Stafhovsky Felt Outnumbered

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 27th June 2013

Stafhovsky Felt Outnumbered

epa03761739 Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine celebrates after winning his second round match against Swiss Roger Federer for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 26 June 2013. EPA/TOM HEVEZI |

Sergiy Stakhovsky admitted that he felt “outnumbered” as he took to the

court against Roger Federer in the Wimbledon second round, but the No. 116

outsider ignored the maths and got on with the biggest upset of his career

as he ended the run of the seven-time champion.

“You’re playing the guy and then you’re playing his legend which is

following him because he won it seven times,” said the Ukrainian who reached

the third round at the grass master’s expense. “He’s holding all possible

career records here, winning matches and everything.

“You’re playing two of them. When you’re beating one, you still have the

other one who is pressing you. You’re saying, Am I about to beat him? Is

it possible?”

Stakhovsky, a colleague of Federer’s on the ATP Player Council, called his

win extraordinary. “Beating Roger here on his court, where he’s a legend, is

I think having definitely a special place in my career.

“Our sport is Roger Federer, here at least I would say. He’s the greatest

player we had. He’s the biggest name we had and we still have, thank god.

And I think as a person he showed us that you don’t have to be really

somewhere else, you can be a decent man achieving a lot of things and still

be a person which everybody admires.”

The winner was in such a daze that he did not know his next round opponent

and was not immediately interested as he absorbed the biggest win of his

career.”

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