Wawrinka reaches last eight in India

Defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka progressed through to the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open today, but needed to come back from a set down to do so.

The Swiss, who also finished runner-up in 2010, found himself trailing to Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin before recovering to claim a 3-6 6-3 7-5 win.

Wawrinka will now face Japan’s Go Soeda, who knocked out fifth seed Ivan Dodig of Croatia today with a 7-6 (8/6) 6-3 victory.

Number four Milos Raonic had a much easier time of it than his fellow seeds, the Canadian seeing off Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-1 6-4 in his second round match.

Also today, Israeli Dudi Sela, who beat sixth seed Fabio Fognini in the opening round, defeated France’s Benoit Paire 4-6 6-2 6-4 and he will next take on Raonic.