Last year, Stan Wawrinka won at Chennai and went on to win the year’s first Grand Slam at Melbourne. Therefore, he had no hesitation in returning to Chennai in 2015 not only to defend his title but to use the good-luck charm once again that brought him the season opener Australian Open in 2014. Wawrinka’s progress through the tournament in 2015 was pretty smooth. He received the first-round bye and his first match was against the 18-year old Croat Borna Coric, whom he beat 6-1, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinal, Wawrinka beat Gilles Mueller of Luxembourg and then met the fast-improving David Goffin of Belgium in the semifinals. After defeating Goffin, Wawrinka reached his second successive final at Chennai, where he