{"id":134543,"date":"2025-05-27T00:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T00:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134543\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T00:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T00:17:12","slug":"jacob-fearnley-earns-revenge-for-fellow-scot-andy-murray-by-beating-former-champion-stan-wawrinka-on-his-french-open-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134543\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Fearnley earns revenge for fellow Scot Andy Murray by beating former champion Stan Wawrinka on his French Open debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Jacob Fearnley beat Stan Wawrinka in straight sets on his French Open debut<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>It came 12 months after\u00a0Wawrinka ended Andy Murray\u2019s French Open career\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Fearnley, 23, continues to bank invaluable experience by facing big names<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3302\/Matthew-Lambwell.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MATTHEW LAMBWELL<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  14:39 EDT, 26 May 2025   |  Updated:  15:00 EDT, 26 May 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Twelve months after Stan Wawrinka ended <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/andy_murray\/index.html\" id=\"mol-2978ba00-3a5e-11f0-a940-4d277791f4d2\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Murray<\/a>\u2019s <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/french_open\/index.html\" id=\"mol-298452c0-3a5e-11f0-a940-4d277791f4d2\" rel=\"noopener\">French Open<\/a> career, Jacob Fearnley exacted some Scottish revenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That first-round clash last year was a meeting of two old warhorses but here the fresher legs prevailed, 23-year-old Fearnley getting past 40-year-old Stan 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 on debut here in Paris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I knew it was going to be a tough match,\u2019 said the world No55. \u2018It&#8217;s difficult, for sure, playing in front of the crowd always screaming his name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I really enjoyed it, to be honest. Part of the battle was just not letting his name and his calibre of tennis get into my head.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was yet another eye-catching draw for Fearnley in his nascent career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a single year as a professional he has faced <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/novak_djokovic\/index.html\" id=\"mol-29800d00-3a5e-11f0-a940-4d277791f4d2\" rel=\"noopener\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/alexander-zverev\/index.html\" id=\"mol-297844d0-3a5e-11f0-a940-4d277791f4d2\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Zverev<\/a>, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nick_kyrgios\/index.html\" id=\"mol-297fbee0-3a5e-11f0-a940-4d277791f4d2\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Kyrgios<\/a> and now Stan Wawrinka.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b988b1797363acd\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98767741-14751297-image-a-27_1748285327430.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Jacob Fearnley beat Stan Wawrinka in straight sets on his French Open debut\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Jacob Fearnley beat Stan Wawrinka in straight sets on his French Open debut<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-dfa667462d2674e8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98767213-14751297-image-a-1_1748283888272.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Fearnley has faced some big names, and was not fazed in his opening round match in Paris\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Fearnley has faced some big names, and was not fazed in his opening round match in Paris<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-396771cc4ab634f3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98767769-14751297-image-a-28_1748285451638.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Wawrinka ended Andy Murray's French Open career by beating him in Paris last year\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Wawrinka ended Andy Murray&#8217;s French Open career by beating him in Paris last year<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The match against Kyrgios was in Melbourne and he faced two Italians in Rome this month, so the raucous atmosphere out on Court 14 &#8211; for Swiss Wawrinka is an honorary Frenchman round here &#8211; was not likely to faze him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018There were a lot of guys that were talking to me,\u2019 Fearnley said of the sledging from the stands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I knew they were supporting Stan but it was mostly in French. They could have been saying nice things, but I doubt it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A still more hostile environment awaits in the second round on Thursday, when Fearnley takes on French No2 and 22nd seed Ugo Humbert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018That would be cool,\u2019 said Fearnley. \u2018I played Kyrgios in Australia, that was really difficult at times. That was loud. That was a bit obnoxious, for sure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Honestly I enjoy these environments. As long as they keep speaking French and I don&#8217;t understand what they&#8217;re saying, that helps, as well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fearnley continues to bank invaluable experience, facing big names in big situations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The more I get exposed to playing these players, playing in these environments, the better that I get at handling them,\u2019 he said. \u2018<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e2b7b8d432939acb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98767801-14751297-image-a-29_1748285527456.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Fearnley beat Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open at the start of the year, and looks at home on the big stage\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Fearnley beat Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open at the start of the year, and looks at home on the big stage<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That&#8217;s how it works. The more you expose yourself to situations, the more comfortable, the less foreign it feels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Today stepping out on the court I was definitely nervous. I think if a year ago I was put in the same situation, I don&#8217;t think I would have handled it as well as I did today, for sure.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Jacob Fearnley earns revenge for fellow Scot Andy Murray by beating former champion Stan Wawrinka on his French Open debut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacob Fearnley beat Stan Wawrinka in straight sets on his French Open debut It came 12 months after\u00a0Wawrinka&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[92,5066,93,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-134543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-french-open","10":"tag-sport","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114576926066544843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}