5 shocking defeats suffered by Roger Federer in 2018

#2 Kevin Anderson, Wimbledon

Kevin Anderson

Federer had breezed through the initial rounds of Wimbledon 2018 to set up a quarterfinal contest with Kevin Anderson. He got into his groove early and destroyed Anderson in the first set, getting a couple of breaks to win it 6-2.

The second set proved to be a confidence-booster for the South African, who took a two-nil lead. Although Federer broke right back and clinched the set in the tiebreaker, that was the slight momentum shift Anderson needed.

In the third set Anderson, after saving a match point in the 10th game, broke serve in the next. Federer applied intense pressure in Game 12 as he returned to stay in the set, going 0-40 up, but Anderson handled the situation calmly to take the set.

He took the fourth set as well, yet again saving a break point while serving for the set to win it 6-4.

In a marathon fifth set both the players held serve quite comfortably for a long time, except when Federer had a break point at 4-3. Finally, in the 23rd game, Anderson broke serve. He then confidently served out the match to inflict heartbreak upon Team Roger Federer.