Stan Wawrinka: ‘My body is for my tennis, it’s for my sport’
Newly crowned French Open champion Stan Wawrinka will be featured in this year’s edition of ESPN The Magazine’s The Body Issue, hitting newsstands July 10. In honor of the start of Wimbledon 2015, we’re giving fans a sneak peek at what’s underneath those (ugly) tennis shorts of his. Look for the complete Bodies
Here, Wawrinka talks with reporter Morty Ain about what it’s taken to get his body into prime condition, and how that helped him defeat Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros.
My body is for my tennis, it’s for my sport. I’m not a model at all. I don’t work out to go to the beach, I work out to play well and to do well on the court.
It still feels like a dream. I’m very proud of what I did [winning the 2015 French Open]. Being Swiss, you grow up watching Roland Garros. As a junior, I celebrated my first big title here. And now I won it. Still tough to believe.
They are better in everything … they are just better tennis players than all the rest. Those three guys [Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal] are just too good, [Andy] Murray also. Look at how many Slams they won, especially Roger, Rafa and Novak. They are huge champions. They are so consistent. I need to work on my consistency. That’s something I really want to improve. I don’t compare myself to them. That’s not my goal. My goal is to give my best every day, continue to play well and live wonderful moments like I did in Paris.
I’m way far behind them, and that’s for sure the reality. But I know that I can beat them. I did it. I know that I can win big tournaments.
For me, motivation is easy. I enjoy what I’m doing and I’m lucky to play tennis. I enjoy the suffering. It’s something quite natural for me to go on the court and suffer, and to go in the gym and to suffer, and to know the only way to get better is to work out — that’s what I like
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