"I didn't want to let it bounce," he said. "It's a tough shot to hit. I mean, I guess at 1-0, 15-love in the first set, that's not a problem. But it was tough. It was getting into the night. It kind of made it a bit tricky, and I messed it up."
Canas then closed out the win with a 200kph service winner. That made Federer 0-2 against Canas this year and 14-0 against everyone else.
Next month the tour moves to clay -- Canas' best surface and Federer's worst. How will Federer shake the slump?
"I'm not going to play him every week, so it doesn't matter," Federer said.
Taiwanese surge ahead
Taiwanese tennis players Chan Yung-jan (
After handily beating their opponents 6-3, 6-0 in the first round, Tuesday's match went down to a tie-breaking final third set, ending in a 6-3, 4-6, (10-5) victory for the Taiwanese pair.
The win sets them up for a quarter-final match against Chinese duo Li Na (李娜) and Zheng Jie (鄭潔).
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