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Wawrinka may face Federer in quarterfinal

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Wawrinka may face Federer in quarterfinal
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Swiss eighth seed Stan Wawrinka eased into the French Open quarterfinals on Sunday with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over French 12th seed Gilles Simon.

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Wawrinka will face either second seeded compatriot Roger Federer or home hope Gael Monfils, the 13th seed, for a place in the semifinals.
   
The Lausanne native also made the last-eight in 2013 where he lost to Rafael Nadal.

He will have to wait until after Monday to find out who he will play in quarters after the fourth round tie between Federer and Monfils was suspended due to poor light late Sunday with the contest level at one set all.

The match will resume on Monday.

Federer had beaten Monfils three times previously at Roland Garros and each time he went on to reach the final.
   
But he had lost their last two matches, both on clay, in the Davis Cup final last November and in Monte Carlo in April.
   
Both men looked up anxiously at the dark clouds overhead as they came out for their 13th career matchup and it was Federer who looked the sharper as the tie got underway, Monfils clearly perturbed by the cold, windy conditions.
   
The second seed, whose only title at Roland Garros came in 2009, took the first set on a single break of serve in 29 minutes.
   
Monfils, though, started to settle in the second and he broke serve to take a 4-1 lead.
   
Federer broke back with some superb shot-making but he was unable to draw level as Monfils staggered him with a series of haymakers.
   
The match referee then called both men to the net and they all agreed that the light was too poor to continue.

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