Despite the inevitable questions about retirement that follow a 40-year-old ranked outside the world’s top 150, Stan Wawrinka’s 2025 season has been defined not by results, but by a profound declaration of passion. But following a second-round defeat against Casper Ruud at the Swiss Indoors in Basel, the three-time Grand Slam champion said, “Unfortunately I can’t hold it for very long.”

He further added, speaking about the competition, “The level is good overall, I did two solid games. That was a bit of my fear when I came here: to have a non-match, he admits. Finally, I am happy with my tournament. Casper is ten years younger than me, he is right in the middle of his career while I am fighting as best I can to maintain a decent level. I mainly take the positive, rather than the disappo

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