https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Roger Federer said Thursday he was fired up after an intense off-season and ready for another "crazy good" year, starting with his Australian Open title defence next month. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181227/fired-up-roger-federer-hoping-for-another-crazy-good-season-tennis-serena-williams Thu, 27 Dec 2018 11:18:09 +0100 fired-up-roger-federer-hoping-for-another-crazy-good-season-tennis-serena-williams Swiss world number three Stan Wawrinka will use the Brisbane International as his warm-up event to the Australian Open in January, tournament organisers say. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161010/wawrinka-joins-nadal-in-brisbane-international Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:14:43 +0200 wawrinka-joins-nadal-in-brisbane-international Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka defeated world number one Novak Djokovic to claim a third Grand Slam title on Sunday https://www.thelocal.ch/20160912/stantastic-wawrinka-stuns-djokovic-to-clinch-us-open Mon, 12 Sep 2016 09:10:13 +0200 stantastic-wawrinka-stuns-djokovic-to-clinch-us-open Mikhail Youzhny beat Dutch "mountain man" Robin Haase 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to become the first Russian in nearly two decades to lift the honours at the Swiss Open. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130728/tennis-youzhny-edges-haase-for-gstaad-title Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:25:00 +0200 tennis-youzhny-edges-haase-for-gstaad-title Roger Federer's worrying slump continued on Thursday when he was knocked out of the Gstaad Open by world number 55 Daniel Brands. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130725/tennis-federer-crashes-out-in-gstaad Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:54:53 +0200 tennis-federer-crashes-out-in-gstaad