Chennai: Top seed Stanislas Wawrinka opened his campaign in the new season with a 6-1, 6-4 demolition of teenager Borna Coric of Croatia to cruise into the ATP Chennai Open quarter-finals on Wednesday.


Stanislas Wawrinka plays cricket after winning his match against Borna Coric yesterday. Pic/PTI 

The Swiss world number four gave the 18-year-old Coric a tennis lesson as he began the defence of his title in the $450,000 event on the centre court of the Numgambakkam Tennis Centre. Wawrinka, who was among the top four seeds given a bye into the second round, showed no signs of rustiness against the 95th-ranked Croatian, the youngest player in the top 100.