Hi, I'm John McEnore and you're listening to the tennis podcast. Hi, my name is Gregor Dmitrof and you're listening to tennis podcast.

Hi, I'm Matt Belander and you're listening to the tennis podcast.

Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on a day when shock waves are pulsing through Melbourne Park.

The Australian open is in exactly that cast for Inwattica shock because Roger Federer is no more at this tournament in 2015.

In the third round he's lost to Andrea Cepi in four sets and man who would not one more than a single set against Roger Federer in their previous 22 sets before today.

But Cepi played gloriously and Roger Federer played anything but.

I'm almost too gutted to speak. There might be moments when you have to fly solo on this emergency podcast.

I know I know we're not allowed really to have personal favourites here.

Or certainly not allowed to admit to them but I think you have to make an exception for Federer because of who he is.

I think he's earned an exception to be made and I have to admit that I am utterly devastated.

Not just for my prediction. Honestly, I'm saying devastated that the fact that my prediction is in ruins is.

And the fact that you're looking so smugly at me right now is entirely secondary. That's how gutted I am.

Yeah, well I mean the wider question is is it because of your prediction that he lies in tatters his hopes of the Australian open in 2015?

Someone's putting that question to him in the press conference as we speak. I'm sure.

Yeah, well I've just been in his press conference actually. I mean the just of what he set out in there is that he just couldn't get it going.

Now he was very sporting. He gave credit to André Serpie. He did admit he found the shadow a little bit difficult.

It was coming across the cause. He admitted that was the same for both players obviously.

And there was that extraordinary passing shot on match point that Cepi hit.

I mean it was one of those where time stood still as the ball just floated around the outstretched racket of Roger Federer.

And there was a question just now in the press conference. Did you leave it Roger Federer?

And he sort of said the way he hit it he didn't really feel that he could that it was sensible to go for it because how could it possibly go in?

Well it did go in.

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