Stanislas Wawrinka

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...Read Full Story

These are what Stanislas Wawrinka wrote in his blog recently in Basel. Saturday (Oct 18, 2008) Drive his coach from his home town just 15 minutes north of Lausanne to Basel for the Davidoff Swiss Indoors. Recently lost his driver's licence for a month for driving a 'little' fast. Learned his lesson. There are lots of speed cameras and you'll get caught easily! Pheww! The tournament provides Mercedes-Benz transportation service. Go to the physio to do some massage. Go home and ask girlfriend...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...Read Full Story

Before their first Davis Cup match against Portugal, the Swiss team patiently answered questions, gave autographs and showed their skills in a show match on a miniature tennis court at the Bundesplatz in Berne on July 6th and 7th. "Wawrinka, number 14 in the tennis world ranking, will be the favourite against Gil, but we know that the match won't be easy and we will give our best to leave the court with a 1:0 lead. There is a possibility that Federer and Wawrinka will play the double together...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...Read Full Story