WTA icon and 7-time slam queen Venus Williams is set to make her US Open return in singles. After two years, the veteran, now 45, will step back on the hard court of her home slam thanks to a wild card invitation. Sounds great, right? But here’s the paradox on the ATP side. Three-time slam champion and former US Open winner Stan Wawrinka , aged 40, will miss out on the event this season. Now, you may ask: did he opt out or was he left behind? To make the growing speculations settle down, the Swiss pro has now come out to spill the truth over his absence from Flushing Meadows.

Wawrinka took to his Instagram story several hours ago and shared Lacoste’s CEO Thierry Guibert’s story. Apparently, Guibert had posted an image featuring Wawrinka with his 2016 US Open men’s singles trophy. Sh

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