Emotional Wawrinka Bows Out of Final French Open with Loss to De Jong
De Jong, 25, ended the 41-year-old Swiss veteran’s run after Wawrinka’s 2015 champion farewell was honored by fans and former rivals.
- Stan Wawrinka lost his first-round match at Roland Garros to Jesper de Jong with a score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in warm conditions and is retiring at the end of the season aged 41.
- Wawrinka made his final Roland Garros appearance 21 years after his debut, receiving an ovation and leading a Mexican wave on Court Simonne-Mathieu.
- Wawrinka said that saying goodbye to Roland Garros was the hardest moment of his last year on tour and expressed deep appreciation for the crowd's support.
- Jesper de Jong urged fans to applaud Wawrinka after the match and noted that Wawrinka had played against his coach when he was a ball kid.
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Stan Wawrinka bids adieu to French Open
Former French Open champion Stan Wawrinka bowed out of his 21st and final Roland Garros on Monday as he admitted saying goodbye to the clay-court Grand Slam was the hardest moment of his last year on tour. The 41-year-old Swiss will hang up his racket at the end of the current season and had hoped for one last swansong at the major he won in 2015, but his farewell was cut short in the first round. Wawrinka went down in just over three hours on c…
A day that mixed a good start and a heartfelt farewell.
Wawrinka and Monfils bid farewell to the French Open after losing in first round
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