For the first time since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973, the top five players are all aged 30 or above.

Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer have all crossed that age milestone. They’re all still winning and are all real contenders for the big titles.

Wawrinka, who is 32, is the late-bloomer of the bunch. He won his first of three Grand Slams when he was 28 and is still considered a bit of an outsider to the so-called ‘Big Four’, despite the fact that he has claimed the same number of majors as Murray. Their resumes are still fairly uneven.

Wawrinka was the last of them to arrive to the party and he actually sees it as an advantage right now.

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The Swiss world No3 may be one of the big guns now, but he says he always tries to stay grounded and linked to his roots.

“I grew up in a farm, I was living there was I was young. I think it was great for myself and my family, my brother also to live there, also with some handicapped persons, so I know where I come from. I think it helped me for so many things in my career but also in my life,” says Wawrinka.

But no matter how much he may resist it, his life has definitely changed every since he started beating world No1s in Grand Slam finals.

He is regarded differently on the court