Novak Djokovic won his second Wimbledon
title and seventh career major with a 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, (7/4), 5-7, 6-4
victory over Roger Federer on Sunday, shattering the Swiss star’s dream
of a record eighth triumph in an epic struggle, AFP.
Victory allowed the top seeded Serb, who
was also the 2011 champion and runner-up last year, to end a run of
three successive defeats in Grand Slam finals, but the 27-year-old
struggled to get across the finish line, surrendering a 5-2 lead in the
fourth set and then a match point.
Djokovic celebrated victory in typically
eccentric style, kneeling on the Centre Court turf and munching on a few
blades of grass just as he had done three years ago.
Defeat for 32-year-old Federer, who won
the most recent of his 17 Grand Slam titles at the All England Club in
2012, ended his bid to become the oldest Wimbledon champion in the Open
Era and of breaking the tie of seven titles he shares with Pete Sampras.
“First of all I want to congratulate
Roger it was a great match to be a part of he is a magnificent champion
and a great example of a great athlete and a role model. I respect
everything you have done and thanks for letting me win today,” smiled
Djokovic.
“That’s why he has 17 Grand Slams because
at important times he comes up with those shots. After losing the
fourth set it wasn’t easy to go on and win the fifth set, I don’t know
how I did it.”
Djokovic has the added bonus of reclaiming the world No 1 spot from Rafael Nadal.
Federer said he was surpised to have got to a deciding set.
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