Federer lost to the 42nd racket of the world from Georgia

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer lost to Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili in the quarterfinals of the ATP-250 tournament in Doha (Qatar). The correspondent of “Lenta.ru” informs about it.

The meeting took place on Thursday 11 March and lasted 1 hour 52 minutes. The representative of Georgia won in three sets (3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 5). Federer filed 12 times and converted one break point. Basilashvili made the same number of aces and took three games on the opponent's serve.

For reaching the finals of the competition, the 42nd racket of the world, Basilashvili will compete with the American Taylor Fritz, who is in the 33rd place in the world ranking.