Stan Wawrinka, recovering from a calf injury, is eyeing the Internazionali BNL D'Italia in Rome as his return event. The 32-year-old said he withdrew from next week's Mutua Madrid Open, where he was a finalist in 2013 (l. to Nadal), to ensure a full recovery. Wawrinka also confirmed he has been practising with former coach Magnus Norman in preparation for his return. pic.twitter.com/66d9eJIR2n — Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) April 27, 2018 "I gave up on returning to Madrid next week as a sheer precaution. I lost 10 days of training due to a calf injury," Wawrinka said. "Now I'm on a block of two weeks of training with the help of Magnus Norman. My goal is to get back to my...
Juan Martin del Potro will compete at The Queen's Club in 2018, the Fever-Tree Championships announced Thursday. Del Potro joins a lineup full of stars in London, including World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and five-time tournament winner Andy Murray. The World No. 6 has been on a tear this season, winning 15 matches in a row to claim titles in Acapulco and Indian Wells — where he earned his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title — before falling in the Miami semi-finals against eventual champion John Isner. The 2013 Queen’s Club quarter-finalist will be playing at the event for the fifth time in June. The Argentine’s next tournament is in two weeks at the Mutua Madrid Open. The 29-year-old...
Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has accepted a wild card into next week’s Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. It will be the Serbian’s first appearance at the event since 2006, when he fell in the first round. Djokovic competed in his first clay-court event at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters this week, losing a three-set thriller Thursday against Dominic Thiem. The ninth seed said after the match that he would like to play some more matches. [ALSO LIKE] “I'm feeling like it's been getting better every day. I've had three matches here. I didn't expect anything. I played without pain in the elbow, which is important. I have my coach Marian [Vajda] back in the box. So lot of good things,”...
Former World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka announced on Thursday that he will not play the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells or the Miami Open presented by Itau in order to continue his recovery from a knee cartilage injury that required two surgeries last August. “They are both amazing events, but coming back from a big surgery after having played a few tournaments, I have discussed with my team that it is best for me to build on the progress and go back to practice,” Wawrinka said in a statement. "I’ve enjoyed being back on Tour playing matches and this gives me even more motivation to go back on the practice court. My goal is to find my highest level...
Rafael Nadal will miss the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco. The two-time champion (2005, 2013) withdrew from the ATP World Tour 500 tournament on Tuesday because of a right hip injury. Nadal had to retire from his Australian Open quarter-final against Marin Cilic because of similar pain. [ALSO LIKE] “Tough one, of course. Yesterday in the last practice I felt something... I went to the hospital this morning to check it, to do an MRI and I still have some liquid there, so I need to keep doing tests to know what exactly is going on. The spot is really similar to Australia, so I need to be sure about what’s going on the next couple of...