Federer shocked in Toronto

9:41am Thursday 24th July 2008

World number one Roger Federer exited the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Wednesday, while Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal continued his remarkable run.

Top seed Federer opened play and all appeared normal early on but unseeded Frenchman Gilles Simon turned things around for a stunning 2-6 7-5 6-4 triumph.

Nadal, meanwhile, claimed a comfortable 6-4 6-2 victory over American qualifier Jesse Levine.

In other matches, fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko defeated Tommy Haas 6-3 7-6 (8/6) and fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer moved into the third round with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Robby Ginepri.

James Blake was also a winner as the number seven seed bounced back from a slow start to post a 1-6 6-1 6-2 triumph over Jonas Bjorkman, but 12th-seeded Tommy Robredo was defeated by Marin Cilic 6-3 6-4.

Stanislas Wawrinka, the world number 10, was a 6-3 6-4 second-round winner over Russia's former world number one Marat Safin, who had earlier had to complete a first-round match with Sam Querry which had been suspended on Tuesday due to rain.

Richard Gasquet, Igor Andreev, Robin Soderling, Dimitry Tursunov, Jose Acasuso and Nicolas Kiefer all progressed on Wednesday.

Defending champion and third seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia moved through to the third round on Tuesday, as did sixth-seeded American Andy Roddick.

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