Federer Bounced by Berdych From Wimbledon
The King of Wimbledon is perhaps no more. Roger Federer was looking to equal Pete Sampras’ record of seven Wimbledon titles as he started his 2010 campaign.
After seeing his amazing record of 23 consecutive semi-final appearance end at the French Open Federer was also looking to get back into a grand slam semi.
Tomas Berdych was also looking for milestones of his own. He is yet to reach a grand slam final and after going close at the French Open he is ready for the next step.
Federer has been lucky to even reach this stage of the tournament after avoiding an embarrassing first round defeat. He had looked a bit better in recent matches but today was not to be the one for him.
Berdych was too good on the day and defeated Federer 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to make Federer wait another year to have a shot at Pete’s record.
Federer mentioned back and leg problems after the match so who knows how much difference that made. Berdych is riding a new wave of confidence after his semi final effort at Roland Garros. Who knows how far he can go.
For Federer is the grand slam run over? Will he ever add to his already record haul of titles? Some are writing him off already. That was done before and he came back to win again.
In the other quarter finals we saw Novak Djokovic easily account for Lu Yen-Hsun, Nadal defeated Soderling and Andy Murray overcame Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
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