MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka was among nine wild-card entries awarded Friday, Dec. 13, for the Australian Open in January. Three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland. (AP) Tennis Australia said Wawrinka would be joined at Melbourne Park — where...
NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time champion Naomi Osaka and fellow past U.S. Open winners Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem and Bianca Andreescu were given wild cards Wednesday, Aug. 14, into this year’s tournament. Japan's Naomi Osaka (AP) Osaka won the first of her four Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows...
PARIS (AP) — After Stan Wawrinka ended Andy Murray’s stay at the French Open yet again — and this time, it was perhaps Murray’s last singles appearance at Roland Garros — the two long-time opponents, both in their late 30s, met at the net for a handshake, an embrace and a lengthy chat....
LONDON (AFP) -- Andy Murray was within touching distance of the Wimbledon third round on Thursday, July 6, when he opened up a two sets to one lead over world number five Stefanos Tsitsipas while Stan Wawrinka set up a tasty clash with Novak Djokovic. *Britain's Andy Murray returns the ball to...
Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas returns the ball to France's Ugo Humbert during their men's singles second round tennis match on Day 2 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 - Paris Masters (Paris Bercy). (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was dumped out of the Paris...
Belarus' Victoria Azarenka plays a backhand to USA's Sofia Kenin on day four of the Women's Italian Open at Foro Italico on September 17, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Victoria Azarenka switched with ease from her impressive form on the hard court in the...
Italy's Lorenzo Musetti plays a forehand to Italy's Giulio Zeppieri on day one of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia ATP tour at Foro Italico on September 14, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Riccardo ANTIMIANI / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Italian Open in...
Kei Nishikori of Japan plays a backhand to Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain on day one of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia ATP tour at Foro Italico on September 14, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Japan's Kei Nishikori got his first win in a year at the...
Dominic Thiem of Austria lays down in celebration after winning championship point after a tie-break during his Men's Singles final match against and Alexander Zverev of Germany on Day Fourteen of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2020 in the...
Rafael Nadal (AFP) ROME, ITALY -- Rafael Nadal, absent from the US Open, is preparing for his return to competition after a six-month break at the Foro Italico in Rome, the organizers of the Italian Open tweeted on Thursday. "Rafa Nadal is already here, doing his first training sessions," said the...
Former champion Stan Wawrinka (Photo from Stan Wawrinka's website) Former US Open champion Stan Wawrinka on Saturday won the second-tier Challenger tournament in Prague, on his return to action after a six-month break because of the coronavirus pandemic but admitted: "I'm not at my best yet."...
Novak Djokovic of Serbia (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP) Novak Djokovic boosted the US Open by saying Thursday he will play in the Grand Slam tennis event while reigning women's champion Bianca Andreescu joined a host of notable no-shows. Top-ranked Djokovic, a 17-time Slam singles champion, ended...
