INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Guillermo Canas snapped Roger Federer's 41-match winning streak yesterday, beating the world's top player, 7-5, 6-2, in the third round of the Pacific Life Open.

"It was just a normal loss, like I've had about 100 times on tour," Federer said. "That's normal to tennis. I have no problems. He played very well."

Federer had arrived at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden having won seven consecutive tournaments and was considered an odds-on favorite to break the record of 47 straight matches won by Guillermo Vilas of Argentina 30 years ago.

"It's no pressure at all because I take it match by match," Federer said of the streak. "You guys think it takes a win to break the record."

Canas, an Argentine who got into the tournament as a "lucky loser" from qualifying when Xavier Malisse withdrew, played more like a man who once was No. 8 in the world.