Key Highlights
- Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka wanted just one thing after playing the final Australian Open match of his career on Saturday: a beer.
- Wawrinka, who is set to retire at the end of the 2026 season, lost to No.
- 9 seed Taylor Fritz 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the third round.
- At age 40, he became the first man 40 or older to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since Ken Rosewall at the 1978 Australian Open. After the match ended, Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley joined Wawrinka on the court for a ceremony and a small tribute on the stadium screen at John Cain Arena.
- After the ceremony, Wawrinka stepped to the microphone.