Coming into the 2015 French Open, Novak Djokovic likely thought the biggest hurdle he'd have to clear to finally win the tournament was beating the dominant Rafael Nadal, who'd won nine of the last 10 titles at Roland Garros.Instead, it was Stan Wawrinkahe should have been worried about.Wawrinka, the No. 8 seed in the field, shockingly upset Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, winning his second Grand Slam title and preventing Djokovic from earning his career Grand Slam. Wawrinka blasted 60 winners, nine aces and won 76 percent of his first serves, per RolandGarros.com.He was simply the better player throughout, creating 15 break-point opportunities and converting on four. Djokovic created 10 but converted just two. Wawrinka was also clinical at the net, winning 23 of his 33 net approaches.After Djokovic took the first set and Wawrinka matched him in the second, the Swiss underdog started to dominate in the third. His strong serve, powerful forehand and incredibly effective backhand down the linewhich frustrated Djokovic throughout the matchwere too much for the world No. 1 to overcome.The fourth set was a masterpiece at times and a wild ride at others. Djokovic breezily took the first three games and looked to have seized momentum before Wawrinka dug deep, using his power to even the set.Then came the crucial moment.Facing two break points in the next game, Djokovic managed to hold serve. Again, he appeared to have seized the momentum and in the next game had three break points to take a 5-3 lead. But Wawrinka wasn't about to be cornered, either, shockingly recovering to hold serve.That was that. Wawrinka broke Djokovic in the next game and served out to earn the victory.For Djokovic, the loss has to be devastating. After finally getting past Nadal at Roland Garrosand beating Andy Murray in the semifinals, too, no small featthe stage seemed set for Djokovic to complete the career Grand Slam. Instead, he'll now have to turn his attention to maintaining his world No. 1 ranking and taking titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.For Wawrinka, this victory served as notification that he might be ready to break into the top four of elite players in the game, often considered to be Djokovic, Nadal, Murray and Roger Federer. When Wawrinka plays like he did Sunday, he's incredibly difficult to beat given his power.For just the second time in 11 years, Nadal wasn't the champion in France. The script called for Djokovic to unseat the king. Instead, it was Wawrinka who decided to insert himself into the story in the most dominant of fashions.
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