"But I still believe": Wawrinka still confident of returning to winners' circle befor retirement

Stan Wawrinka plans to keep playing tennis as long as he feels good and he thinks that he can win a trophy before calling it quits sometime in the future.

Wawrinka recently returned to the top 100 thanks to his solid play and he thinks he can be even better. A higher ranking would give him a better chance of winning a trophy which is one of his goals before he retires. He wants to be in the winner's circle once more and his recent level certainly makes it seem possible.

Wawrinka explained his views calling himself competitive:

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"I feel competitive. I know that when I enter the court, most of the time I can beat my opponent. I’m not young anymore. Things are a bit more difficult also to keep going back-to-back-to-back days, to push through a tournament. But I still believe that I can win tournaments. I don’t know which level of tournament, but of course I want to win a trophy before stopping."

He added:

"As long as I feel competitive, I want to keep going. But it’s also to remind people not to forget where you come from and what was your dream when you were young."

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