A sore shoulder forced Stan Wawrinka to withdraw from this week's Swiss Open Gstaad. But Stan is still the man for his devoted fans.
The French Open champion visited the tournament today for an autograph session where he met this fan sporting both a "Stan the Man" t-shirt and an ink link to the two-time Grand Slam champion.
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Wawrinka has the words of poet Samuel Beckett—"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail Again. Fail Better."—tattooed on his left arm.
The fan share his Stan-inspired tattoo on his right arm.
Sometimes, fans can get a little unnerved meeting their favorite players.
Watch young fan Luka at about the 3:25 mark of this video, wearing a red Roger Federer "RF" baseball cap, meet Wawrinka, who asks: "Really, you're a Federer fan are you?"
"Federer and Wawrinka," the boy replies with a smile.
"Take my autograph, you can throw it [away] if you want," jokes Wawrinka.
Photo credit: Valeriano Di Domenico/Swiss Open Gstaad