Surprising exit for Federer at the Australian Open

You wouldn't necessarily have expected that, not even Roger Federer. He was correspondingly dismayed by the outcome of the match. Roger Federer, who has returned to absolute top form since his small slump two years ago, had arrived at the first of the four Grand Slams of the year with certain expectations and so far everything was going according to plan. The third round is generally no hurdle for Roger Federer, but a surprising number of mistakes in the first two sets put him under a lot of pressure. South Tyrolean Andreas Seppi, currently ranked 46 in the ATP world rankings, surprised Federer with impressive passing shots and a high level of performance consistency. It was very close at the end, Roger Federer had been able to win the third set after losing the first two and was even able to advance in the fourth set towards the end and in the tie-break, but the tennis god probably just wanted it to be different today. The decisive bit of luck, especially in the fourth set, had been missing, which is why the current number 2 of the ATP tennis world surprisingly dropped out of the tournament. A hard blow for him and all Roger Federer fans.