By Scoop Malinowski
Status: 2014 Australian Open champion, 2015 Roland Garros champion.
DOB: March 28, 1985 in Lausanne, Switzerland
Tennis Inspiration: “I like to see Sampras play.”
Last Book Read: “I don’t really like to read books but mostly I read the magazines.”
First Tennis Memory: “Of course I think my first good memory was the French Open junior (2003 d. Brian Baker).”
Favorite Sport(s) Outside Tennis: “I like to watch soccer and the ice hockey too because in Switzerland it’s very good.”
First Car: “A Kia (blue).”
Current Car: “Audi.”
Favorite Meal: “Depends, I eat sushi a lot, it’s easy.”
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “Yes, vanilla.”
Pre-Match Feeling: “Just before to come on the court a little bit nervous, of course. But I enjoy this moment.”
Greatest Sports Moment: “Winning the Australian Open, for sure. And the Olympic Games (doubles gold medal with Roger Federer in 2008).”
Most Painful Moment: “That was when we lost in Davis Cup to USA. 2012.”
Favorite Tournament: “Australian Open. French Open.”
Funniest Players Encountered: “I think, because he’s a good friend, Benoit Paire is quite funny, quite strange on the court. And quite a good person off the court.”
Toughest Competitor Encountered: “Nadal.”
Embarrassing Memory: “Not really, I don’t have really.”
Why Do You Love Playing Tennis: “It’s special. It’s a game. You play game, you play with a ball, you play against someone, you’re alone on the court. You need to find solutions every day, every match because every match is different.”
Favorite Players To Watch: “David Nalbandian. (Why him?) Because he’s playing so easy. You think he’s playing not full and he’s just playing with his touch and with his talent. I like to watch him. Andy Murray. Roger Federer, of course.”
One Of Your Best Matches: “Against Nalbandian in Barcelona (2008). I won 6-3 6-1 but I was playing unbelievable.”
Stangest Match: “I didn’t have any crazy match…I remember one match for sure, against Djokovic this year. Amazing match, playing five hours.”
People Qualities Most Admired: “I don’t know the word in English – when you stick together with the… [loyalty?] Yes loyalty. You stay with the person but you never go off.”
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Who knew Stan is a Nalbandian fan?
4 comments
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Gaurang · January 27, 2014 at 9:19 pm
Nice one Scoop. When was this taken — perhaps middle of last year?
One suggestion: I think you should include the word “interview” somewhere on the website (perhaps in the Mission statement on the side — or in the keywords section of the HTML page), since I have noticed your biofiles do not come in Google search results when somebody is searching for “interview” and player name.
Scoop Malinowski · January 28, 2014 at 8:28 am
Thanks Gaurang. Yes I did this with Stan at US Open last year after his second round win.
Abe Froman · January 28, 2014 at 11:50 am
wawa’s groundies are pretty sick…..he muscles that bh – actually, should have him checked for PEDs as well..
Bryan · January 30, 2014 at 1:34 am
Nice read. Stan’s never been embarrassed? Bet he ate a triple bagel against someone once that was embarrassing. BTW there’s a typo he was born March 28, 1985 not 1975.