It can’t be easy being a Swiss tennis player right now, trying to gain any sort of limelight while standing behind the greatest player who has ever lived. Stanislas Wawrinka has been struggling with that since he turned pro eight years ago. With Federer entering the back end of his illustrious career, Wawrinka will now be looking to finally take centre stage. He’ll have the chance to prove his ability later this month in the US Open.
Tennis Betting note how Wawrinka has recently hired Federer’s former coach Peter Lundgren in a bid to make the next step in his career. Swede Lundgren boasts an impressive C.V, after spells working with Marcelo Rios, Marat Safin, Marcos Baghdatis as well as Federer. Wawrinka’s grand slam record isn’t the greatest; he’s never gone further than the fourth round stage, but is young enough to change that.
The world number 23 hasn’t had the best season so far this year. He made the third round of the Australian, then the fourth round of the French Open. He was disappointing this summer at Wimbledon.
Against most Tennis Odds, Wawrinka was put out in the first round, losing to Denis Istomin in five sets. He has did win the ATP tournament held in Morocco, beating Victor Hanescu in straight sets to claim the second tour title of his career.
Wawrinka’s record at Flushing Meadows has been pretty decent. He’s never reached the latter stages of the tournament but has made the fourth round twice. The Swiss number two will be looking to improve on last year’s performance, losing in the first round to Ecuador’s Nicolas Lapentti, after winning the first two sets.
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