Saturday, February 8, 2014

Aussie Open Gets a New Wawrinkle

Photo Credit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/australianopen/10598074
The Swiss are no strangers to winning Grand Slam tennis events thanks to Roger Federer, but few could have predicted that Stanislas Wawrinka would walk away as your 2014 Australian Open Champion. The 28 year old Wawrinka had played in just one Grand Slam SEMI-final before this year, yet still pulled off a stunning upset defeating higher seeds Novak Djokovic, Tomáš Berdych and Rafael Nadal along the way. Here's a look back at the players who ended Wawrinka's previous Grand Slam bids:

Mariano Puerta - Argentina
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2005 French Open - Third Round

Fabrice Santoro - France
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2005 Wimbledon - First Round

Nicolás Massú - Chile
Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/OUVNYHSH5ms/

2005 U.S. Open - Third Round


David Nalbandian - Argentina
Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/9yIgkb1Ymo5/2011+Australian+Open+Day+2
2006 Australian Open - Second Round
2006 French Open - First Round

Mario Ančić - Croatia
Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/qAx_s1aCx3K

2006 Wimbledon - Third Round



Tommy Robredo - Spain

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/nZXIodP6iqz/French+Open+Day+6

2006 U.S. Open - Third Round



Rafael Nadal - Spain

Photo Credit: http://www.optimumtennis.net/reverse-forehand-followthrough.htm

2007 Australian Open - Third Round

2013 French Open - Quarterfinals


Ivan Ljubičić - Croatia

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/TpGqa0f64Zs/2011+Australian+Open+Day+1

2007 French Open - Second Round



Michaël Llodra - France

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Michael+Llodra/2011+Australian+Open+Day+2

2007 Wimbledon - First Round



Juan Ignacio Chela - Argentina

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/zm2P136-bGe/2011+French+Open+Day+Seven

2007 U.S. Open - Fourth Round



Marc Gicquel - France

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/Ttiv1SjZu2q

2008 Australian Open - Second Round



Fernando González - Chile

Photo Credit: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-06-02

2008 French Open - Third Round



Marat Safin - Russia

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/1kVW1vDuqm1

2008 Wimbledon - Fourth Round



Andy Murray - Great Britain

Photo Credit: http://www.sportdw.com/2012/10/the-andy-murray-forehand.html

2008 U.S. Open - Fourth Round

2009 Wimbledon - Fourth Round


Tomáš Berdych - Czech Republic

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/zY82tCE156z/

2009 Australian Open - Third Round



Nikolay Davydenko - Russia

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/TpGqa0f64Zs/2011+Australian+Open+Day+1

2009 French Open - Third Round



Nicolás Lapentti - Ecuador

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/jzaps7xBeD1/2010+Australian+Open+Day+1

2009 U.S. Open - First Round



Marin Čilić - Croatia

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/mwa0L0VCrVo/Sydney+International+Day+4/

2010 Australian Open - Third Round



Roger Federer - Switzerland

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/UlnhvxTPQ1O/2009+Australian+Open+Day+14

2010 French Open - Fourth Round

2011 Australian Open - Quarterfinals
2011 French Open - Fourth Round


Denis Istomin - Uzbekistan

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/Gu5JaP0uFcs/2012+Brisbane+International+Day+6

2010 Wimbledon - First Round



Mikhail Youzhny - Russia

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/DTG9G1JL8QM/US+Open+Day+11

2010 U.S. Open - Quarterfinals



Simone Bolelli - Italy

Photo Credit: http://sport.sky.it/sport/tennis/2009/09/07

2011 Wimbledon - Second Round



Donald Young - USA

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/p4xrIeJsCde/2012+Australian+Open+Day+3/

2011 U.S. Open - Second Round



Nicolás Almagro - Spain

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/SLvv2rvqv0l

2012 Australian Open - Third Round



Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - France

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/9yIgkb1Ymo5/2011+Australian+Open+Day+2

2012 French Open - Fourth Round



Jürgen Melzer - Austria

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/decUMbacTdh

2012 Wimbledon - First Round



Novak Djokovic - Serbia

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/BOAgMFibeFF/

2012 U.S. Open - Fourth Round

2013 Australian Open - Fourth Round
2013 U.S. Open - Semifinals


Lleyton Hewitt - Australia

Photo Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/pxnWm0Q9Xix/Olympics+Previews+Day+2

2013 Wimbledon - First Round

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