Early Wimbledon Exit for Federer

Roger Federer was en route to capture a record-setting 8th title at Wimbledon until Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky (ranked 116th) upended the Swiss master in 4 sets [6/7, 7/6, 7/5, 7/6] of Second Round play. 

Federer's remarkable streak of reaching 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals ended today, "It's always a disappointment losing any match around the world and particularly here." -RF

Having won only one tournament this year, Federer had made a home at Wimbledon. He had not lost before the quarterfinals at Wimbledon since falling in the first round to Mario Ancic in 2002. Visions of a quarterfinal between Federer and Nadal suddenly come to an end, as they are both shockingly gone from the tournament.

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