Stan Wawrinka Vs Arthur Gea, Australian Open 2nd Round Highlights: Wawrinka Outlasts Gea in 5-Set Epic - As It Happened

Good morning, tennis fans! This is the start of our live blog covering Stan Wawrinka's second-round match against Arthur Gea. Stay tuned for pre-match updates as they come in.

• Date: Thursday, January 22nd

• Time: 10:20AM (IST) onwards

• Court: Show Court Arena

• How to watch: Sony Sports Network and Sony LIV app/website

This match between Stan Wawrinka and Arthur Gea will start shortly, until then catch all the live action from the second round match between Novak Djokovic and Fransesco Maestrelli right here.

This match will be starting from 10:30AM onwards.

Surpirisngly, Arthur Gea has started on the front foot, winning 4 games in the first set whereas Stan Wawrinka has won three as of yet. It is going to be an exciting contest, which is going to last for hours.

What did we just witness? Stan Wawrinka has been stunned by France's Arthur Gea in the first set and absolutely no one can't believe it. Wawrinka went toe-to-toe with Gea but the latter ultimately claimed victory by 6-4.

Stan Wawrinka appears to be finding his feet against Arthur Gea as the Swiss now leads by 3-1 in set number 2 and is close to winning the 4th game as well.

Incredible fightback from the Swiss national Stan Wawrinka who produced an outstanding performance to win the 2nd set by 6-3.

Arthur Gea has shocked Stan Wawrinka again and wins the third set by 6-3 in dominant fashion. The 4th set will be a thriller for sure.

Stan Wawrinka has won the first two games of set number 4 and has scored 15 already in the 3rd game.

What a contest we are having between Stan Wawrinka and Arthur Gea. Both of them are relentlessly going back and forth for a spot in round 3. The 4th set is evenly poised at 5-5.

Stan Wawrinka has clinched a hard-fought win in set 5 by 7-5 to take this match into the tie-breaker set. The Swiss is leading 2-1.

Stan Wawrinka is leading by 4-3 in the deciding set. France's Arthur Gea has a lot of work to do.

Stan Wawrinka has just completed an emotional, marathon victory over 21-year-old Arthur Gea. In a 4-hour, 33-minute epic, the 40-year-old veteran triumphed 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10-3).