Roger Federer's dream of winning a record-equalling ninth Wimbledon title ended with a heart-breaking 6-3 7-6 (4) 6-0 quarter-final defeat by Poland's Hubert Hurkacz on Wednesday.

But the 24-year-old Hurkacz, seeded 14th, looked a completely different player when the match restarted under the closed roof of Centre Court, triumphing 2-6 7-6 (2) 3-6 6-3 6-3.

For context, the 20-time Grand Slam champion played his final match on Centre Court in 2021 against Hubert Hurkacz (6-3, 7-6, 6-0). An eight-time winner, he achieved an impressive streak of five ...

What turned out to be the last match of Federer's professional career came at Wimbledon in 2021, when he lost in the quarterfinals to Hubert Hurkacz. It wasn't until more than a year later that ...

WIMBLEDON, England — Hubert Hurkacz was 6 years old when Roger Federer won his first Wimbledon title. On Wednesday, at the age of 24, Hurkacz will try to foil Federer’s latest attempt at ...

But it was special. Federer hasn't played on Wimbledon grass since his quarter-final loss to Hubert Hurkacz in 2021. That match turned out to be the last of his legendary career.

But before that Laver Cup farewell, Federer’s final singles match was a hugely dispiriting defeat to Hurkacz in the Wimbledon quarterfinal more than a year earlier — which included the only 6 ...

World No.2 Medvedev was leading Hurkacz by two sets to one on Monday with the fourth set on serve when play was cancelled for the day because of rain after the players had spent two hours and 25 ...