Stan Wawrinka lost his first-round match at 2014 Roland Garros against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Since, he had tallied an 18-2 record in Paris, including a triumph in 2015. That was until Monday, when the No. 23 seed lost his opener on the red dirt against Garcia-Lopez for the second time in his five most recent appearances. Wawrinka now faces a harsh reality — with 1,190 ATP Rankings points set to fall off his total, the Swiss will drop outside the Top 250 of the ATP Rankings, his lowest standing since 11 August 2003. [ALSO LIKE] “I say all my career is that the ranking doesn't lie. If you play, you are at the top. If you don't play, you're getting down....
In 2014, Stan Wawrinka entered Roland Garros with high expectations after winning his first Grand Slam at the Australian Open earlier in the year. But the Swiss star’s ambitions of a second consecutive major title were ended in the first round, losing to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in four sets. On Monday, four years on from their most recent meeting on clay, the pair met again in the opening round in Paris. But, once more, it was Garcia-Lopez who emerged victorious. The 34-year-old, competing in his 15th consecutive Roland Garros, came from two sets to one down to upset last year's finalist 6-2 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 . The Spaniard, who reached the Round of 16 in 2014, hit 44 winners and...
Nothing quite like returning home to make you feel good, is there? Swiss Stan Wawrinka reached his fourth consecutive Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open quarter-final on Wednesday, beating American Jared Donaldson 6-3, 6-4 in 68 minutes. [ALSO LIKE] Wawrinka, who endured two knee surgeries last August, controlled the second-round contest, never facing a break point and twice breaking Donaldson, who reached his maiden ATP World Tour semi-final in March (l. to Anderson) at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, an ATP World Tour 500 event. “I'm happy with my match today. I felt good out there. This will be the first time in a while that I play back-to-back matches. I like to play in front of the Swiss...
Two-time defending champion Stan Wawrinka has accepted a wild card to play at next week's Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. “We are very happy to offer a wild card to Stan Wawrinka,” said the event’s co-owner, Rainer Schuettler. “We know perfectly everything that Stan has brought to our tournament. We hope that his choice to come and defend his title will be beneficial and that he finds the taste of victory at the Parc des Eaux-Vives.” This will be Wawrinka's fourth appearance at his home clay-court event, at which he owns a 9-1 record. It will also mark his sixth event of the year. The 33-year-old returned this week in Rome, making his first appearance on the tour since Marseille...
Sometimes, it’s not easy to look on the bright side of a straight-sets defeat. But that is what Swiss Stan Wawrinka did after his opening-round loss against American Steve Johnson at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Sunday in his first match since February at Marseille. The 33-year-old says he only started practising fully 12 days ago, after all. “Disappointed with the result, that's for sure. Would have loved to win,” Wawrinka said. “[But] if I really look where I am right now, I'm really happy. I think, in general, my level is really high, it’s better than what I expected.... I'm happy with the level I have in practice. I'm happy with physically where I am right now. I feel...
