Ignoring the increasingly vocal "Roger, Roger" chants from the partisan crowd and the cheers for some of the top seed's double faults, Djokovic surged 6-3 ahead in the tie-break. The Serb trailed the Swiss on first-serve points won, winners made, aces, break points converted, games won and total points won and led him on double faults.īut he won the key points - and none more so than in the final set.Ī diving volley winner at 5-5 and 15-30 prevented Federer establishing two break points, while having let the Swiss take an 8-7 lead with an opportunity to serve for the match, he immediately broke back. Fernandez wins men's wheelchair title as Van Koot & De Groot secure women's doublesĪnyone looking only at the stats for this match would simply not fathom how Djokovic came out on top.Strycova & Hsieh win women's doubles title.The incredible fifth set lasted more than two hours - you could have fitted in two of Saturday's women's singles finals in the time of that set alone. I'm the loser both times, so that's the only similarity I see." For now it hurts, and it should, like every loss does here at Wimbledon," Federer said. "Like similar to '08 maybe, I will look back at it and think, 'well, it's not that bad after all'. The Swiss had been seeking to become the oldest Grand Slam champion of the Open era but instead found himself part of a different record as the match time surpassed Wimbledon's longest final - the four hours 48 minutes of play in 2008 as he lost to Rafael Nadal. The Serb - who for extended periods of the match had been second best - had won the match's previous two tie-breaks and he did so again, snatching victory when Federer scooped a return high. When Federer had two championship points at 8-7, Djokovic held his nerve to save both and then break back, eventually taking it to the new tie-break at 12-12. With fans unable to watch at times, while leaping to their feet and chanting at others, a nerve-jangling final set turned this into a classic. Federer rues 'incredible opportunity missed'Ī meeting of the greats serves up a classicĪ highly anticipated final between two of the sport's greats always had the potential to go the distance - and this did that and more.Djokovic deserves more respect - Becker.When the crowd is chanting 'Roger' I hear 'Novak', says Djokovic.From war to Wimbledon: How Belgrade bombings shaped Djokovic.Novak, congratulations, man, that was crazy." "It's quite unreal," Djokovic said after winning his fifth Wimbledon title.įederer, who at 37 was chasing a record-equalling ninth Wimbledon singles title, added: "It was a great match, it was long, it had everything. The world number one has won 16 Grand Slams - and four of the last five. As the clock ticked to four hours 57 minutes, Federer hit a ball high to hand the Serb victory.
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