Tragic Loss: Maria Sharapova involved in car crash that Leads to…..
Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova crashed out of the US Open on Monday in back-to-back seismic shocks under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights.
Federer, the five-time champion and looking to end his 10-year wait to add to his total in New York, was beaten by Australia’s world number 55 John Millman
He finished with 77 unforced errors and 10 double faults.
“It was very hot. I felt I couldn’t get any air and I was sweating more and more and became more and more uncomfortable,” explained Federer.
“I guess I was happy when the match was over.”
He added: “John dealt with it better — he’s from Brisbane, one of the most humid places in the world!”
It was the world number two’s earliest defeat at the tournament since a fourth round loss to Tommy Robredo in 2013.
The result meant there would be no quarter-final showdown with old rival Novak Djokovic who will now face Millmann instead.
I have so much respect for Roger and everything he’s done for the game. He’s been a hero of mine,” said Millman.
“Today he was definitely not at his best. But I’ll take it.”
Sharapova, the 2006 champion, suffered a second successive last-16 exit in New York, blasted off court by Carla Suarez Navarro.
The Spanish player marked her 30th birthday in style with a memorable 6-4, 6-3 win over the five-time major champion whose last Slam title was in Paris in 2014
Federer had cruised through the first set against Millman who was appearing in his maiden last-16 at the majors.
But the Swiss, who lost in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon where he was defending champion, began to look every bit the 37-year-old he is as he struggled in the suffocating humidity.
He squandered two set points in the second set and another in the third set tiebreak as the errors piled up.
Federer was 4-2 up in the fourth set but was reeled in and two back-to-back double faults sent him 1/4 down in the tiebreak
Defending champion Roger Federer followed other notable big guns in world tennis when he crashed out of Wimbledon on Wednesday.
He lost to Ukraine’s world number 116 Sergiy Stakhovsky in his worst Grand Slam defeat for a decade, two days after French Open Champion, Rafael Nadal, was also knocked out by a rookie player.
Earlier, former Champion, Lleyton Hewitt was also dumped out of by German qualifier Dustin Brown, the dreadlocked former Jamaica player ending the 2002 champion’s hopes of an impressive comeback run.
Brown, whose fluid style and range of shots won him fans on Court 2, beat the Australian veteran 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2 in the second round clash.
Brown, 28, the world number 189, changed nationality from Jamaican to German in 2010. He was born in Germany to a Jamaican father and German mother. He moved to Jamaica aged 12.
The win takes him through to a first Grand Slam third round match.
“It’s going to take a while to sink in. I’m not normally the type of guy to cry,” he said.
He next plays world number 111 Adrian Mannarino.
The Frenchman made it through when US 18th seed John Isner pulled out two games into their second round match after injuring his knee.
Federer’s shock 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 7-6 (5/7) loss in a thrilling, three-hour duel on Centre Court brought the curtain down on seven-time Wimbledon champion’s extraordinary record in the sport’s four majors
Roger Federer- stunned
It was his earliest Wimbledon defeat since he was knocked out in the first round in 2002 by Mario Ancic.
The following year he lost in the first round of the French Open to Luis Horna.
“I’m still in disbelief that it actually happened,” said Stakhovsky, who does not even have a coach.
The Swiss legend had made 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final appearances, having not gone out of a major before the last eight since the 2004 French Open.
