Men's Tennis saw Federer go out

Kitajima Liu Swim in world mark and starfame in the east

By Daniel Eriksson
14 August 2008 @ 07:17 pm EDT

Olympic swimmer Kosuke Kitajima of Japan and Liu Zige performed in the Water Cube in Beijing on Thursday.


Kosuke Kitajima
Japan`s Kosuke Kitajima swims to win the gold medal in th men`s 200-meter breaststroke final during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Kitajima swept the breastroke for the second straight Olympics by winning the 200 in two minutes 7.64 seconds.

China rejoiced as Liu won the 200 butterfly, taking the host countries first Olympic gold medal, pushing the world mark to 2:04:18.

"I didn't expect that I could swim so fast," Liu said. "I've only improved in the last year."

Federer is battling a yearlong numbness that has kept him at 12 grand slam titles.

2 after Peter Sampras record.

The pressure took Federer who will see Nadal take the number ranking on Monday.

James Blake won Federer for the first time, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2).

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