Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts during his men's singles tennis match against Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London June 26, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville
LONDON (Reuters) - Defending champion Roger Federer's remarkable run of reaching 36 consecutive grand slam quarter-finals or better was ended in a shock second-round Wimbledon defeat by unheralded Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky on Wednesday.
Federer's 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-5 7-6(5) loss in exactly three hours rocked Wimbledon to its core on a day that already seemed surreal after seven players withdrew or retired injured and third-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova also stumbled to defeat.
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