awrinka played in the Davis Cup tie with Italy and won in his first match against

Andreas Seppi in straight sets.[18]

Wawrinka started his 2010 season by reaching the final of the Chennai Open, losing
to Marin Cilic in two tie-breaks. This was Wawrinka's fifth consecutive loss in an
ATP final. He reached the third round at the Australian Open, losing to Cilic
again. Wawrinka returned to the ATP Tour at the Sony Ericsson Open after his wife
gave birth to their daughter. He defeated Kevin Anderson, before losing to Mikhail
Youzhny in the third round. He started his clay-court season in Casablanca at the
2010 Grand Prix Hassan II. After receiving a first-round bye, he defeated Slovakian
qualifier Martin Kli�an in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he defeated
wildcard Reda El Amrani in straight sets. In the semifinals, he defeated Italian
Potito Starace in three sets to advance to his second ATP final of 2010. In the
final, he defeated Romanian Victor Hanescu in straight sets to win his second ATP
Tournament. With this tournament win, he snapped a five-match losing streak in ATP
finals and a 3�-year title drought. It was also the first professional singles
final Wawrinka won, as his previous ATP victory occurred due to a retirement.

Wawrinka serves during his upset win versus Andy Murray at the 2010 US Open.
Wawrinka serves during his upset win versus Andy Murray at the 2010 US Open
Wawrinka became the 13th seed at the Monte-Carlo Masters and defeated Victor
Hanescu in the first round in a rematch of the Casablanca final. He then beat
Latvian Ernests Gulbis to advance to the third round. He was defeated by Novak
Djokovic. Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals in Rome, losing to Rafael Nadal, and
the semifinals in Belgrade, losing to John Isner. At the French Open, where he was
the 20th seed, he reached the fourth round without dropping a set, defeating Jan
H�jek in the first round. In the second round, he defeated German Andreas Beck, and
in the third round, he beat Italian Fabio Fognini, before losing to Roger Federer
in the fourth round.

After an unsuccessful grass season, where he lost in the first round of Wimbledon,
Wawrinka separated from his coach since childhood and hired Peter Lundgren, former
coach of Marat Safin and Federer. The partnership with Lundgren showed its benefits
in the US Open, where Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals, beating fourth seed Andy
Murray along the way.

Wawrinka started off 2011 by defeating No. 6 Tom� Berdych along the way to claiming
the Chennai Open crown. Wawrinka beat Xavier Malisse in the final in three sets. He
advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2011 Australian Open, after defeating Andy
Roddick in three sets to set up an all-Swiss quarterfinal with Roger Federer, which
he lost in straight sets. He also came back from two sets and a break down to
defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round of the French Open, before being
defeated by Federer once more. Wawrinka was defeated by Simone Bolelli in the
second round of Wimbledon and Donald Young at the same stage of the US Open.[19]

In September, Wawrinka announced that he had parted ways with Lundgren. He played
the rest of the season without a coach.[20]

At the Swiss Indoors tournament, Wawrinka made it to the semifinals, after

defeating Florian Mayer in the quarterfinals. In an all-Swiss semifinal, he was
defeated by Roger Federer in straight sets.

Wawrinka started the season in Chennai, where he made the quarterfinals, before
being defeated by Go Soeda.

At the Australian Open, he made it to the third round, defeating Beno�t Paire and
Marcos Baghdatis, before being eliminated by Nicol�s Almagro.

In his Davis Cup tie against Mardy Fish in February, he lost in five sets. Later in
February, he traveled to Buenos Aires and Acapulco, where he made to the
semifinals, before losing again to Almagro and Fernando Verdasco, respectively.

In Monte Carlo, he defeated three Spaniards, Feliciano L�pez, Pablo And�jar, and
Almagro, making it to the quarterfinals before losing to another Spaniard, No. 2
Rafael Nadal, the eventual champion. In doubles, he teamed with Victor Troicki, and
they made it to the quarterfinals.

In Estoril, he made it to the semifinals, but was defeated by Juan Mart�n del
Potro.

Wawrinka made the fourth round of the French Open after defeating Flavio Cipolla,
And�jar, and Gilles Simon. He was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth
round, once again coming from two sets down to take the match into a fifth set and
recovering a 4�1 deficit in the decider before Tsonga finally prevailed. [21]

Wawrinka then had a series of first-round exits at Wimbledon, Gstaad, and in the
Summer Olympics, where he lost to the eventual gold medallist Andy Murray. He was
the flag bearer of Switzerland during the Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.[22] He
teamed with Roger Federer again in doubles at the Olympics, but they were
eliminated in the second round.[23]

He made the semifinals of the Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati, before he was
defeated by Federer, the eventual champion. Wawrinka again also played doubles with
Jarkko Nieminen, and they were eliminated in the second round.

At the US Open, Wawrinka reached the fourth round, but was forced to retire in his
match against second seed Novak Djokovic due to illness.

2013: Breakthrough