Federer, Sharapova lose at Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) - Roger Federer of Switzerland was beaten by Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine in their Men's second round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Wednesday, June 26, 2013.

Roger Federer is a seven-time Wimbledon champion and 17-time Grand Slam champion, while the man that beat him Sergiy Stakhovsky, is ranked 116th.

His 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5) defeat against Sergiy Stakhovsky marked Federer's earliest Grand Slam exit in a decade.

He lost in the first round of the French Open on May 26, 2003, back before he owned a single trophy from any of the sport's most important sites..

The third-seeded Federer simply was unable to derail Stakhovsky's serve-and-volley style, breaking the 27-year-old Ukrainian only once.

Still, there actually was a real chance for Federer to get back in the thick of things. Ahead 6-5 in the fourth, he held a set point as Stakhovsky served at 30-40. But Stakhovsky came up with this sequence: volley winner, 111 mph ace, serve-and-volley winner.


Maria Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion, who lost 6-3, 6-4 to 131st-ranked Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal will join Federer on their way home; The other losers are, Caroline Wozniacki; Ana Ivanovic; Jelena Jankovic; Azarenka; and Lleyton Hewitt, who won Wimbledon in 2002.

All told, five players who have combined to win 26 Grand Slam titles headed home, along with another three who have been the runner-up at a major tournament.

Murray recovers from slip to win Queen's title

Andy Murray took a tumble the recover to beat  Croatia's Marin Cilic 5-7 7-5 6-3 to win the Aegon Championships for the third time at Queen's Club on Sunday June 16, 2013.

Murray, world number two missed the French Open because of a back injury.  He suffered a painful slip when leading 4-3 in the first set, screaming in pain and rolling to the turf, he lose the opener against the defending champion.

"The courts had taken a bit of a pounding this week and it's been extremely wet," Murray said. "It was just a bit sore on the groin area but thankfully it wasn't too bad."

Murray appear in control in the opening set, he broke Cilic's opening service game with ease and moving comfortably into a 4-2 lead. However, Cilic took advantage of some Murray errors to storm back in the seventh game but looked set to hand Murray the initiative again in the following game as he slipped 15-40 behind.

He saved the first break point but on the second the Murray slipped awkwardly behind the baseline and shouted in pain as his fans watched on anxiously. Murray looked tentative and hurt while Cilic took advantage to break in the 11th game and serve out the set.

The second set went with serve until Cilic wavered at 5-6. A silky lob from Murray gave him a glimmer of a break and he took his chance to level the match.

Murray dominated the final set, going up 3-1 when Cilic made a forehand error.

Nadal beats Ferrer for record 8th French Open win (2013)

Rafael Nadal is now in a class of his own in the history of tennis after beating David Ferrer for his eighth French Open title on Sunday at Roland Garros. He is now the only man in tennis history to win the same Grand Slam eight times.

Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova for French Open title

Serena Williams beats defending champion Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-4 to win the French Open title. Williams was too powerful for Sharapova as she captured her 16th major title. Williams was the favourite, having won 13 times for two defeats against the Russian and stormed into the final for the loss of just one set, taking her career-best winning streak to 31.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stunned Roger Federer at French Open quarterfinal

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Federer 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Federer got an early break in the first set and it looked like we could cruise to a 1-0 lead in this quarterfinals match, but Tsonga made a run , winning the first set, getting off to a hot start in the second and then continuing his domination in the third just as it seemed the 17-time Grand Slam champion was finally figuring out how to play a man he has had plenty of battles with over the years.

Tsonga will face David Ferrer in the semifinals, and if he can get past him it will most likely be Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal in the finals.

Federer comes back beat Simon at French Open

 
PARIS - Early in the game Roger Federer twist his foot and he awkwardly tumble to the ground and his chances looked gloom he is in danger of his earliest exit from a Grand Slam tournament in nine years.

Good thing he was able to regroup and come back eventually from a two-sets-to-one deficit to beat 15th-seeded Gilles Simon of France 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 Sunday in the fourth round to reach his 36th consecutive major quarterfinal.

"I didn't hurt myself or anything," Federer said. "But maybe I did lose that touch of confidence for a little bit, and then I was out of the match there for a bit."