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) - Roger Federer and "his ego" took an unbelievable battering at the hands of a little-known Ukrainian as the Swiss champion and holder of a record 17 grand slam titles was sent spinning out of Wimbledon on a day dubbed as 'Whacky Wednesday'.
A record that took 36 grand slams and nine years to create was turned on its head by 116th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky who rocked the All England Club to its core as he inflicted a brutal 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-5 7-6(5) second-round defeat on a man he called a "Wimbledon legend".
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