He is back! If it is unlikely, if not impossible, to attend Roger Federer’s slides on the clay courts of 2022/01/australian-open-pietrangeli-if-djokovic-plays-the-other-players-should-strike-and-leave-him-alone-on-the-court-against-his-anti-vax-colleagues/” title=”Australian Open> Pietrangeli: "If Djokovic plays, the other players should strike and leave him alone on the court against his anti-vax colleagues"”>Roland-Garros in the spring of 2022, his compatriot Stan Wawrinka will be present at the Porte d’Auteuil tournament (from May 22 to June 5). ” Yes, (I will play) Roland Garros, yes”, he announced to us on the occasion of the promotion of the film “Retirement home” by Thomas Gilou and with his friend Kev Adams which will be released in theaters on Wednesday February 16. The Swiss, who was in Paris this week, is an associate producer in this project.
Good news for the fans – many – of the former world number 3. Victim of multiple injuries and a double operation on the left foot and the Achilles tendon in June 2021, “Stan” had lived a year 2021 white… or black. He only played seven games before ending his season prematurely.
Since then, the player with three Grand Slam titles, including Roland-Garros in 2015, had spent long months sweating profusely (he regularly posted photos and videos on his social networks) in the weight rooms to regain the condition. physical. For several weeks, he had taken advantage of the facilities and skills of the Paris Saint-Germain medical staff at Camp des Loges. It was on the training grounds of the PSG stars that he was able to resume racing in October 2021.
He has been playing since February
A few days ago, at the beginning of February, Wawrinka, who will turn 37 in March, posted a new video where we see him on a tennis court hitting the ball with his elegant and powerful backhand. The message “It’s been a while… (It’s been a long time),” accompanies the post.
“People often ask me why I’m trying to come back from injury and continue, but it’s because tennis is a passion, I love the public, explains the Swiss who hopes to reconnect with the circuit in April. Above all, when I enter a tennis court, I always have in mind that it’s a game. The basis of tennis is that we tell a child Go play ! There are many who forget it when they turn professional: they take tennis too much as a job. Me, what motivates me and still pushes me is to tell myself I’m going to play, that I’m going to have fun, that I’m going to have fun. »
Wawrinka’s last appearance on clay at Roland-Garros dates back to October 2, 2020 when he was beaten, to everyone’s surprise, by Frenchman Hugo Gaston in the 3rd round of the tournament (2-6, 6-3, 6- 3, 4-6, 6-0).
