3 Stan Wawrinka has withdrawn from the Miami Open and Indian Wells tournaments this month to continue his recovery from a persistent knee injury, the Swiss right-hander said on Thursday. The 32-year-old curtailed his season in August last year after battling injury through the grass court campaign, which ended with opening round exits at Queen’s Club and Wimbledon. The three-times grand slam winner returned to competition at the Australian Open in January, but hobbled to a second round exit. “I’ve enjoyed being back on tour playing matches and this gives me even more motivation to go back on the practice court. French duo Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga have also been ruled out of Indian Wells due to knee injuries with Jeremy Chardy, Laslo Djere and Lukas Lacko replacing the trio in the main draw.

Source: Taipei Times March 02, 2018 05:26 UTC