The most extraordinary day in Wimbledon's 136 years ended in the highest drama here as Roger Federer, the seven-time winner, suffered the most astonishing defeat of his career. The defending champion was beaten 6-7, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6 in the second round by Sergiy Stakhovsky, the world No 116, to end his record run of 36 Grand Slam quarter-final appearances in a row. Federer's earliest loss at Wimbledon for 11 years and his earliest exit from a Grand Slam for 10 years came at the end of a day which also saw the demise of the No 2 and No 3 women's seeds, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, and the...
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