{"id":39484,"date":"2024-12-15T08:40:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T13:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/stan-wawrinka-awarded-wild-card-into-januarys-australian-open\/15\/12\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T08:40:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T13:40:59","slug":"stan-wawrinka-awarded-wild-card-into-januarys-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/stan-wawrinka-awarded-wild-card-into-januarys-australian-open\/15\/12\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Stan Wawrinka awarded wild card into January&#8217;s Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MELBOURNE, Australia &#8212; Three-time major champion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stan Wawrinka<\/a> was among nine wild-card entries awarded Friday for the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Australia said Wawrinka would be joined at Melbourne Park &#8212; where the main draw begins on Jan. 12 &#8212; by Australians <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=4029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tristan Schoolkate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=8105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Li Tu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=10168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">James McCabe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daria Saville<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ajla Tomljanovic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=12287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Emerson Jones<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=10016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Talia Gibson<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=14146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maya Joint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It said more main draw wild cards and wild-card entries to the qualifying tournament will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>Wawrinka won the Australian Open in 2014, beating the recently retired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rafael Nadal<\/a> in four sets, for his first Grand Slam singles title. Wawrinka peaked at world No. 3 with that victory, and later added major titles at the French Open in 2015 and the 2016 U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p>The now-39-year-old Swiss player has battled injuries in recent years but advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals in 2020 for the fifth time, marking his last appearance at a major quarterfinal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m incredibly grateful to receive a wild card into the Australian Open in 2025,&#8221; Wawrinka was quoted as saying. &#8220;Melbourne holds such a special place in my heart &#8230; one of the greatest milestones of my career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/42942865\/stan-wawrinka-awarded-wild-card-australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MELBOURNE, Australia &mdash; Three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka was among nine wild-card entries awarded Friday for the Australian Open in January. 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