London | For two decades, Roger Federer has reserved his most elegant strokes for Wimbledon’s Centre Court, where he has won a record eight men’s championships.
On Wednesday, facing an unlikely quarter-finalist in 14th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, Federer played as if unsettled and on unfamiliar ground, netting multiple forehands, losing his footing on a critical tiebreaker point and sending an uncharacteristic number of groundstrokes wide of the mark.
