world sports: stanislas wawrinka tennis star

Friday, March 4, 2011

stanislas wawrinka tennis star

stanislas wawrinka introduction !!
Stanislas Wawrinka (born 28 March 1985 in Lausanne) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship, as his father is a German (of Polish origin).The surname Wawrinka is of Polish origin. His father Wolfram is German, and his mother Isabelle is Swiss. His mother works as a biodynamic farmer helping handicapped people. Wawrinka's grandparents are Czech. He has one older brother Jonathan, who teaches tennis, and two younger sisters Djanaée and Naëlla, who are students and tennis players.Wawrinka, one of four tennis-playing siblings, turned pro in 2002 at the age of 17. By the end of 2005, he hovered just outside the top 50. He has a 2–3 career Davis Cup singles record in three ties. He was coached from age eight until June 2010 by Dimitri Zavialoff.
In the 2007 Australian Open, Wawrinka reached the 3rd round to be beaten by second-seed Rafael Nadal. He has so far never beaten Nadal, losing in Melbourne 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. He showed some impressive backhand skills, but was unable to deal with Nadal's heavy game.
In October 2006, Wawrinka reached a career-high No. 29 and had high hopes to reach the top 20 in 2007. But those plans were put on hold when he suffered a three-month setback, tearing a tendon in his right knee while practicing for the Swiss Davis Cup team's tie against Spain in February.He continued his fine singles form by reached the quarterfinals in Rome, losing to Rafael Nadal 4-6, 2-6, and the semifinals in Belgrade, losing to John Isner 5-7, 5-7. At Roland Garros, where he was the 20th seed, he reached the 4th round without dropping a set, defeating Jan Hájek 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 in the 1st round. In the 2nd round, he defeated German Andreas Beck 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, and in the 3rd round, he beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-4, 6-1, before losing to good friend Roger Federer 6-3, 7-6, 6-2 in the 4th round. After an unsuccessful grass season, where he lost in the first round of Wimbledon, Stan separated from his coach since childhood and hired Peter Lundgren (former coach of Marat Safin and Roger Federer). The partnership with Lundgren showed its benefits in the US Open, where Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals, beating 4th seed Andy Murray along the way.
Wawrinka serves during his upset win versus Andy Murray at the 2010 US OpenWawrinka started off 2011 in impressive fashion, defeating world No. 6 Tomáš Berdych along the way to claiming the Chennai Open crown. Stan beat Xavier Malisse in the final in three sets. He advanced to the quarterfinal of the Australian Open, after defeating Andy Roddick in three sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and set up an all-Swiss quarterfinal with his compatriot Roger Federer, which he lost 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.
Wawrinka lived in Saint-Barthélemy (10 minutes from Lausanne) with his wife, Ilham Vuilloud, a Swiss television presenter and former fashion model.
His hobbies include movies and music.[citation needed] He is good friends with British number 1 Andy Murray (both are fanatical go-karters .