Former world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka has accepted a wildcard into the Sofia Open, per Michal Samulski.
ATP250 Sofia major draw wildcards:
Stan Wawrinka
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Alexandar Lazarov — Michal Samulski (@MichalSamulski) September 13, 2022
Wawrinka, 37, shall be making his third Sofia look this 12 months.
Wawrinka debuted on the Sofia Open in 2018, when he made the semifinal earlier than struggling a shock defeat to Mirza Primary. In his second Sofia look – in 2019 – Wawrinka misplaced within the first spherical to Marius Copil. Three years later, Wawrinka is about for his third look on the Bulgarian indoor-hard match.
Wawrinka has hit a tough stretch
Wawrinka, who underwent two foot surgical procedures final 12 months, returned to the court docket in late March. Six months have handed since Wawrinka returned, however the Swiss remains to be nowhere close to his finest degree.
Wawrinka hasn’t had a win since mid-June as he has misplaced his final six matches. Wawrinka final performed on the US Open, the place he was down by two units to Corentin Moutet earlier than deciding to retire the match. Wawrinka, a three-time Grand Slam champion, hasn’t loved a comeback like Rafael Nadal.
Nadal, who additionally missed portion of the 2021 season, returned this 12 months by profitable two Grand Slam titles. When Wawrinka was requested about Nadal’s return, he mentioned it’s kind of not truthful to check him to Nadal because the Spaniard is in “a special league.”
“No, I feel what Rafa has carried out this 12 months and all his profession, prefer it’s wonderful to observe as a tennis fan. You can not take something as a participant, as a result of he is in [a] totally different league, all the time been and all the time shall be.
It is all the time wonderful to observe him play, to observe him compete, and to observe him on the high of the sport after so a few years. I take pleasure in watching him. However as I say, as a participant, you can’t take something,” Wawrinka mentioned. The Sofia Open is scheduled to happen between September 26-October 02.
