Stanislas Wawrinka Australian Open: German Newspapers Claim Wawrinka To Be of German Descent; Swiss Are Livid [VIDEO] : TENNIS : Sports World News

Stanislas Wawrinka’s recognition figured to escalate in his dwelling nation after his Australian Open victory. However in all probability to not the extent that he has to make clear which is his dwelling after two nations are claiming him as their very own.

In line with the Swiss web site, The Native, Swiss newspapers are fuming over newspapers in Germany which might be making an attempt to hone in on Wawrinka’s newfound fame by claiming him as one among their very own.

The Native reported a headline that learn, “The German Tennis Sensation”, from German newspaper Bild Zeitung following the 28-year-old’s victory in Sunday’s Australian Open over Rafael Nadal, citing the truth that Wawrinka holds twin Swiss and German nationality. The Native reported that Swiss tabloid 20 Minutes stated would the headline would “trigger many Swiss followers to choke.”

The Swiss tabloid Blick fired again, “acidly” mentioning that “Stan’s’ great-grandfather, through whom he acquired his German passport, had solely briefly lived in Germany after fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1946. It additionally identified that Lausanne-born Wawrinka spoke no German and was handled as Swiss by the ATP, tennis’s governing physique.”

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Blick chalked up Bild Zeitung’s headline as “bitter grapes” due to Germany’s current lack of tennis stars.

“How determined are they actually?” Blick requested.

Wawrinka is now a career-high No. 3 on this planet, behind Nadal and Novak Djokovic, each of whom he beat en path to his first Grand Slam title. He has gained his first 10 matches of 2014. The ATP web site lists his present hometown as St. Barthelemy, Switzerland.

Up to now, Wawrinka has not responded to the struggle over his hometown declare, however that might be as a result of risk that he would not assume that his citizenship is even a query.

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