Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky returns the ball to Sweden's Johan Brunstrom during their Davis Cup tennis match in Malmo April 4, 2014. REUTERS/Bjorn Lindgren/TT News Agency
LONDON (Reuters) - Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky was the toast of Wimbledon when he knocked out Roger Federer last year, but 12 months on he finds himself torn between tennis and keeping an eye on the political situation in his home country.
That triumph over Federer now seems a distant memory for the world No.90, but after the Wimbledon gates were flung open on Monday morning a sizeable crowd gathered around No.10 court to catch this year's first glimpse of the man who despatched the seven-time champion last year.
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