Several weeks ago when Roger Federer broke Jimmy Connors' 30-year record of consecutive weeks as the number one player in the world, I wondered if anyone was able to beat the Swiss champion.
Apparently there is. His name is Guillermo Canas, and for the second time within two weeks, the Argentine player upset the top-ranked Federer. The first defeat two weeks ago at Indian Wells, Calif., ended Federer's 41-match winning streak. On Tuesday, Canas defeated Federer in the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-6(5).
Canas isn't one of the better known players and is currently ranked 55th in the world, according to the ATP Web site, but he'll go down in tennis history as one of the few players who could beat the world's top-ranked player. Remember his name: Guillermo Canas. It might make a good trivia question someday.
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