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 defeated Thiemmo de Bakker in three sets to lift Switzerland past the Netherlands in Sunday's Davis Cup tennis playoffs in Geneva but then cast doubt on his future in the tournament. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150920/federer-casts-doubt-over-davis-cup-future Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:57:52 +0200 federer-casts-doubt-over-davis-cup-future Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka says he and Roger Federer will decide next week whether to compete in the upcoming Davis Cup first round tie in Belgium. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150205/wawrinka-and-federer-still-mulling-davis-cup Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:49:00 +0100 wawrinka-and-federer-still-mulling-davis-cup Defending champion Stan Wawrinka wasted five match points before sealing a straight sets win over Japanese fifth seed Kei Nishikori to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150128/nishikori-win-sends-wawrinka-to-semifinals Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:36:00 +0100 nishikori-win-sends-wawrinka-to-semifinals Stan Wawrinka warmed up Sunday for the defence of his Australian Open title by winning the ATP Chennai Open for a second straight year and for the third time since 2011. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150111/wawrinka-wins-second-straight-chennai-open Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:32:00 +0100 wawrinka-wins-second-straight-chennai-open Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka kickstarts preparations for the year's first Grand Slam with his now customary stop-over in Chennai, India to play in the ATP Chennai Open starting on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150104/wawrinka-readies-for-aussie-open-in-india Sun, 04 Jan 2015 20:05:00 +0100 wawrinka-readies-for-aussie-open-in-india Switzerland’s tennis team received a heroes' welcome in Lausanne on Monday upon their return from Lille, France after winning the country’s first Davis Cup title. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141124/davis-cup-heroes-receive-rousing-reception Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:43:00 +0100 davis-cup-heroes-receive-rousing-reception Roger Federer was the toast of Switzerland once again as his victory on Sunday gave his country's first ever Davis Cup win, but the tennis great was quick to deflect the spotlight onto team-mate Stan Wawrinka. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141123/wawrinka-praised-as-key-to-switzerlands-victory Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:13:11 +0100 wawrinka-praised-as-key-to-switzerlands-victory Gael Monfils stunned Roger Federer in straight sets to leave France and Switzerland level 1-1 after the first day of the Davis Cup tennis finals in Lille on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141121/wawrinka-gets-swiss-off-to-winning-start Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:28:00 +0100 wawrinka-gets-swiss-off-to-winning-start Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka opened his ATP Tour Finals campaign in scintillating style with a 6-1, 6-1 demolition of Tomas Berdych on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141110/wawrinka-beats-berdych-to-advance-in-london Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:52:00 +0100 wawrinka-beats-berdych-to-advance-in-london Roger Federer advanced at the Paris Masters tennis tournament on Thursday after beating Frenchman Lucas Pouille in two sets. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141030/federer-advances-as-wawrinka-falls-in-paris Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:15:00 +0100 federer-advances-as-wawrinka-falls-in-paris Tatsuma Ito followed the winning example of Japanese compatriot Kei Nishikori as the number 103-ranked local dumped top seed Stan Wawrinka out 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Japan Open tennis tournament on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140930/wawrinka-knocked-out-early-at-japan-open Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:05:00 +0200 wawrinka-knocked-out-early-at-japan-open The Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka battled cramps and a frightening fall on Monday but emerged with a gutsy four-set victory over Tommy Robredo and a quarterfinal place in the US Open tennis tournament. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140902/wawrinka-overcomes-cramps-to-advance-in-new-york Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:12:00 +0200 wawrinka-overcomes-cramps-to-advance-in-new-york Switzerland captain Severin Lüthi will tap the star power of Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka when the Alpine country faces Italy in next month's Davis Cup, Swiss Tennis announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140827/swiss-top-two-officially-tapped-for-davis-cup Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:51:00 +0200 swiss-top-two-officially-tapped-for-davis-cup Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka reached the second round of the US Open tennis tournament on Monday with a 6-2, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/3) win over Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140826/wawrinka-reaches-second-round-of-us-open Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:38:00 +0200 wawrinka-reaches-second-round-of-us-open Two-time champion Roger Federer turned on the style but Swiss compatriot Stan Wawrinka had to work much harder to advance at the ATP Toronto Masters tennis tournament on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140806/federer-and-wawrinka-advance-at-toronto-masters Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:35:00 +0200 federer-and-wawrinka-advance-at-toronto-masters Swiss tennis star Stan Wawrinka defeated Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday to reach the Wimbledon last 16. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140630/wawrinka-advances-to-wimbledon-fourth-round Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:06:00 +0200 wawrinka-advances-to-wimbledon-fourth-round Unheralded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez caused the biggest shock of the French Open tennis tournament when he knocked out Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140526/wawrinka-knocked-out-of-french-open Tue, 27 May 2014 00:59:00 +0200 wawrinka-knocked-out-of-french-open Swiss star Stanislas Wawrinka has taken the unusual step of requesting that his first name be officially known in the tennis world as just Stan from now on. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140523/stanislas-the-man-just-call-me-stan Sat, 24 May 2014 00:23:00 +0200 stanislas-the-man-just-call-me-stan Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Swiss compatriot Roger Federer 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 on Sunday to win the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140420/wawrinka-defeats-federer-in-all-swiss-final Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:32:00 +0200 wawrinka-defeats-federer-in-all-swiss-final Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka eased into the Monte Carlo Masters final on Saturday, setting up the first all-Swiss title showdown in 14 years. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140420/federer-sets-up-all-swiss-tennis-showdown Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:09:00 +0200 federer-sets-up-all-swiss-tennis-showdown