Federer crashes out of Wimbledon with loss to Hurkacz

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Roger Federer crashes out of Wimbledon with historic loss to Hubert Hurkacz

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 7, 2021 1:47 PM ET

Roger Federer's historic run at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships ended with a loss for the record books he won't reflect kindly on when he calls time on his iconic career.

Federer's bid for a ninth Wimbledon title came to a crashing halt Wednesday when he fell to Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 6-7 (4-7), 0-6 in the quarterfinal round. According to the ATP Tour, it's the first time Federer ever lost a set 6-0 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

And they say to never meet your heroes…@HubertHurkacz knocks out his idol, eight-time champion Roger Federer, in straight sets to advance to his first Grand Slam semi-final#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/Qri1uriPDF
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 7, 2021

The living legend, who shares the men's record of 20 career Grand Slams with Rafael Nadal, turns 40 years old next month and looked to be battling Father Time as he was dominated by Hurkacz in the match's final set. Some fans watching in-person clamored for Federer to return for next year's tournament.

Roger Federer crashes out of #Wimbledon with one of his poorest performances here, falling 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-0 to Hubert Hurkacz in the quarterfinals.

Federer turns 40 next month.

As he exited, some fans chanted “One more year! One more year!” pic.twitter.com/eIerHMee5y
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) July 7, 2021

An ovation for 22 years of memories

It's been a pleasure as always, @rogerfederer #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/GvsOenp68C
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 7, 2021

Injury was added to the insult of Federer's crushing defeat earlier in the day when, per ESPN, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic smashed Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to book a semifinal clash with Denis Shapovalov. Djokovic will enter that contest on 19 career Slams, one behind Federer and Nadal.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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