Wimbledon Day 9 picks, including Wawrinka vs. Gasquet and Federer vs. Simon

The Grandstand

Ricky Dimon of The Grandstand and Steen Kirby of Tennis Atlantic preview and pick three of the men’s singles matches on Wednesday at Wimbledon. Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Stan Wawrinka are among those in quarterfinal action.

(4) Stan Wawrinka vs. (21) Richard Gasquet

Ricky: I went to look up their head-to-head history expecting to find a whole bunch of epic encounters in the ATP World Tour annals. In actuality, there has been just one such thriller. Wawrinka outlasted Gasquet 6-7(5), 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 8-6 in the French Open fourth round two years ago. Aside from that, the two veterans only squared off way back at the 2006 Paris Masters (Gasquet prevailed 7-5, 6-1). This could be another five-set war, because Wawrinka is obviously brimming with confidence as the reigning Roland Garros champion and Gasquet is a proven force at Wimbledon who is coming off impressive defeats of Grigor…

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