Stan Wawrinka's win over Casper Ruud at the 2022 Swiss Indoors in Basel was his 60th Top 10 win on the ATP Tour.
The experienced Swiss player felt the support of home crowd, the same way Dominic Thiem felt it during his comeback win at the simultaneously event played in Vienna. Without any major difficulties, Stan Wawrinka, who used a protected rankings to enter the event in his home country, defeated the second-seeded Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4.
"It's super special. A lot of emotion being back here in Basel with the Swiss fans," Wawrinka said post-match. "It's always been amazing for me to play here [but] it's always been difficult because I am always nervous when I enter this court. I always want to show my best."
After the match, world no. 194 in the ATP Rankings took a while to reflect how difficult it was for him to get back where he is now. In the second round, he will play against Brandon Nakashima as he will want to make fans in Switzerland happy once again.
"It took me a little bit of time to adapt to the court but the level was great and I'm really happy with that. This is one of the main reasons why I keep on playing," added Wawrinka. "I'm getting old, that's for sure. I had to fight the last two years with the injury, surgery."
"Coming back was not easy. I was struggling really to get back in shape physically and tennis-wise. So to be able to produce that tonight here in Switzerland is of course something really special and hopefully I can keep playing well."
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