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Federer won Wimbledon for the fifth time
In the final match of Wimbledon, which lasted 3 hours. 45 min. and became one of the longest Grand Slam tournaments in history, Swiss Roger Federer beat Spaniard Rafael Nadal - 7:6 (7), 4:6, 7:6 (3), 2:6, 6:2.In terms of the number of championship titles won on the Wimbledon grass, Federer equaled the legendary Swede Bjorn Borg, who was present at the final match and congratulated the Swiss. In addition, the Basel native became the first player in tennis history to win two Grand Slam tournaments in a season for four years in a row. By the way, this is Federer’s eleventh victory in the tournaments of this series. Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg have exactly the same amount of credit. The world number one has very little time left to catch up with Roy Emerson, who has won 12 times, and record holder Pete Sampras, whose result is 13 victories.
It goes without saying that two principle rivals met in the 2007 Wimbledon final. Last year's Wimbledon final, where Federer defeated Nadal - 6:0, 7:6 (5), 6:7, 6:3, and the recent Roland Garros final, indicated that a very difficult match was ahead. in which the scales tipped towards Nadal. And the score of personal matches, which was 4:8 in favor of the Spaniard before the London final. By the way, this season the tennis players played each other three times, and in two cases - in Monaco and Paris - Nadal celebrated the victory. If he managed to beat Federer at Wimbledon, the Spaniard would become the second player in tennis history, behind Bjorn Borg, who won the Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles in the same season. However, Nadal will have to wait for this event.
Meanwhile, in the final of this year's Wimbledon, the Spaniard was closer than ever to victory. Although at first I was quite slow to get involved in the game. Only with the score 3:0 in games did the Spaniard take the first point and manage to set up the first serve. Then he brought the score to 3:3, leveled the game, but made mistakes in decisive moments. The first set lasted about an hour, in which the Swiss won.
In the second set, the opponents took their serves until the score was 5:4 in Nadal's favor, after which Federer wavered and conceded. The third set developed according to the same scenario as the previous one. Federer coped with the task quite easily, and then, in the fourth, something incomprehensible happened. Nadal led 4:0, and, apparently realizing that the set could not be saved, the Swiss began to save his strength. Federer dotted all the i’s in the fifth period of the game and won his 34th match at Wimbledon.
After the game, the Swiss admitted that the presence of legendary tennis players Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, John McKinroe, and Boris Becker at the stadium put strong psychological pressure on him. “It was very exciting for me. Then at the end, when I lifted the Cup, I experienced unforgettable moments. I will remember this all my life,” Federer admitted. According to him, Rafael Nadal showed phenomenal tennis in this final. “He’s not just the best clay tennis player. He is one of the best tennis players in the world,” added the Swiss. Federer also noted that despite his 11 Grand Slam victories, he is still motivated and hungry for new results. “I’ve never won Roland Garros, I don’t have a Davis Cup title,” he reminded reporters.
The results of the last final had little effect on the reshuffle in the ATP championship race. Roger Federer still ranks first - 7290 points, second - Rafael Nadal - 5225, third - Serbian Novak Djokovic - 3310, fourth - American Andy Roddick - 3230. The best of the Russians, Nikolai Davydenko in fifth place - 3185 points.