Posted May 17, 2021 11:37 PM
Aurélie SACCHELLI
Operated on his left foot on the finish of March, Stan Wawrinka (36 years previous, twenty fourth) isn’t sufficiently recovered and won’t take part within the subsequent Roland-Garros.
The solely non-member of the “Big Four” winner of Roland-Garros since 2005, Stan Wawrinka can be absent this 12 months! The Swiss participant, who gained the match in 2015 on the expense of Novak Djokovic, won’t play this 12 months as he’s but to get well from his left foot surgical procedure on March 25. “After having had problems with my left foot for a while, I decided to have a small operation. Everything went well. I will be away for a few weeks but I can’t wait to be able to train again, ”the 36-12 months-previous Swiss wrote on the time. Since then, he nonetheless has not returned to competitors, regardless of relatively reassuring movies about his bodily situation. But that’s clearly not sufficient to participate in a Grand Slam match in lower than two weeks. After Borna Coric (thirtieth), Nick Kyrgios (56th) and Kyle Edmund (69th), it’s due to this fact a fourth participant of the Top 100 who provides up the Parisian match.
Roland Garros replace:
OUT: Wawrinka
IN: Majchrzak
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Wawrinka nonetheless twenty fourth
This 12 months, Stan Wawrinka has performed solely 4 tournaments, for very disappointing outcomes: quarter-remaining in Antalya, second spherical on the Australian Open, and elimination of entry in Rotterdam and Doha. Switzerland has not but tumbled within the rankings, due to the factors reform carried out by ATP throughout this era of the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s nonetheless twenty fourth on the earth. He had 90 factors to defend throughout this Roland Garros, comparable to his elimination within the third spherical towards the younger Frenchman Hugo Gaston (who obtained an invite to the match on Monday). This is the primary time in his profession that the previous world No. 3 will miss Roland-Garros. In addition to his victory in 2015, he additionally performed within the remaining in 2017 (misplaced to Nadal) and a semi-remaining in 2016 (misplaced to Murray). In any case, his package made a cheerful one, the Polish Kamil Majchrzak, who entered the principle draw straight.
