It was a comeback to forget. Stan Wawrinka celebrated his return to the big Grand Slam stage at the French Open. But the Swiss was eliminated by the Frenchman Corentin Moutet in the first round. The frustration at Wawrinka after the defeat was correspondingly great. The referees felt that too. Wawrinka complained loudly to the chair umpire because the water seemed to be too cold for him. “So we can’t have regular water? Is that normal for a Grand Slam? Is that normal? Do you think this is normal? Finally call someone. I asked you three turns ago for water that isn’t a**** cold,” he yelled at the ref.
But that was not all. The Swiss followed up: “You’re at the French Open and you can’t have normal water! Do you think that’s normal?” At the subsequent press conference, he struck a more forgiving tone: “It’s a big disappointment to lose in a Grand Slam, but that’s the reality in my life now,” he said of his defeat.