Federer Woes Continue With 2nd Round Loss

Roger Federer, in 1st match since Wimbledon loss, knocked out by Gilles Simon at Rogers Cup Top-ranked Roger Federer was knocked out of the Rogers Cup with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 loss to France's Gilles Simon in a second-round match Wednesday night. Roger Federer, of Switzerland, hits a backhand against Gilles Simon, of France, in Rogers Cup Tennis action in Toronto, Ontario, on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. (P Photo/The Canadian Press,Frank Gunn) Federer, who won the tournament in 2004 and '06, was playing his first match since losing the Wimbeldon final in five sets to Spain's Rafael Nadal. "That's just unbelievable for me to win against him," Simon said. Federer, who became the first top seed to lose in his first match here since Lleyton Hewitt in 2002, finished second here last year to Serbia's Novak Djokovic. "The problem was my... [read full story]