Roger Federer said he was “happy the match was over” after playing in “uncomfortable” conditions during his shock fourth round US Open defeat.

The 37-year-old Swiss – a five-time champion at Flushing Meadows – was beaten 3-6 7-5 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-3) by world number 55 John Millman.

Their match finished just before 01:00 local time but temperatures still hit 30C with high humidity levels.

“I felt I couldn’t get air. There was no circulation at all,” Federer said.

“It’s uncomfortable. Clearly you just keep on sweating more and more and more and more as the match goes on. You lose energy as it goes by.

“At some point also I was just happy that the match was over, I guess.”

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Tournament organisers kept the roof – which was completed in 2016 – on the Arthur Ashe Stadium open on Monday, but world number two Federer believes its installation has reduced air circulation on the court.

“I think just that makes it a totally different US Open,” said the 20-time Grand Slam champion.

“Plus conditions maybe were playing slower this year on top of it. You have soaking wet pants, soaking wet everything. The balls are in there, too. You try to play. Everything gets slower as you try to hit winners.”

Federer’s defeat to Australian Millman marked the first time he has lost to a player ranked outside of the top 50 at the US Open.

Brisbane-born Millman said he “felt like a deer in the headlights to begin with” and had also struggled in the heat, calling the tournament conditions “pretty brutal”.

“I’m not usually much of a sweater. I mean, I was dripping,” said the 29-year-old. “The conditions for the majority of this tournament have been pretty brutal.

“I found it pretty tough early on to hold onto the racquet. It’s kind of moving around in your hands.”

‘Roger is my hero’

Millman – the only unseeded player left in the last eight of the men’s draw – will play two-time champion Novak Djokovic in his first Grand Slam quarter-final on Wednesday.

He admitted to feeling “a bit guilty” after beating Federer, who he described as his “hero”.

“I always was of the opinion that I was in the fourth round for a reason. I’ve never played anyone’s reputation,” said Millman.

“I felt a little bit guilty today because he didn’t have his best day, and that’s for sure.

“I have so much respect for him, what he’s done for the game.”

Millman lost in straight sets to Djokovic at Queen’s in June, but said he has “the belief” he can defeat the Serb in New York on Wednesday.

“I’ll have to improve a lot on the last time I played him. He’s an incredible player. I think he’s in some really good form right now, too,” he said.

“But why not? I think it’s a disservice to who I am if I go out there and don’t have that belief.”

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Andy Murray says he did not want to “let his country down” after deciding not to play Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie in Glasgow next week.

The 31-year-old Scot will instead continue his rehabilitation following hip surgery in January.

With the Davis Cup format changing, it could have been his last chance to play competitively in Scotland.

“I found this decision emotionally challenging,” the former world number one posted on social media.

“Having been born in Glasgow and growing up in Scotland I would never have imagined I would see such passionate fans packing out stadiums for tennis matches.”

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Murray, who helped Britain win the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years in 2015, has only played seven tournaments since returning to competitive action in June, with his Grand Slam comeback ending in the second round of the US Open last week.

The three-time major champion says he spoke to British captain Leon Smith about only playing in the doubles before deciding his best long-term option was to miss the World Group play-off against Uzbekistan.

Instead, he will continue with rehabilitation work away from the court.

“Having been recommended to take a couple of weeks off hitting to continue my reconditioning, I didn’t want to just show up not ready to perform to a high enough standard and ultimately let my team-mates and country down,” Murray said.

“With this possibly being my last chance to compete in Scotland as a professional I really wanted to be there with the team.”

Kyle Edmund, the British number one, also misses out on next week’s tie, but Dan Evans, Cameron Norrie and Jay Clarke are included.

Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot, specialist doubles players, have also been picked for the World Group play-off tie, which starts on 14 September.

A first-round loss to Spain in February means Great Britain are featuring in the play-offs for the first time since joining the top-level World Group in 2014.

The format of the tournament is changing next year – it is turning into a season-ending 18-team event – so this tie will no longer determine a relegation.

Maria Sharapova says being a teenager with “a few hundred dollars” and “no sense of the future” was the toughest period of her career – not losing in the US Open last 16.

The five-time Grand Slam champion has not gone past the quarter-finals in her five major appearances since returning from a doping ban in 2017.

The Russian, 31, lost to Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro in New York on Monday.

“I think I’ve done plenty in my career,” said Sharapova.

“[I’ve] established a lot for myself personally, professionally.”

Sharapova became a household name when she won the 2004 Wimbledon title as a 17-year-old, going on to claim a career Grand Slam with victories at the Australian Open, French Open and US Open over the next 10 years.

The former world number one slid down the rankings after being given a 15-month doping ban for using meldonium.

