'STAR' WAWRINKA
His
flawless one handed backhand always stood out in the Tennis world. His
preferred clay surface won him his first French Open at the Rolland Garros. At
the age of 30, Stansilas Wawrinka played his best to ousted World number One
Novak Djokovic.
Stansilas
Warinka, popular as ‘Stan’ defeated world number one Novak Djokovic with an
impeccable display of shots at the Rolland Garros final by 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, and
6-4 this Sunday. This is his first Grand slam win in Paris and careers second
Grand slam just after winning the Australian Open a year ago in 2014. Chances
of Novak Djokovic to continue his 28 match winning streak were high on Sunday
but ‘Stan’ didn’t leave any ground for mistake especially after losing the
first set. "I would like to thank my coach Magnus Norman. You
played in the final without winning but this victory is yours as well as mine"
He said.
Stan Wawrinka is the only second Swiss to win at Roland Garros
after Roger Federer, the man he beat in the quarter-finals. He served total
nine fabulous aces in the finals. After his victory at the French Open finals, Roger
Federer tweeted “CHAMP @stanwawrinka” whereas Novak
Djokovic tweeted, “Thank u all for believing in me and cheering for me.
Congrats @stanwawrinka on an amazing performance! Well deserved.” Before making
it to the finals he shattered Jo-Wilfred Tsongas dream in the semi-finals to
make it to the finals and won by 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/3), 6-4. The last
Frenchmen to reach the final of the French Open was was Henri Leconte in 1988.
He
is a father of one daughter ‘Alexia’ and was married to his wife Ilham Vuilloud who is a Swiss television presenter
and a former model. Their marriage took place on 15 December 2009. Beginning to
play Tennis at the age of eight, Stan has always ensued to achieve a feat in
this sport. When he had defeated Rafael Nadal in the 2014 Australian Open, it
was his first win in the last 13th attempts! With this victory he achieved his career best
ranking of world number three.
This wasn’t the first time he was facing Novak
Djokovic. He had won against Novak at the July 2006 Croatia Open and achieved
his first ATP title. In another tournament he had lost to him in the Masters Series
event at Rome in the year 2008. When Stan defeated ace player Roger Federer to
reach the semi-finals of the 2015 French Open, it was a significant mark
achieved by him. That match had raised eyebrows and people’s expectations were
peaked high.
With this win, Wawrinka has
gained points which have elevated his ranking to no: 05, while Novak continues
to top the ATP ranking. Stan Wawrinka is the new Star Wawrinka in the Tennis
world!
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