“I was always able to count on Federer” – Wawrinka

Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka share a special relationship. The Swiss players have won multiple slams and they have always stated that conquering the gold medal in Bejing in doubles together was a very special moment of their career.

During a recent interview with l’Illustre, Stan elaborated about his career and his relationship with Roger Federer. Wawrinka has been frequently asked about what means playing during Federer’s career. In the past, many speculated that it was tough for him to play in the “shadow” of the former world no.1, but Wawrinka has always rejected this statement.

Stan revealed that he feels lucky to have shared the court with Roger to say

“He [Federer] taught me a lot. When I got on the tour, he was already number one in the world and had won several Grand Slams. I have always enjoyed learning from others.”

Then he added that eventually, Roger was like a big brother for him.

“I owe a lot of my Grand Slam titles to the “Big Three.” I’m certainly the player who trained the most with them. I watched them, I watched a lot of their games. At the start of my career, I was able to count on Roger’s advice before I faced the best. He was like a big brother on the circuit,” he added.

 

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Roger Federer in 2020

At the moment ranked no.4, Roger played his last match on the 30^th

of January when he was defeated by Novak Djokovic 7-6¹ 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal of the Australian Open.

Roger Federer’s best achievement of this season was reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open.

Stan Wawrinka in 2020

Currently ranked no.17, Wawrinka played his last match on the 27^th of February when he lost to Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Acapulco.

Stan Wawrinka’s most significant result of this season was reaching the semi-finals in Doha.

Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka played each other 26 times. The head to head is 23-3 for Federer. The last time that they locked horns, Roger Federer won 7-6⁴ 4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4 in the quarter in Paris (French Open) in June 2019.

Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka

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