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Defending champion Roger Federer retired Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Grand Slam tennis tournament against South African Kevin Anderson. The eighth-ranked lawn champion had found a match ball in the third set, but he lost the game. Anderson finally won after 4:13 hours 2: 6, 6: 7 (5), 7: 5, 6: 4,13: 11.
Federer gave his great chance to victory at 5: 4 and serve Anderson in third position Pbadage when he could not use the match ball. Anderson, who was number 8, benefited from a setback by his spoiled opponent in a difficult pbad ball attempt. The finalist of the US Open of the previous year had never won a set against the current world second.
Until the loss of the third set Federer had won at Wimbledon since the defeat two years ago against Milos Raonic 34 sets in a row, He had a brilliant start on the unusual for him Court 1, on which he played for the first time since 2015, had pushed Anderson into the first set and won the first set in just 26 minutes. After, Anderson continued to improve, while Federer made more mistakes than usual, especially with his forehand
Federer with a double mistake at the decisive moment
The 0: 2 in the second set meant the first time after 85 games won Deliver the service. More recently, this happened to him in the quarter-finals of 2017 against the Czech Tomas Berdych. Federer countered but with a break at 2: 3 and went on a solid decisive game with 2-0 sets in the lead. However, he was not able to make more breaks against the strong Anderson rider (28 aces).
He won a return match in the other sets. In the fifth epic movement, Federer was a little closer to the decision. He came in 4: 3 for a long breakball, but Anderson defended with a service winner. Many times he missed two points in the episode of victory.
After successfully defeating seven games loss, but it was Anderson, who made the crucial break at 12:11. Federer made his only double mistake in the game to be condemned. Anderson took advantage of the resulting breakball. A game later, he used his first point of match with a point of service. In the semifinal, the 32-year-old meets American John Isner (9) and Canadian Milos Raonic (13).
Federer lost to Wimbledon for the second time after a 2-0 lead – after 2011 against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, also in the quarter-finals. In a Grand Slam tournament, it happened a little later in the semifinals of the US Open against Novak Djokovic. The record of Grand Slam tournament winners left for the ninth Wimbledon singles title, beating the record of the American Martina Navratilova
(APA / red.)
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