Stan Wawrinka overcomes illness to reach fourth round

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Stan Wawrinka admits he is struggling with illness after the Swiss beat Lukas Rosol in the Australian Open third round&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wawrinka&comma; seeded fourth in Melbourne&comma; could play Andy Murray in the semi-finals and he took one step closer by beating world number 51 Rosol 6-2 6-3 7-6 &lpar;7&sol;3&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The French Open champion&comma; however&comma; was noticeably croaky in his post-match interview and confirmed he has been under the weather this week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Last few days I couldn’t really talk&period; I’ve been OK&comma; maybe too many cigars&comma;” Wawrinka said&comma; smiling&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I just had a little bit cold&period; I’m feeling better&period; As long as I’m moving well and feeling good on the court that’s most important&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t really need my voice&comma; if I use my voice I talk too much s&ast;&ast;&ast; anyway&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wawrinka showed few signs he was suffering on court as he eased past Rosol in just one hour and 55 minutes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He now faces a fourth-round match-up against big serving Canadian Milos Raonic&comma; who has made a strong start to the year after beating Roger Federer in the final of the Brisbane International earlier this month&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wawrinka&comma; however&comma; has never lost to the world number 14 in four previous meetings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He’s a tough player&comma; for sure&comma;” Wawrinka said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’ve never lost&comma; but always been some tough matches&period; He’s been playing really good since the beginning of the year&comma; winning the first title in Brisbane against Roger in the final&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I still think it depends a lot on my game&comma; on what I’m going to do&comma; on where I’m going to be on the court&comma; the way I’m going to serve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In general&comma; I always find some solution to break his serve&comma; even &lpar;if it&rpar; is really tough&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Raonic also enjoyed a comfortable passage into the last 16 as he sailed past Serbia’s Viktor Troicki 6-2 6-3 6-4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the match&comma; Raonic dedicated his win to the victims of a shooting at a school in Saskatchewan&comma; 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