Federer never recovered and must wait another year for a chance to equal Pete Sampras' record of seven Wimbledon titles. The third-ranked Swiss lost to Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals last year.
Federer loses to Tsonga in Wimbledon quarterfinals
WIMBLEDON, England
Federer looked to be heading for another routine victory on
Centre Court after dominating the second-set tiebreaker. But the
Frenchman broke once in each set to level the match, and broke
again to start the fifth.
