I’ll be back, vows beaten Fed

Roger Federer insists he is still capable of winning a record eighth Wimbledon title despite suffering a shock second round defeat to world number 116 Sergiy Stakhovsky.

I’ll be back, vows beaten Fed

Centre Court witnessed one of the greatest upsets of all time last night as Federer lost 6-7 (5/7) 7-6 (7/5) 7-5 7-6 (7/5) to the unseeded Ukrainian, who has only made the second round at SW19 once before.

The defeat brought to an end Federer’s incredible run of 36 consecutive appearances in grand slam quarter-finals.

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