Tommy Haas has become the lowest-ranked player to beat Roger Federer since World No. 407 Bjorn Phau at the Citi Open in Washington. The 39-year-old German knocked out the top seed of the MercedesCup in the second round on Wednesday, rallying 2-6, 7-6, 6-4. Haas, currently ranked World No. 302, withstood 23 aces, hitting 12 of his own. He saved one match point in the tie-break of the second set, gained his second and decisive break in the third set to prevail in one hour and 54 minutes. “Pretty speechless, ” Haas said on court after the match. “Playing Roger is always very special, especially on grass, especially here in Germany. It’s tough to be put it in words right now. A lot of emotions… Still sort of shocked myself.” Haas is also the oldest player to beat a Top 5 opponent since Jimmy Connors defeated World No. 3 Michael Stich in the second round in Memphis 1992. “At the same time he’s a very close friend of mine so it doesn’t ...
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