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 Top-ranked defending champion Novak Djokovic retired with a shoulder injury after dropping the first two sets of Sunday's US Open last-16 match against Stan Wawrinka. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190902/us-open-in-form-wawrinka-makes-quarter-after-djokovic-retires-hurt Mon, 02 Sep 2019 09:24:04 +0200 us-open-in-form-wawrinka-makes-quarter-after-djokovic-retires-hurt Former champion Stan Wawrinka downed Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas in the longest match of this year's French Open on Sunday to set up a quarter-final clash with Roger Federer. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190602/french-open-wawrinka-wins-epic-to-set-up-federer-clash Sun, 02 Jun 2019 22:01:32 +0200 french-open-wawrinka-wins-epic-to-set-up-federer-clash Former champion Stan Wawrinka defeated Grigor Dimitrov for the second successive Grand Slam on Monday, knocking the eighth-seeded Bulgarian out in the US Open first round. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180828/tennis-wawrinka-hands-dimitrov-second-successive-grand-slam-defeat Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:07:09 +0200 tennis-wawrinka-hands-dimitrov-second-successive-grand-slam-defeat Three-time major winner Stan Wawrinka stunned Bulgarian sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov 1-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 to reach the Wimbledon second round on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180703/tennis-wawrinka-stuns-dimitrov-at-wimbledon-switzerland Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:41:45 +0200 tennis-wawrinka-stuns-dimitrov-at-wimbledon-switzerland Stan Wawrinka kicked off his Wimbledon preparations with a 6-2, 6-3 win over British youngster Cameron Norrie in the Queen's Club first round on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180618/stan-wawrinka-ends-wretched-run-with-solid-start-at-queens Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:28:50 +0200 stan-wawrinka-ends-wretched-run-with-solid-start-at-queens Former French Open champion Stan Wawrinka continued to struggle with form and fitness as he was dumped out in the first round by Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Monday, a defeat which will send his world ranking plummeting. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180528/french-open-stan-wawrinka-knocked-out-in-first-round Mon, 28 May 2018 17:08:19 +0200 french-open-stan-wawrinka-knocked-out-in-first-round Swiss star Stan Wawrinka struggled on his return after almost three months on the sidelines, falling to a first round defeat in the clay-court Italian Open on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180513/stan-wawrinka-beaten-on-return-from-injury-in-rome Sun, 13 May 2018 23:28:08 +0200 stan-wawrinka-beaten-on-return-from-injury-in-rome Roger Federer's comeback from injury struck its first hurdle on Wednesday when he was beaten by teenager Alexander Zverev at the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth, but the Swiss champion remained upbeat. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170104/swiss-stars-down-under-federer-beaten-as-wawrinka-progresses Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:37:06 +0100 swiss-stars-down-under-federer-beaten-as-wawrinka-progresses French Open champion Stan Wawrinka was ousted in the fourth round at Indian Wells on Wednesday, losing in three sets 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5) to 15th seed David Goffin. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160317/swiss-champ-ousted-in-marathon-match Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:37:06 +0100 swiss-champ-ousted-in-marathon-match Stan Wawrinka needed a set and a half to get comfortable on his return to the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday but he pulled out a 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 first-round win over Sergiy Stakhovsky. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160224/wawrinka-battles-back-to-win-first-match-in-dubai Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:41:35 +0100 wawrinka-battles-back-to-win-first-match-in-dubai Canada's Milos Raonic fought off a comeback by 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka in a tense five-setter before taking a major scalp and reaching his second straight Australian Open quarterfinal on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160125/raonic-fights-off-wawrinkas-comeback-bid Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:33:26 +0100 raonic-fights-off-wawrinkas-comeback-bid Former winner Stan Wawrinka maintained his dominance over Czech opponents with a straight sets win against Radek Stepanek to advance to the third round at the Australian Open on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160121/wawrinka-wears-down-stepanek-in-tough-second-round-clash-australian-open-tennis Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:01:33 +0100 wawrinka-wears-down-stepanek-in-tough-second-round-clash-australian-open-tennis Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka advanced to the second round of the Australian Open tennis tournament after his Russian opponent Dmitry Tursunov retired with an injury on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160119/wawrinka-takes-easy-route-to-second-round Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:46:29 +0100 wawrinka-takes-easy-route-to-second-round Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka beat Croatian youngster Borna Coric on Sunday to capture the ATP Chennai Open for a third straight year, kicking off the new season in winning style. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160110/wawrinka-claims-hat-trick-at-chennai-open Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:33:53 +0100 wawrinka-claims-hat-trick-at-chennai-open Defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka breezed into the quarterfinals of the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament on Wednesday as the Swiss got his bid for a third consecutive title in southern India off to a perfect start. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160106/wawrinka-eases-into-chennai-open-quarterfinals Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:59:51 +0100 wawrinka-eases-into-chennai-open-quarterfinals French Open champion Stan Wawrinka is looking to give himself the best possible preparation for the first Grand Slam of 2016 in Melbourne later this month by winning the ATP Chennai Open, which starts on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160104/wawrinka-aims-for-third-straight-chennai-win Mon, 04 Jan 2016 09:46:20 +0100 wawrinka-aims-for-third-straight-chennai-win Stan Wawrinka, winner of this year’s French Open tennis tournament, was on Sunday voted Swiss sportsman of the year for the first time at a televised ceremony in Zurich on Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151214/wawrinka-named-swiss-sportsman-of-2015 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:38:24 +0100 wawrinka-named-swiss-sportsman-of-2015 French Open champion Stan Wawrinka suffered his eighth first round defeat at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel on Wednesday when he slumped to a 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 loss to Croatian Ivo Karlovic. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151028/wawrinka-knocked-out-of-swiss-indoors-again Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:22:26 +0100 wawrinka-knocked-out-of-swiss-indoors-again Rafael Nadal's renaissance took a big step forward on Friday as he whipped Switzerland's flagging Stan Wawrinka for the loss of just three games to reach the Shanghai Masters semifinals. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151016/revived-nadal-whips-lagging-wawrinka Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:16:48 +0200 revived-nadal-whips-lagging-wawrinka Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka won the Japan Open on Sunday after thrashing Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-4 to capture his fourth title of the year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151012/wawrinka-claims-fourth-title Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:58:52 +0200 wawrinka-claims-fourth-title