Long-time Tennis Abstract Podcast favorite Carl Bialik joins me to discuss player #127 on The Tennis 128, Stan Wawrinka.
We consider how Wawrinka improved so late in his career, what role Magnus Norman played in the transformation, how good the backhand really is, how he might have fared in other eras, and much more.
It’s not all Stan: we start by recapping some highlights from the Australian Open, particularly the domination of Ashleigh Barty and the difficulty of forecasting a return to form such as the one we saw from Rafael Nadal. If you’ve had enough Australian Open talk by now, feel free to skip to start of the Wawrinka discussion at the 28:15 mark.
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