OUT FROM WIMBLEDON 2013
Roger suffered his earliest defeat at Wimbledon since losing in the
first round in 2002 today. He lost his second-round match against
Sergej Stakhovsky 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 5-7, 6-7(5).
"It's normal that after all of a sudden losing early, having being in
Grand Slam quarter-finals 36 times, people feel it's different. But I
still have plans to play for many more years to come," Roger said.
Roger started well and secured the first set in the tie-break. But
Stakhovsky went on to take the second set tie-break to level. Not being
able to score a break himself, our champ was broken in set three -
enough for his opponent to finally take a lead in sets. Roger fell back
another break in the fourth set, but this time he managed to level at
3-3. Unfortunately he did not make the points in the final tie-break,
falling back 2-5 and eventually admitting defeat after just three hours
of play.
It was Roger's first defeat by a player ranked outside
the top 100 since losing to Richard Gasquet (ranked at 101) in Monte
Carlo in 2005. He will now fall back to at least number 5 in the world
rankings.
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