Tag: Stan Wawrinka

2014 champion Wawrinka gets wild-card entry for January’s Australian Open

By ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Three-time major champion Stan…

December 13, 2024

Wawrinka stuns Murray at French Open; Alcaraz, Osaka win

By ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) — After Stan Wawrinka ended…

May 27, 2024

Switzerland's Roger Federer (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP)

Just like old times, Nadal faces Federer

Roger Federer set up a mouthwatering French Open semi-final clash with Rafael…

June 5, 2019

Serbia's Novak Djokovic (GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)

Djokovic, Nadal inch closer to final

While Federer was heading out, there were no such problems for top…

May 11, 2019

China's Yafan Wang holds her trophy and wears a Mexican sombrero after winning her Mexican Tennis Open final match against Sofia Kenin of the U.S., in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

China’s Wang captures Acapulco title

World number 65 Wang, playing in her first WTA singles final, outlasted…

March 3, 2019

Djokovic survives foe

DOHA (AFP) – Novak Djokovic admitted he had to “fight’’ to come…

Rafael Bandayrel

January 3, 2019

Novak Djokovic (Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Djokovic shows fantastic form

DOHA (AFP) – Novak Djokovic took just 55 minutes to claim his…

Rafael Bandayrel

January 2, 2019

Novak Djokovic (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Djokovic, Wawrinka advance

TORONTO, Canada (AFP) – Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic reached the second…

Rafael Bandayrel

August 8, 2018

Serena Williams (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Serena falls in upset

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Former world No. 1 Serena Williams, who was…

Rafael Bandayrel

August 1, 2018

Rafael Nadal from Spain serves to Dominic Thiem from Austria. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Nadal shifts focus to French Open

Rafael Nadal said Sunday he has already put his Madrid Masters defeat…

Rafael Bandayrel

May 14, 2018

Croatia's Marin Cilic (Steven Paston/PA via AP)

Cilic joins elite group

With his 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-2 semifinal win over 49th-ranked Kyle Edmund,…

January 26, 2018

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Wawrinka ousted

Stan Wawrinka left it as late as possible before deciding his knee…

January 20, 2018

This handout photo released and taken on January 9, 2018 by Tennis Australia shows Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland during a practise session ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament, at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne. / AFP PHOTO / TENNIS AUSTRALIA / Elizabeth BAI / --- EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TENNIS AUSTRALIA / ELIZABETH BAI " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES

Wawrinka sets comeback in Aussie Open

Former winner Stan Wawrinka Tuesday said he’s hungry to return to action…

January 10, 2018

Roger Federer of Switzerland (L) and Rafael Nadal of Spain (Nicolas ASFOURI / AFP)

Federer, Nadal defy time to dominate Grand Slams

Written off as dead men walking, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal defied…

December 26, 2017

Roger Federer (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Federer in final

Roger Federer continued his longest winning streak in five years by reaching…

August 14, 2017

Venus Williams of the United States returns a ball to Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens in the women's tennis competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Williams in tears

Venus Williams wept at Wimbledon over the “devastation” of a fatal road…

July 4, 2017