“More than I could have ever dreamed of”

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A one-handed backhand like a rocket: it has long since become Stan Wawrinka’s trademark. And now, after more than a year of absence, she has helped the Romand back into the top 100 of the ATP world rankings. After the downer at the Australian Open – and his first round match against the Slovak Alex Molcan in five sets – he turned up the heat again.

Thanks to the quarter-finals in Rotterdam and Marseille, the 37-year-old is back what he always dreamed of as a child, he writes in an emotional message on social media. Last week he was ranked number 97 in the world, since Monday he is number 100. “Work hard and follow your dreams, but never forget where you came from,” said Wawrinka. He also posts two videos: one of him practicing backhand strokes as a little boy. And also a sequence from Rotterdam, where he laid the foundations for his return to the world elite in February.

«We will always be something special»

“I have achieved much more than I could have ever dreamed of,” writes the three-time Grand Slam winner, who triumphed in Melbourne in 2014, Paris in 2015 and New York in 2016. This return to the top 100 as an oldie in the ATP circus also means a lot to him: “It will always be something special.”

Wawrinka, who was in the top 20 in 2020 and 2021, has lost more than 300 places to injury. Now he has fought back impressively. Will it go up even further? This week he wants to attack at the ATP 1000 tournament in Indian Wells.

Source : Blick