Stanislas Wawrinka

Stanislas Wawrinka ended the year by marrying his heavily pregnant girlfriend, Ilham Vuilloud! Back in August, Wawrinka announced in his website that his girlfriend and him were expecting their first child due in February. The newlyweds were married in a private wedding ceremony witnessed by 20 guests - friends and family - at the Hotel Lausanne Palace in Switzerland. “We shall celebrate our union in a church ceremony with lots of guests when our child is able to carry our rings,” Mrs Wawrinka said. (Via 24heures , 20minutes ;Images by Stéphane Haymoz) HCFoo's Tennis Blog Read Full Story

Stanislas Wawrinka and his girlfriend Ilham Vuilloud got married on Monday... The couple is expecting their first child in February... They look happy together :) congrats to the couple! Photo: Stéphane Haymoz Read Full Story

Q. Can you tell if fatigue played any factor in your match today, playing two tough matches leading into this? STANISLAS WAWRINKA: Of course, we see it was a tough match for me. But I think Andy played a great match. He was serving very good. No mistakes from the baseline. It was tough and difficult for me to stay aggressive. Of course, I'm a little tired with the two first days. But, yeah, it was tough to be aggressive and to come to the net a lot of times because that's what I need to do against Andy. Q. Talk about facing Andy's ... Read Full Story

MELBOURNE: It will be an all-Swiss tennis final Down Under on Saturday when Roger Federer squares off against Stanislas Wawrinka for honours at the Kooyong Classic, a tune-up for next week’s Australian Open. Wawrinka, who won the doubles gold medal with Federer at the Beijing Olympics, will take on his partner in the final after a gutsy 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (1/7), 6-4 win over Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez on Friday. “It was a tough match today,” he said. “But I’m happy to play the final and to play against Roger.” Wawrinka took the first set but suffered a letdown serving for victory in the 10th ... Read Full Story

Stanislas Wawrinka scored a 6-3, 6-4 win over Igor Kunitsyn at the Rome Masters Series. "It was enough today to win, I'm very happy to play around an hour for two sets," Wawrinka said. The 10th-seeded Swiss broke in the eighth game and then produced some big serves to hold for the first set after conceding three break points with wild shots and a double fault. Wawrinka then secured victory despite dropping serve in the fourth game of the second set. Wawrinka will play next the winner of the match between Mikhail Youzhny and Daniel Gimeno-Traver. "It's a good sensation to be back, I ... Read Full Story