didn't think I could win," Gaston said on court.

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Gaston had not even won a match on the second-tier ATP Challengers circuit since tennis’ resumption amid the Covid-19 pandemic but justified his wildcard with victories over compatriot Maxime Janvier and Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka.

And he wrote his name into French tennis history with a monumental win over the 2015 champion, with the tears quickly flowing as the magnitude of his achievement sunk in.

The 20-year-old is the first man ranked outside the top 200 to reach the fourth round since 2002.

If he fancied causing an even bigger shock, he has the perfect opportunity: his next opponent is two-time finalist and US Open champion Dominic Thiem.

"It's going to be a crazy experience (against Thiem). I'm going to give everything, just like today and we'll see the result. I will have nothing to lose," added Gaston.

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