A career-best four tour-level titles, including a third Grand Slam singles crown, is a dream season in most players’ books. But Stan Wawrinka is one for keeping his targets simple. After he easily accounted for British qualifier Kyle Edmund 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Wednesday, the Swiss No. 3 seed said he set himself just one goal heading into 2016. “At the beginning of the season for me, it was to qualify for London,” Wawrinka said. “My goal is to do the right thing, to practise well, to be strong and tough with myself mentally, to fight in every match. That’s the only way I can give myself the chance to win big...
No. 2 seed Andy Murray, No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka and No. 4 seed Rafael Nadal, along with Chinese No. 1 Di Wu, feature at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Wednesday. Play on Stadium begins with Wawrinka taking on 21-year-old qualifier Kyle Edmund, who enters at a career-high No. 48 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The #NextGen star lost to Murray in the Beijing quarter-finals on Friday before winning matches on Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Shanghai. Edmund recently reached the fourth round at the US Open, falling to Novak Djokovic before the Serbian star was beaten by Wawrinka in a four-set final. In the second match, Wu, the only Chinese player to win an ATP Challenger Tour singles title,...
By every measure, Stan Wawrinka has enjoyed one of his best seasons. He's won four tour-level titles, tying his career-best mark. He also captured his third Grand Slam tournament title when he beat Novak Djokovic during the US Open final last month. So what, if anything, could Wawrinka possibly wish for in the year ahead? The return of the one thing – or person, rather – who's been missing during the second half of the season: Wawrinka's countryman, Roger Federer. When asked what his two wishes for 2017 would be, Wawrinka said, “For tennis in general, that Roger will be back at the top with no injury. I think it's always good for everybody when he's playing. And for myself,...
In this Shanghai Classic Moment, Roger Federer ensures a 300th week at World No. 1 after finishing with a flourish against countryman Stan Wawrinka 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-0 in the 2013 third round. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.