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Stanislas Wawrinka ready for "tough" Fernando Verdasco game

Stanislas Wawrinka believes that his third-round Wimbledon clash with Fernando Verdasco will be anything but a walk in the park.

Stanislas Wawrinka has revealed that he anticipates a "tough" third-round Wimbledon clash with Fernando Verdasco.

The world number four beat Victor Estrella Burgos 6-3 6-4 7-5 to seal a relatively comfortable second-round victory this afternoon.

In doing so, the Swiss set up a clash with the Spaniard, who survived a three-hour marathon in his encounter with Dominic Thiem earlier today.

"Fernando Verdasco will be a tough player, a lefty with an amazing forehand and loves to play on the grass here," he told BBC Sport.

"He's a tough player," Wawrinka added of Estrella Burgos. "I didn't know exactly what to expect, but I'm happy to get through in three sets.

"There are a lot of things I would like to be doing better but it's important to get through."

Verdasco, a former quarter-finalist at SW19 in 2013, is ranked 43rd in the world. They have only played each other once before, a match which Verdasco won.

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Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka reacts after winning the second set against Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their men's final match of the Roland Garros 2015 French Tennis Open in Paris on June 7, 2015
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