Safin dumps Djokovic

Former world number one Marat Safin sent third seed Novak Djok-ovic crashing out of Wimb-ledon on Wednesday while Serbian compatriot Ana Ivanovic narrowly escaped the same All England Club black hole.
Safin, a US Open and Australian Open champion during his glory days before a slump sent his career into freefall, stunned the 21-year-old world number three 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 with a magical Centre Court display.
Over on Court One, women's top seed Ivanovic, buoyed by her breakthrough French Open triumph, had to save two match points to see off France's experienced Nathalie Dechy 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/3), 10-8.
There were no such dramas for five-time men's champion Roger Federer who eased into the last 32 with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) win over Robin Soderling.
It was the world number one's seventh win in seven meetings with the 23-year-old Swede and the comfortable manner of his victory would have been aided by having seen dangerman Djokovic removed from his side of the draw.
Reigning Australian Open Djokovic, who had reached the third round at least in his last nine Grand Slam appearances and was runner-up to Rafael Nadal at Queen's two weeks ago, sent down 10 double faults and 28 unforced errors.
"It was a very bad day for me. I didn't do anything I was supposed to do. I made too many mistakes and had no momentum," said the 21-year-old Djokovic, a semi-finalist here last year.
Safin, struggling at 75 in the world, said the win came at the right time for him.
Safin goes on to face Italian 29th seed Andreas Seppi for a place in the last 16.
Djokovic was almost joined on the scrapheap by world number one Ivanovic who saw off 29-year-old Dechy in a three-and-a-half-hour thriller and will now face China's Zheng Jie for a place in the fourth round.
Ivanovic admitted that she was fortunate to escape after a lucky netcord on the second match point in the 10th game of the second set saw the ball flop onto Dechy's side of the net.
Former double champion Serena Williams moved on with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Polish teenager Urszula Radwanska and will next face 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo of France.
Australia's 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt saw off Spain's Albert Montanes 7-6 (7/4), 6-0, 6-2 and will face Italy's Simone Bolelli who put out Chilean 15th seed Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 (10/8), 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, 7-6 (7/4).
Cypriot 10th seed Marcos Baghdatis, a semi-finalist in 2006, made the third round with a straight sets win over Sweden's Thomas Johansson.