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Stan Wawrinka picks the defeat to Novak Djokovic which really hurt him but helped him win a Grand Slam title

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Stan Wawrinka picks the defeat to Novak Djokovic which really hurt him but helped him win a Grand Slam title

Serbia's Novak Djokovic (R) embraces after victory in his men's singles match against Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka on the seventh day of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne early January 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO/WILLIAM WEST IMAGE STRICTLY RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)

Wawrinka has been praised by Djokovic recently at the Madrid Open, with there appearing to be a lot of respect within their rivalry.

Despite this, Djokovic has also been left angry by Wawrinka after playing two Grand Slam finals against the Swiss.

It appears that both players have left a significant impact on each other, with Wawrinka now revealing the match against Djokovic which had a big impact on him.

Stan Wawrinka picks the defeat to Novak Djokovic which really hurt him

Wawrinka had already reached two Grand Slam quarter-finals before the 2013 Australian Open, but little did he then know that this tournament would be hugely important for his career.

After reaching the fourth round, Wawrinka would set up a meeting with top seed and defending champion Djokovic, who he had not beaten in over six years at this point.

Despite the one-sidedness in their head-to-head, Wawrinka took Djokovic to a fifth set that was very close fought.

At this point in time, deciding sets did not have a tie-break and were played until a player could go two games clear.

Djokovic was the player to do that, beating Wawrinka 1-6 7-5 6-4 6(5)-7 12-10, in a match that lasted five hours on Rod Laver Arena.

When looking back on his battles with Djokovic, Wawrinka told Eurosport France that this was the match that hurt the most.

However, the now 40-year-old also claimed that it helped him go onto achieve bigger and better things.

“No, I wouldn’t choose that one, but rather the one at the Australian Open the same year (2013), which ended 12-10 in the fifth set,” said Wawrinka. “It was a defeat that hurt me extremely, but it was the one that allowed me to have the click.

“It helped me work, to know what I was capable of doing, and it gave me a lot of confidence about the rest of my career. For me, it’s really the one that helped me get through this.”

Stan Wawrinka explains how it felt to win his first Grand Slam

Wawrinka would lose to Djokovic three more times that year, including in the US Open semi-finals, but it would not be long until he got his revenge.

They would meet in the quarter-finals of the 2014 Australian Open, which once again would go the distance.

However, this time it was Wawrinka who would take the victory in exactly four hours, bringing an end to Djokovic’s 25-match winning streak in Melbourne.

This would spur Wawrinka onto his first Grand Slam final, where he would beat Rafael Nadal to claim his maiden major at 29-years-old.

Although he looks back on that triumph with fond memories, Wawrinka suggested that he was still hoping for more at the time.

“The first Grand Slam was exceptional,” said Wawrinka. “I was told, ‘Your life is going to change, it’s going to be completely different, you’ll see, everything is going to change’.

“But I was 29, I had already experienced a lot in my career, I had already been in the top 10… So I already had experience that made me say that it was great to win one, but at 29, I didn’t want to stop there, I wanted to continue pushing the limits.”

Wawrinka certainly did not stop there and would go onto win two more major titles at Roland Garros in 2015 and the US Open in 2016, beating Djokovic in both of those finals.

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