She tested positive for the banned substance, which is used to control heart disease-related conditions, at the 2016 Australian Open, but has always denied cheating.

Since returning to Grand Slam action at last year’s US Open, she has climbed to 22nd in the rankings and reached one quarter-final at Roland Garros in June.

Asked if Monday’s defeat represented the most challenging period of her career, Sharapova – who left Russia for the United States with her father as a seven-year-old – said: “What’s challenging is when you’re a teenager and you have a few hundred dollars and you’ve got no sense of the future.

“You don’t know where you’re going to end up. You just have a dream.

“That’s a lot tougher than being 31 years old and having the opportunity to do whatever I want in my life.”

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‘I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I could win again’

After losing to 30th seed Suarez Navarro 6-4 6-3, Sharapova added she would not still be playing if she did not believe she could challenge for Grand Slam titles again.

“If you don’t have belief, it’s your choice to not continue that,” she said.

“If I didn’t have the belief to keep doing this and to keep having the motivation and the grind of doing this every day in order to get myself in these positions, I don’t think I would be here.

“The belief is not something that I’m eager to show everybody else.

“The belief matters most when it’s internal and when you have a passion for something.”

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Roger Federer has been knocked out of the US Open in the fourth round by world number 55 John Millman.

The 37-year-old Swiss had prioritised winning a sixth title at Flushing Meadows but was beaten 3-6 7-5 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-3) in three hours 38 minutes.

It is the first time Federer has lost to a player ranked outside of the top 50 at the US Open.

Australian Millman will play two-time champion Novak Djokovic in his first Grand Slam quarter-final on Wednesday,

Second seed Federer, bidding for a record-extending 21st Grand Slam, missed set points in the second and third sets before capitulating in the fourth-set tie-break.

Millman, 29, had never beaten a top-10 player before but suddenly found himself with five match points against arguably the greatest male player of all-time.

After Federer rallied to save two of the them, Millman completed victory at almost 01:00 local time in New York when the out-of-sorts Swiss lumped a forehand long.

It was Federer’s first defeat in 41 matches at the US Open against a player ranked outside the top 50.

Warning signs were clear for Federer

After not dropping a set in his opening three matches, Federer looked on his way to another controlled victory when he eased the opener in 33 minutes.

However, the warning signs were clear from the start of the second set.

Federer’s reliable serve has been the bedrock of his game over the years but an uncharacteristically erratic display allowed Millman to fight back and earn a memorable win.

The world number two produced a contender for one of the ugliest service games of his career, unable to find his timing as he landed just six of his 24 first serves in a 14-minute second game.

He somehow managed to hold after fighting off seven break points, before breaking Millman’s serve himself to lead 3-2.

But, with his first serve percentage down at 31%, Federer still looked uncomfortable.

He blew two set points when serving at 5-4 and a double fault at break point gifted Millman the game and the Australian broke again as he won four games in a row to level the match.

Willed on by a supportive crowd on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Federer managed to steady his service game in a tight third set and missed a set point in the tie-breaker when Millman hit an outrageous 100mph second serve down the middle.

The Australian wasted one of his own with a long return as Federer battled to stay in the set, only to take his second chance and leave Federer facing an uphill task.

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Britain’s Jamie Murray and his Brazilian partner Bruno Soares reached the men’s doubles quarter-finals at the US Open without dropping a set in three matches.

The fourth seeds, who won the title in 2016, beat Dutchmen Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop 7-6 (7-4) 6-4.

They face unseeded Radu Albot of Moldova and Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri in the last eight.

Murray is back on court later in the day for a mixed doubles quarter-final.

He and American partner Bethanie Mattek Sands take on Nadiia Kichenok and Wesley Koolhof.

Fellow Briton Dom Inglot and Croatian partner Franko Skugor saw their run in the competition ended by American third seeds Jack Sock and Mike Bryan, who won 6-2 6-4.

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Last year’s runner-up Madison Keys is through to the quarter-finals of the US Open after she defeated 29th seed Dominika Cibulkova 6-1 6-3.

American 14th seed Keys broke twice in the first set and again on Cibulkova’s first game in the second.

She dropped serve shortly afterwards but broke back twice to win in one hour and 16 minutes on Arthur Ashe.

Keys will face the winner in the match between Maria Sharapova and Carla Suarez Navarro in the quarter-final.

She said: “I am glad I got the win and can come out here again for another match. It’s always easier to be more energised when the person on the other side of the net is more energised than you can possibly be.

“She’s a good player and has done a lot in her career. It was about having to focus on first serves and waiting for the right ball. I had to move my feet and used the crowd in those tight moments.”

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