Stan Wawrinka proves too good for Italian Alessandro Giannessi at US Open

Updated 02/09/2016 at 07:48 GMT

Third seed Stan Wawrinka used his heavy artillery to silence Italy's Alessandro Giannessi and reach the third round of the US Open.

Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland returns a shot to Alessandro Giannessi of Italy (not pictured) on day four of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

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The qualifier from Italy looked starstruck on Louis Armstrong Stadium against the two-time Grand Slam champion Wawrinka, who came out on top, winning 6-1 7-6 (7-4) 7-5.

The 31-year-old Swiss has won three ATP titles this year but is looking to bounce back from an early exit at the Western & Southern Open, where he fell to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.