Federer numbed by sensational Tsonga

ROGER FEDERER was waiting for the pain he normally associates with defeat to kick in last night as he left Wimbledon but it didn’t come.

Beaten by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals, and with one of his most remarkable runs brought to a crushing end, Federer was numbed by defeat but the distress which has accompanied previous losses on Centre Court was strangely absent.

Federer put it down to the performance of Tsonga, who became the first man Federer had lost to in a grand slam from a two-set start.