Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka is again within the Switzerland workforce for the Davis Cup subsequent week, returning after a seven-year hole from a contest he gained enjoying with Roger Federer in 2014.
The 37-year-old Wawrinka has been chosen to face Germany in a qualifying spherical sequence, the Swiss tennis federation mentioned Monday.
He teamed with Federer to assist Switzerland win its solely Davis Cup title in 2014, then one 12 months later appeared in a playoff sequence towards the Netherlands.
Wawrinka is now ranked No. 139 after a number of seasons affected by accidents. At the Australian Open, he misplaced in 5 units within the first spherical towards Alex Molcan of Slovakia.
Wawrinka gained the final of his Grand Slam titles on the 2016 U.S. Open. The sixteenth and most up-to-date of his tour titles was a clay-court occasion in 2017 in Geneva.
Germany will host Switzerland on indoor exhausting courts from Feb. 3-4. The winner will advance to the 16-nation Davis Cup finals event in November in Malaga, Spain.