He finally sees the end of the tunnel. A few days after posting a video of him training again on a
tennis court,
2022/01/his-own-father-gambled-away-30-million-of-his-fortune/” title=”His own father gambled away million of his fortune”>Stan Wawrinka announced that his return to competition was taking shape. As part of the promotion of the film “Retirement home” of which he is an associate producer, the 36-year-old Vaudois spoke Thursday with our colleagues from Parisian, assuring that he would be able to play the 2022 edition of Roland -Garros (May 22-June 5) in three months. He will therefore (in all likelihood) find Parisian clay for the first time since his defeat in the 3rd round in 2020 against Hugo Gaston.
Operated twice on his left foot for a problem that affected both his ankle and his Achilles tendon, Wawrinka has not been seen in competition for almost a year and a setback in the 1st round in Doha in March 2021. For several months from last August, he also benefited from the facilities and physiotherapists of PSG for his rehabilitation. This long absence has logically led to a drop in the rankings: former world number 3, the Swiss is this week 173rd in the ATP.
While he has now taken up the racket, “Stanimal” is planning a return to competition in April, why not on the clay courts of Monte-Carlo where he won in 2014, beating his compatriot Roger Federer in the final. And he has lost none of his determination. “People often ask me why I try to come back from injury and continue, but it’s because tennis is a passion, I love the public. Above all, when I enter a tennis court, I always have in mind that it’s a game“, he notably declared to the Ile-de-France daily.
