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 Stan Wawrinka, who suffered a shock first round exit in Rome last week in his first match in three months, returned to winning ways Wednesday by seeing off Jared Donaldson of the United States 6-3, 6-4 in his Geneva tournament opener. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180524/ormer-french-open-champion-wawrinka-in-winning-geneva-start Thu, 24 May 2018 10:42:05 +0200 ormer-french-open-champion-wawrinka-in-winning-geneva-start Swiss star Stan Wawrinka withdrew from this month's ATP Masters events in Indian Wells and Miami on Thursday, saying he needed more time to recuperate as he works his way back from knee surgery. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180302/wawrinka-withdraws-from-two-masters-events-tennis Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:03:13 +0100 wawrinka-withdraws-from-two-masters-events-tennis Stan Wawrinka's troubled comeback from a six-month injury lay-off suffered another setback on Thursday when he was forced to quit his second-round match in Marseille against world number 193 Ilya Ivashka of Belarus. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180223/wawrinka-wobbles-again-in-troubled-injury-comeback Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:46:42 +0100 wawrinka-wobbles-again-in-troubled-injury-comeback Stan Wawrinka is not considering his possible clash with Roger Federer at the Rotterdam World Tennis event as a dramatic checkpoint as the Swiss continues his knee surgery recovery. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180212/tennis-recovering-wawrinka-downplays-federer-clash Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:57:55 +0100 tennis-recovering-wawrinka-downplays-federer-clash Struggling Swiss former winner Stan Wawrinka's Australian Open campaign is over after a convincing second round defeat by American Tennys Sandgren on Thursday, while compatriot Roger Federer advanced smoothly to the third round. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180118/wawrinka-out-of-australian-open-while-federer-marches-on Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:47:36 +0100 wawrinka-out-of-australian-open-while-federer-marches-on Former champion Stan Wawrinka was taken to four sets before winning his first match since knee surgery in July at the Australian Open on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180116/wawrinka-wins-comeback-match-after-six-months-out Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:52:58 +0100 wawrinka-wins-comeback-match-after-six-months-out Switzerland’s Roger Federer will open his title defence against Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene and has a potential quarter-final with David Goffin in the upcoming Australian Open. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180111/federer-bids-for-20th-grand-slam-title-at-australian-open Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:21:29 +0100 federer-bids-for-20th-grand-slam-title-at-australian-open Magnus Norman ended his four-year spell as Stan Wawrinka's coach on Wednesday, after a partnership that saw the Swiss win three Grand Slam titles. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171026/wawrinkas-coach-steps-down-after-four-years Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:25:43 +0200 wawrinkas-coach-steps-down-after-four-years Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic are due to make their competitive return in Abu Dhabi in December after six months out injured. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171024/wawrinka-to-make-comeback-in-december-after-six-months-out Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:13:41 +0200 wawrinka-to-make-comeback-in-december-after-six-months-out Stan Wawrinka's defence of his US Open title was thrown into doubt Wednesday when the Swiss star pulled out of the forthcoming Montreal and Cincinnati tournaments with a knee injury. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170803/wawrinka-skips-north-american-tournaments-due-to-injury Thu, 03 Aug 2017 10:27:12 +0200 wawrinka-skips-north-american-tournaments-due-to-injury Swiss fifth seed and French Open runner-up Stan Wawrinka was knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round by Russia's Daniil Medvedev on Monday, losing 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170704/wawrinka-knocked-out-of-wimbledon-in-first-round Tue, 04 Jul 2017 10:23:17 +0200 wawrinka-knocked-out-of-wimbledon-in-first-round Rafael Nadal coasted to a record tenth French Open title on Sunday, demolishing Stan Wawrinka in a brutally one-sided final which also earned the Spaniard a 15th Grand Slam crown. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170611/wawrinka-crushed-by-nadal-in-french-open-final Sun, 11 Jun 2017 20:53:54 +0200 wawrinka-crushed-by-nadal-in-french-open-final Stan Wawrinka became the oldest French Open finalist in 44 years on Friday with an epic 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 win over world number one Andy Murray. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170609/wawrinka-beats-murray-to-reach-french-open-final Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:53:25 +0200 wawrinka-beats-murray-to-reach-french-open-final Former champion Stan Wawrinka became the oldest French Open semifinalist in 32 years on Wednesday when he brushed aside Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170608/wawrinka-cruises-into-semifinal-in-paris Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:22:28 +0200 wawrinka-cruises-into-semifinal-in-paris Third seed and 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka reached the French Open quarterfinals on Monday defeating Gael Monfils 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 6-2. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170606/wawrinka-eases-through-to-french-open-quarterfinals Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:23:01 +0200 wawrinka-eases-through-to-french-open-quarterfinals Top seed Stan Wawrinka defended his Geneva claycourt title on Saturday, rallying from a set down to see off German outsider Mischa Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170529/wawrinka-wins-geneva-title-prior-to-french-open Mon, 29 May 2017 10:21:57 +0200 wawrinka-wins-geneva-title-prior-to-french-open Top seed Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Miami Open on Tuesday falling 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to German young gun Alexander Zverev, who booked his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170329/wawrinka-loses-in-miami-as-federer-battles-through-to-quarters Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:13:58 +0200 wawrinka-loses-in-miami-as-federer-battles-through-to-quarters Roger Federer reprised his Australian Open triumph over Rafael Nadal on Wednesday, sweeping past the Spaniard 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170316/swiss-duo-through-to-indian-wells-quarterfinals Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:27:36 +0100 swiss-duo-through-to-indian-wells-quarterfinals Stan Wawrinka was sensationally dumped out of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday as his form collapsed following an early 4-1 lead. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170301/wawrinka-suffers-first-round-exit-in-dubai Wed, 01 Mar 2017 09:36:07 +0100 wawrinka-suffers-first-round-exit-in-dubai Roger Federer edged a five-set thriller against his fellow Swiss and close friend Stan Wawrinka at the Australian Open on Thursday to become the oldest Grand Slam finalist in 43 years. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170126/federer-triumphs-in-five-set-thriller-against-wawrinka Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:15:34 +0100 federer-triumphs-in-five-set-thriller-against-wawrinka