Stanislas Wawrinka took retirement from professional tennis with knee problems developed during his third-round match at Marseille. He said that he was experiencing a typical reaction and he did not have a fresh injury.
The player is now 32-year-old was playing his fourth event after coming back from double knee surgery in the year 2017. He said “I hit a forehand volley at 3-3 and there was a slight contact with the knee. The 1st two days of practice had been good, but the matches are not like practice sessions because of the tension, the nerves and I felt that difference during the match.” Though frustrated because of unplanned retirement, Wawrinka was happy looking at his improvement during this week as well as his last two events at Rotterdam and Sofia.
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