David Kirkpatrick

June 1, 2010

Roger Federer failed to reach the semifinals …

Filed under: Sports — Tags: , , , , , — David Kirkpatrick @ 6:54 pm

…. of a Grand Slam event for the first time since the 2004 French Open where he lost in the third round. That’s a streak of 23 straight Grand Slam semis or better performances.

He was beaten by Robin Soderling today, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

Federer was philosophical about the loss and the end of his amazing Grand Slam streak,.”It was a great run. Now I’ve got the quarterfinal streak going, I guess,” Federer said with a smile.