Roger Federer's second-round exit in the 2013 Wimbledon Open might be the most shocking news in the grass-court tourney so far--perhaps even more mind-boggling than Rafael Nadal's straight set loss to Steve Darcis on the opening day of competition at All-England Club.
With Federer's surprising fall, many hearts were also broken to see the Swiss Maestro packing up his bag so early in the grass court tourney.
Federer, who won seven championships on the iconic lawn of Wimbledon, had never been beaten earlier than the quarterfinal round of a majors event 32 straight times - that's about nine years of Grand Slam excellence - until Wednesday at the hands of an unknown Ukrainian netter, Serhiy Stakhovsky.
The upset certainly left die-hard tennis fans and analysts scratching their heads asking: Why did they not see this coming? Apparently, Stakhovsky's victory is unbelievable enough that Federer's fans are directing the blame to Wimbledon organizers. Why?
Hours before Federer's second-round match, Wimbledon organizers ordered Federer not to wear his Nike Zoom Vapor Tour 9 Sneakers. Wimbledon is implementing an all-white dress code and the orange-colored sole of the shoe certainly caught their attention.
So out went the stylish shoe and in came the all-white sneaker, while the succeeding sequences were history. Federer bowed out, Stakhovsky recorded the biggest win of his career, and Roger's fans got mad.
#bbcwimbledon shoe manufactures are to blame for the players slipping. If @rogerfederer wore his orange trainers he'd still be in the comp
— Oli Bowling (@Bowlasaur) June 27, 2013
Roger Federer ticked off as the sole on his shoe breaks #wimbledon dress code - not like there's anything else in the world to worry about! — Will Cope (@willcope) June 26, 2013
Wimbledon asks Federer to switch up shoes https://t.co/1oB9PGnetW so he can hurt himself like everybody in the tournament is.
— Maro Ball-o-telli (@aht4005) June 26, 2013
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