Federer stunned by super Berdych

Wimbledon Championships
Venue: All England Club, London Date: 21 June - 4 July
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Federer was bidding to reach his 26th Grand semi-final

By David Ornstein BBC Sport at Wimbledon

Six-time champion Roger Federer saw his defence of the Wimbledon title come to a shock end as he was stunned in four sets by Czech 12th seed Tomas Berdych.

The Swiss top seed was beaten 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4 to give 24-year-old Berdych the biggest victory of his career.

Federer had not lost before the final at SW19 since 2002 and was bidding to win a record-equalling seventh title.

But Berdych gave a performance of the very highest order to set up a semi-final meeting with Novak Djokovic.

"It's really tough to explain how I'm feeling, it's unbelievable," Berdych told BBC Sport after leaving Centre Court to a standing ovation.

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"To play on this stadium against a player as great as Roger and to be standing here as the winner is absolutely amazing.

"This was the toughest match of my career to close out, it's a big step forward and I'm so happy.

"Right now it's really tough to think about my next match - I just want a few minutes and hours to enjoy this. Then I have to get ready and prepare for my next opponent."

Berdych becomes the first Czech man to reach the last four of Wimbledon since Ivan Lendl in 1990 and he fully deserves to be there following this history triumph.

Having beaten Andy Murray on route to his first Grand Slam semi-final at this year's French Open and now dispensed with arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, the 6ft 5ins right-hander is building quite some reputation.

The result will see Federer drop number three in the world rankings for the first time since November 2003 and he must now regroup before launching his bid to reclaim the US Open title he lost to Juan Martin del Potro in September 2009.

"I don't think I played poorly but he went after it," said the 29-year-old current world number two. "I was not able to defend well enough and I didn't come up with the good stuff when I had to."

More to follow.

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