Roger Federer suffers early exit in Dubai
Eighteen-time grand slam champion Roger Federer is out of the Dubai Duty Free Championships after suffering a second-round loss to Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy on Wednesday.
Swiss ace Federer won January’s Australian Open but was beaten 3-6 7-6 (9/7) 7-6 (7/5) by world number 116 Donskoy in two hours and two minutes.
The shock defeat came after world number one Andy Murray cruised through to the third round with a 6-2 6-0 win over Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Roger Federer of Switzerland gestures after losing to Evgeny Donskoy (Kamran Jebreili/AP)
Federer appeared to be cruising in winning the first set in 24 minutes but Donskoy overturned three match points in the second set.
And Federer relinquished a 5-1 lead in the third set tie-break to exit.
