5 shocking defeats suffered by Roger Federer in 2018

#1 John Millman, US Open

John Millman

Much like at Wimbledon, Federer looked very good in the initial rounds of this year's US Open. That was until his pre-quarterfinal clash with John Millman.

He won the first set quite easily after getting a break off his opponent's very first service game and subsequently holding on to his serve. He went into the lead in the second set as well, breaking serve in game 5; the fact that his serve was under fire in the second game of the set seemed to have been forgotten.

However, while serving for the set at 5-4, he conceded the break back. Millman made him pay, taking the next two games as well to bag the set.

The third set was played on serve, but in the tiebreak the Australian won 9-7 after saving a set point.

Federer looked like he would stage a comeback when he went 4-2 up in the fourth, but Millman broke back to set up yet another tiebreaker. This time he won it more easily, by the score of 7-3, to stop Federer from a chance to get Grand Slam No. 21 in 2018.