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US Open: Injured Roger Federer ousted by unseeded Grigor Dimitrov in five
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Roger Federer took a medical timeout before fifth set and didn't play like himself in the 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 loss to unseeded Grigor Dimitrov.
he Bulgarian, once No. 3 in the world and now ranked 78th, is nicknamed "Baby Fed" because of his one-handed backhand and deft touch.
And now, Baby Fed will play in his first US Open semifinal.
"For sure at the end he was not 100 percent of himself," Dimitrov said of Federer.
The result was even more remarkable in view of Dimitrov’s travails this year; he missed almost two months with an injured shoulder and when he returned to the tour, he was a shell of himself, and had lost seven of his eight previous matches coming into the Open. One of the losses was to the 405th-ranked player in the world.