Stan's plan is to be patient

Stan Wawrinka has won more Grand Slams than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal combined over the past two seasons, but the Swiss world No 4 insists that adding to his tally of majors is a goal that is "too far away."

Wawrinka, who handed Novak Djokovic his only Grand Slam loss in 2015 by stunning the world No 1 in the French Open final, will kick off his season in Abu Dhabi at the six-player exhibition Mubadala World Tennis Championship on Friday, but said winning a third career major was not on his list of goals for 2016.

"It's been only two years or three years that I'm back in the top 10, that I'm in the top five. Yes I know I won two Grand Slams in two years but it's still something incredible for me, something not normal, so it's tough for me to put a goal to win a Grand Slam again," Wawrinka, 30, said in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.