US Open: Federer is out

The 38-year-old Swiss lost to former ATP champion Grigor Dimitrov 6:3, 4:6, 6:3, 4:6, 2:6 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York late on Tuesday evening (local time). In the eighth duel with the Bulgarian, the 20-time Grand Slam winner suffered his first defeat.

Afterwards, Federer said that he had been bothered by upper back pain throughout the match, but did not want to blame his elimination on that. “It's part of it, I had my chances. Grigor did well too,” said the Wimbledon finalist: “It’s a disappointment, that’s clear. Of course the chance would have been greater if I had felt better.”

Federer revealed weaknesses, especially when it came to break opportunities. © AP / Seth Wenig

“I'm just happy,” said Dimitrov in the court interview: “I was a bit nervous in the first set, Roger served very well. I just told myself: stay in the match. I felt very good physically, but in the end Roger wasn’t 100 percent himself.” Federer initially confident, but then... After Federer's confident first set, Dimitrov, who was set back by injuries and form crises after his victory at the 2017 ATP Finals, became stronger and stronger. Federer, on the other hand, made 60 unforced errors and was weak in his break chances. He only used four of 14 opportunities to take Dimitrov's serve.

Favored by Federer's mistakes, a game developed at eye level. After a medical time-out, the Swiss conceded two breaks at the start of the deciding set to make it 0:4. After 3:12 hours, Dimitrov converted his first match point at 23.46:XNUMX p.m. local time.

The world number 78. is the worst ranked player in a Grand Slam semi-final since Rainer Schüttler, who reached the top four at Wimbledon in 2008 as number 94 in the world. The last time a semi-finalist had a lower ranking was at the US Open in 1991, Jimmy Connors (number 174).

In his third major semi-final, Dimitrov will now face the up-and-coming Russian Daniil Medvedev. The world number five defeated Stan Wawrinka, who won in New York in 2016, after a tough fight 7:6 (8:6), 6:3, 3:6, 6:1 and reached his first Grand Slam semi-final. Level.

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US Open: Federer is out

Grand Slam record winner Roger Federer was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the US Open after a five-set thriller.