Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka stated his niggling damage issues had been after all in the back of him after quarter-final runs in Rotterdam and Marseille catapulted him again into the highest 100 on the planet ratings.
Wawrinka, 37, returned to the tennis circuit in March 2022 after greater than a 12 months at the sidelines following two operations on his left foot.
The Swiss veteran had stated after his first-round US Open go out that he was once getting nearer to placing up his racket however he was once much more positive after fighting previous Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 at Indian Wells on Thursday.
“I’ve been practicing good so I’m feeling physically and tennis-wise good. Happy to get the win, it’s an important match and hopefully I can keep going,” former international quantity 3 Wawrinka informed newshounds after his first-round victory .
Wawrinka stated re-entering the highest 100 was once the most important step in his development.
“It was … for sure, after being out for so long from surgery, after struggling to come back, to get in shape again physically, to feel good tennis-wise,” Wawrinka stated.
“To be again within the most sensible 100 is all the time the most important quantity. Of path I need to stay going up within the ratings. Hopefully I will be able to even be seeded in Grand Slams and those (ATP Masters 1000) occasions. We’ll see.
“Week after week, I think in general the level is there so hopefully I can keep winning many matches this year.”
Wawrinka will play twenty sixth seed Miomir Kecmanovic subsequent.