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Nadal falls on the first day & now Federer.

Federer Loses to 116th-Ranked Player in 2nd Round at Wimbledon

At the end of one of the strangest days at Wimbledon in recent memory, which saw seven players retire or withdraw and the third-seeded Maria Sharapova lose to a qualifier, the most fitting end was one of the rarest sights of all: Roger Federer losing in the second round of a Grand Slam tournament.

Federer’s remarkable streak of reaching 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals ended Wednesday at the hands of Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, who used old-school serve-and-volley tactics to send the latest shock through Wimbledon with a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5) victory.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/sports/tennis/an-early-wimbledon-exit-for-federer.html?emc=edit_na_20130626




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