Jarry digs deep to deny Wawrinka in Buenos Aires

Nicolas Jarry claimed the 100th win of his career after clutch serving in a third-set tie-break lifted him to a 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-6(5) victory over Stan Wawrinka at the IEB+ Argentina Open Wednesday night.

Jarry looked destined to slip to 0-3 in career appearances in Buenos Aires when Wawrinka served for the match at 5-4 in the third set. But the third seed broke to love and soon after made all six first serves in the tie-break, including two aces at the outset.

"I didn't know this was my 100th win; that's amazing," Jarry said. "It was a very tough match and I'm very happy with how I competed and stayed focused. It means a lot and I am very happy for this."

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Wawrinka was playing the event for the first time since he reached the final in 2013, which followed semi-final showings in his other two appearances in 2011-12.

Jarry, No. 21 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, improved to 4-4 on the season and advanced to his second quarter-final (Adelaide). He will next play sixth-seeded Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The players are locked at 1-1 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series.

Etcheverry enjoyed a commanding 6-3, 6-0 win over Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan, in which he claimed six service breaks according to Infosys ATP Stats.

Argentine wild card Facundo Diaz Acosta advanced to his second quarter-final in as many weeks (Cordoba) with a 7-6(3), 6-0 upset of fourth-seeded countryman Francisco Cerundolo.

Serbia's Dusan Lajovic, who had not won a tournament match since reaching the second round in Adelaide in the second week of the season, advanced to the quarter-finals after a 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 win over Chile's Alejandro Tabilo.