Federer, Tsonga, Sharapova and Azarenka out of Wimbledon

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Defending champion and third seeded Roger Federer was stunned by world number 116 Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky when he was beaten 7-6 6-7 5-7 7-6.

Stakhovsky who has never reached the third round at the All England Club was unstoppable at the serve with 17 aces and 83 out of 109 points won at 1st serve. The Ukrainian also won an incredible 61 from 96 Net points.

Federer's loss means that the 17-time Grand Slam champion will slip to number five for the first time since 2002 below Ferrer and Nadal and might see himself as 6th seed shall Tomas Berdych reach the final, it also means that his record of 36 consecutive quarterfinals in Grand Slam tournaments had come to an end.

In another upset, former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova took an early exit after losing to qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito 6-3 6-4.

Also on the same day, Victoria Azarenka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Cilic, Radek Stepanek, Steve Darcis, and John Isner were all forced to retire due to injuries.