Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts during the men's singles second round match against Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain at Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai, China, Oct. 13, 2015. Federer lost the match 1-2. (Xinhua/Fan Jun)
SHANGHAI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas stunned Swiss star Roger Federer in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters after beating the second seed 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3 on Tuesday.
Going into the contest, the No.70-ranked Ramos-Vinolas was 0-15 against top 10 players and had won just two sets. But the 27-year-old Spaniard played fearless tennis as he shocked the defending Shanghai champion Federer in just over two hours.
Federer failed to convert two break points in Ramos-Vinolas' opening service game and would rue his missed opportunity as Ramos-Vinolas went on to sneak the first set in the ensuing tiebreak.
The Swiss hit back strongly in the second set, breaking in the fifth and seventh games to level the match, but could not carry his momentum into the deciding set. Ramos-Vinolas earned a crucial break in the eighth game and went on to take the victory.
Ramos-Vinolas goes on to challenge Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Victor Estrella Burgos from the Dominican Republic for a place in the quarterfinals.
