By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, October 20, 2025Photo credit score: Matthew Calvis
It’s homecoming week for Stan Wawrinka in Basel.
Enjoying the Swiss Indoors Basel on a wild card this week, Wawrinka says he’s not contemplating closing the curtain on his superb profession and heading dwelling.
The 40-year-old Wawrinka, who has posted a 2-11 file in 2025, mentioned plans to play Athens subsequent month and mentioned he hopes to play a bit in 2026 as nicely.
“I mentioned above all that you will notice after I resolve to cease. We’ll see if there’s a subsequent season, we’ll already end this one,” Wawrinka informed Swiss publication Le Matin in his Basel presser. “I dwell within the current, I attempt to benefit from it.
“I do know that the top may be very shut, all of us have a deadline and sooner or later, we should put away the racquets. I’m happy to be right here in Basel and I’ll take inventory after Athens. However sure, I hope to play a bit of extra subsequent 12 months.”
The person nicknamed Stanimal, now ranked No. 158, is one in every of solely three males in historical past to defeat Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal in Grand Slam play, becoming a member of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych in attaining that superior feat.
Former world No. 3 Wawrinka has beforehand mentioned he’d wish to win another title—he received his final title earlier than dwelling followers on the 2017 Geneva and performed his final Tour-level remaining on the 2023 Umag—and with 580 profession victories to his credit score, he’s 20 wins in need of a 600th profession win.
The three-time Grand Slam champion mentioned pure ardour for enjoying is the driving drive in his profession which started again in 2002.
“I get pleasure from what I’m doing and luxuriate in waking up and going to apply and nonetheless have the possibility to play at such a pleasant event like right here,” Wawrinka mentioned. “So long as I’m having fun with that, I’m going to maintain pushing a bit of bit.
“I feel it’s superb to be a tennis participant and after I was a child, I dreamed of doing that as a job. I’ve had the possibility to win many trophies, even many massive trophies and I had the possibility to realize extra of what I name my dream. I’ll maintain pushing.”
