Roger Federer was upset by Kevin Anderson in the second-longest Grand Slam match of his career, squandering a two-set lead and a match point and losing 6-2, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-6, 13-11.
The top seed Federer, an eight-time Wimbledon champion, lost at the All England Club for the first time since the 2016 semifinals. It looked like Federer had the match all but won after two hours when he had a match point on No. 8 seed’s Anderson’s serve.
But the 6-foot-8 South African rose to the occasion, then snapped Federer’s record-tying streak of 34 straight Wimbledon sets won dating to 2016.