(January 3, 2014) Stanislas Wawrinka reached his 300th win on the ATP World Tour as he defeated Slovenian Aljaz Bedene 6-2, 6-1 to earn a spot in the semifinals of the Chennai Open on Friday.
The win makes the top seed only the fourth Swiss player to reach 300 wins after Roger Federer (923), Marc Rosset (433) and Jakob Hlasek (432).
“Someone told me before I came to Chennai that I could achieve the milestone this week,” said Wawrinka to ATPWorldTour.com. “It is special, after a long time on the tour, and I am really happy. I was focused on the match, which was not easy.”