Summary

  • Wawrinka comes from a set down to win in four

  • Djokovic 6-4 4-6 3-6 4-6 Wawrinka

  • Defeat denies Djokovic career Grand Slam

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  1. Postpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Cheers Mike. Suck this in and enjoy it, folks. We're feeling breathless and watching this from afar - goodness knows how Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic are feeling in the heat of the battle.

    So are we one set away from Wawrinka's second Slam? Or two sets from discovering who will nab their first Roland Garros title? We could be here until the cows come home....

  2. Postpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Plenty of legs left in this match I'll wager as Novak Djokovic uses the changeover to stretch off and Stan Wawrinka heads for a bathroom break.

    The lactic acid is building in these fingers though. Jonathan Jurejko is going to take over on keys for the fourth set.

  3. Postpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Miles Maclagan
    Former coach to Andy Murray and Laura Robson on BBC Radio 5 live

    WawrinkaImage source, EPA

    "Absolutely spectacular. An amazing turnaround by Stan Wawrinka after that opening set - I wasn't sure how he could do it. But he has - it is remarkable. What does Djokovic do now? Try to keep playing solid tennis and see if the situation gets to Wawrinka? This is tennis of the highest quality."

  4. Game and third setpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Not a stutter, not a stumble, not a waver.

    Stan Wawrinka is a man on a mission, rather than one weighed down by the pressure of the situation.

    His serve is still stinging like Indiana Jones' bullwhip and he holds to love to take the set.

  5. Postpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Annabel Croft
    Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 live

    WawrinkaImage source, Reuters

    "Wawrinka has been sensational, completely dominating and dictating play now. It feels like Djokovic is being pummelled. He is walking slower and slower between points, almost as though as he is exasperated. He cannot make any inroads against Wawrinka at the moment."

  6. Get involvedpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Richard Fawcett: This is stellar stuff from Wawrinka at the moment, the extra power on his ground strokes is proving a lot to handle for Djokovic.

    Andrew Priestley: Wawrinka has Djokovic on the ropes at the minute. Novak will come back and battle, but Stan needs to capitalise right now

    Ben Crowden: Maybe Djokovic needs Becker to do some sort of thunderstorm spell like he did against Murray...

  7. Postpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Stan Wawrinka is bringing out the trickshots now, but he will have to win this third set on serve rather than with the flourish of a break.

    An extraordinary backhand threaded round the net post from way out wide for a winner and 0-30. That is straight-to-showreel stuff.

    But Djokovic grinds his way back into the game to keep Wawrinka at bay for at least one game.

    Novak DjokovicImage source, Reuters

    The Swiss serves for the set next.

  8. Postpublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    The adrenaline is coursing through veins, but Stan Wawrinka needs a long cool glass of composure.

    A badly-timed rush to the net in the first point is punished with a Djokovic pass winner, before a double fault allows the Serb to deuce.

    A forehand balloons long to give Djokovic break point. The Serb could get the break back just by hanging around at this rate.

    Wawrinka picks his shirt off his shoulders and sucks down a deep breath.

    Whichever happy place he mentally went to, it did the trick. He batters his way out of a tight corner and to a hold.

  9. Get involvedpublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Michael Allen: Djokovic solid, no-nonsense, emphatic. Wawrinka daring, adventurous, imaginative. The shorts I mean.

    James, North Wales: Stan THE man. What a performance he is putting together.

    Stan Wawrinka's racketImage source, Reuters
  10. Wawrinka breakspublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Tennis from the gods. Novak Djokovic reduced to mere mortal.

    Stan Wawrinka whips a laser-like backhand down the line for 0-30. He then wraps his forehand around a delicious stretching winner for 0-40.

    Three break points. And Wawrinka runs down an over-cooked drop-shot from Djokovic to swat away the first!

    Philippe-Chatrier are lapping this up and Djokovic has a real situation on his hands.

    Stan Wawrinka celebrates breaking DjokovicImage source, EPA
  11. Postpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Piers Newbery
    BBC Sport at Roland Garros

    "Djokovic rummages for the tupperware at the changeover and takes out what looks from a distance like chocolate cookies (I doubt they are chocolate cookies). Wawrinka has the ice towel firmly on and the trainer pays a brief visit - possibly the blister on his finger is playing up a bit, but it doesn't appear to be anything serious. The flurry of activity from both men looks exhausting. A far cry from the day when it was just a glug of barley water and time to adjust the headband."

  12. View with a viewpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    ParisImage source, @RolandGarros/Twitter

    Other than a courtside seat on Chatrier, there can be few better places in watch this fantastic final than here. On a big screen, in the belting Paris sunshine, with the shadow of the Eiffel Tower looming large. C'est magnifique!

  13. Game, set and statpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Stan Wawrinka has only lost three points on his serve in this third set - Novak Djokovic has lost twice as many.

  14. Postpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Stan Wawrinka rattles through a service hold to love. The crowd's cheers after each point get progressively louder.

    After his role in Switzerland's Davis Cup win over France last year, he started this afternoon as the villain, but the Philippe Chatrier public are talking themselves into an underdog upset.

  15. Postpublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    "Eee-ahhh".

    Novak Djokovic's groans and grunts are getting longer in duration and louder in volume as he gets bogged down knee-deep in a slug-fest with Stan Wawrinka.

    It is not a place he is enjoying being.

    The rallies are living and dying on the Swiss's racquet, his accuracy when he goes for winners is deciding the destination of the points.

    A backhand wide allows Djokovic through for the loss of 30, but the top seed is a hunted man.

  16. Postpublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Annabel Croft
    Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 live

    "Djokovic look likes he is clinging on at the moment. The match has gone away from those points where he is dominating and he has become almost subdued. Stan know he has this ability to make Novak very uncomfortable and he has done that. You can see Djokovic trying to change the rhythm, he has brought in drop-shots and a few slices, but he is not happy with his forehand."

    Novak DjokovicImage source, EPA
  17. Postpublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Stan Wawrinka's serve is locked down as tight as one of his country's bank vaults.

    And there is some 24-carat gold raining down from Wawrinka as well. Six out of seven points won behind his first serve in this set.

  18. Postpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    This is the human, fallible Novak Djokovic rather than the titanium-plated tennis machine.

    Wawrinka's power is cutting down his time to make shots from the back and making it difficult for the Serb to gobble up the lateral yards as easily as he normally does in defence.

    Djokovic coughs up to break points and 15-40. Two stealth raids to the net and volleys with the careful touch of pitbull groomer see those away.

    But here is another break point to deal with from deuce. He puffs out his chest and rushes the net once more to see it off.

    Novak DjokovicImage source, Getty Images

    Djokovic is just about keeping his head above the rising tide, but he is thrashing about a bit at the moment.

  19. Get involvedpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Tariq Khan: Great contest so far. Djokovic is favourite but Wawrinka is equal to the task.

    Peter Reeves-Toy: Those shorts are certainly a great way to distract an opponent! Eyes on the ball Novak.

    Stan Wawrinka's shortsImage source, Getty Images
  20. Postpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 7 June 2015

    Stan Wawrinka's serve has been pounding away, and Novak Djokovic - perhaps the greatest returner ever- has been struggling to apply pressure over the last hour or so.

    An ace followed by a big serve down the middle help Stan out of a bit of a hole at 30-30.

    He is landing with 65% of his first serves and winning a pretty smart 71% of his points when he does.