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Stan Wawrinka announces retirement at the end of 2026

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Swiss Stan Wawrinka, 40, has announced on social media that he will retire at the end of the 2026 season.

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"I no longer believe in a clean sport", had been the Swiss tennis player’s tweet, which had made much discussion
Now the'Helvetic in a press conference in Naples clarified: "E' a difficult subject to deal with"
"So much has happened in tennis, men’s and women’s, in recent years", are the phrases reported by Corriere dello Sport
"It did not give a good image of our sport. I hope the situation improves"
"If we look at the last year, two number 1s are positive results. And we players only learned about it several months later"
"What we are asking for is total transparency and I hope things will improve for tennis"
"At the end of the day we just hope for great matches and we don’t want to see anyone out of our sport, let alone the number 1 in the world"

Then a message to Jannik: "I like to see him and Alcaraz play, I hope they go strong in the coming years"

“Every book needs a conclusion. It is time to write the’last chapter of my professional tennis career. 2026 will be my last year on the tour. I still want to push my limits and end my career in the best way”.

Stan Wawrinka won the Australian Open in 2014, Roland Garros in 2015, and the US Open in 2016, amid the dominance of the trio Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and has won a total of 16 Atp titles, the last of which was in Geneva in 2017. He won the Davis Cup with Federer in 2014.

Born in Lausanne on March 28, 1985, he was world No. 3 in January 2014 and currently ranks 157th. According to the ATP, he is expected to play in Perth in early January to begin his final season.

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