Federer knocked out of Wimbledon

MANILA, Philippines – After Rafael Nadal’s shock exit from the famed grass tournament, another upset rocked Wimbledon as defending champion Roger Federer was defeated by a 116th seed. Unheralded Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky ended Federer’s remarkable run of reaching 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarter-finals or better. Stakhovsky launched outrageous winners left, right and center to bring Federer down and condemn the Swiss to his earliest Wimbledon exit since a first-round loss in 2002. Federer’s loss in exactly three hours seemed surreal after seven players withdrew or retired due to injuries. Mornings @ ANC, June 27, 2013