Wow, that was incredible. The best mens Wimbledon final since 2008. A match full of incredible moments, and that 4th set comeback from the legend that is Roger Federer. PeRFection.
Both players were incredible, Novak fighting and Roger hanging on.
After just under 4 hours, Novak won the championship 6-7 6-4 7-6 5-7 6-4. A scoreline to remember.
Roger won the first set tiebreak, fighting to the end, serving beautifully. The next two sets were won by Novak, he was really firing up, which gave him a lot of ability to produce some breathtaking passing shots. Then, in my opinion, one of the best sets of tennis I've ever seen, the 4th set happened. Novak seemed invincible, gaining championship point. I thought it was all over, but no. On the other side of the next was Roger Federer. Roger won 4 straight games and took the set 7-5.
The whole of centre court was backing the 7 time champion, and when the first 5 set Wimbledon final since 2009 became a reality, the atmosphere was incredible. The 5th set was very close. Roger held at 4-4, saving 3 break points. Novak then won his service game and broke to gain his 7th grand slam title. He then proceeded to eat the grass, which was a little worrying.
An incredible match, which I'm not likely to forget. Novak Djokovic will now overtake Rafa as number 1 so will enter the US hard court swing as the top seed. The rankings are very close however, with only 460 points between them. This is good news for Rafa fans however, as there is still only 3 slams to 'catch up' on to equal Federer's slam record. Rafa performs equally as good, if not better, as the number 2 seed, so all in all, I'm fine with the situation.
No more grass for another year, now its time for the hard courts. Bring it on.
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