>> Novak Djokovic won his second
Wimbledon title and seventh career major with a 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7,
6-4 victory over Roger Federer Sunday, shattering the Swiss star's dream of a
record eighth triumph in an epic struggle.
>> 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.
>> 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.
>> With the win, Djokovic has the
added bonus of reclaiming the world number one spot from Rafael Nadal.
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