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Watch: Federer Sees Both Sides Of Loss

Sometimes, even the Maestro can strike off-key at critical moments.

Sifting through his emotions after suffering his first Wimbledon semifinal losses in 11 appearances, Roger Federer said he contributed to his own demise, but credited Milos Raonic for rising up in a thrilling five-set victory.

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"It goes both ways. I feel like I lost it and he won it for sure," Federer told the media afterward. "He played on top of the line when he had to. He fought. He believed, like I did against Cilic. These things sometimes, you know what I mean, don't go your way.

"If he blinks the wrong time, if I connect the right way on a 130 serve, it happens so fast that you connect well... Things change, we're doing a different press conference. But credit to him for hanging in there."

Serving at 5-6 to force a fourth-set tie break, Federer quandered a 40-0 lead hitting successive double faults as he dropped serve and the fourth set.

Federer, who had served 27 aces without a double fault in his five-set quarterfinal comeback win over Marin Cilic, called the double fault lapse "unexplainable."

"I don't know. Something went wrong," Federer said. "I don't know. I can't believe I served a double fault twice. Unexplainable for me really, yeah. Very sad about that and angry at myself because never should I allow him to get out of that set that easily."

"I mean, he deserved it. He earned it at the end. But I helped him so much to get back into that game. I would like to see a breaker because I was the better player for the set. Then, you know, I know he's great in breakers and all that, it was always going to be tough. But I would have liked to see him scramble more than that."

The 34-year-old Swiss, who underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in February, twice took treatment for knee issues today, including after stumbling and falling to the grass in the fifth set.

Federer said he believes he will be fine after the fall.

"Just I hope I didn't hurt myself," Federer said. "Then (I'm wondering), is it a three day thing, is it a 24 hour thing or is it more? I don't know at this point. I hope it's not so bad. I walked it off. I was able to finish. But I don't slip a lot. I don't ever fall down. It was a different fall for me than I've ever had.

"With the body that's been, you know, playing up this year, I just hope I'm going to be fine. I believe I am, but I'll know more tomorrow when I wake up."

Photo credit: Stephen White/CameraSport

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