Stan Wawrinka
Here’s everything you need to know about tennis star Stan Wawrinka and his unique nickname – why is he known as Stanimal?
Stan Wawrinka is one of the most popular Tennis players in the Tennis fraternity. He has been immensely successful in his professional career and is equally loved by fans and fellow colleagues off the court. Wawrinka has several nicknames like ‘Stan the Man’, ‘Stanimal’ that fans refer to him by but do you know which one he personally loves the most? Well, here’s everything you need to know about it.
Wawrinka personally prefers being called the ‘Stanimal’. It conveys the attacking dimension of his game and highlights the fact that he physically invests everything in what he does. One striking feature of Wawrinka’s game over the years has been his determination and grit to emerge victorious in marathon five-set encounters and this nickname perfectly represents his traits. Incidentally, it is his good friend and Swiss colleague Roger Federer who initially came up with this nickname at the 2014 Australian Open.
Stanislas Wawrinka had been in a relationship with women’s Tennis star Donna Vekic after divorcing his former wife Ilham Vuilloud in 2019. Wawrinka and the rising female star, Vekic were pictured together several times over the years before they broke up ahead of the 2019 French Open.
Ever since Wawrinka broke up with Vekic, his love life has been a subject of speculation and there have been several rumours going around which are not true. Wawrinka is single currently and he has publicly denied the “baseless” rumours about his relationship status.
Wawrinka and Vekic’s relationship had been in the limelight for some time since Stan Wawrinka divorced his wife Ilham Vuilloud before he started dating Donna. Though the reasons for their breakup are not clear, it is rumoured that their hectic tennis schedules were one of the reasons for their breakup since they were both a little too focused on their careers. When it comes to Vekic, she was previously linked with Thanasi Kokkinakis after it was made public by Nick Kyrgios during a famous match against Wawrinka. However, even Vekic is reportedly single since splitting up with Wawrinka.
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