Novak Djokovic Beats Roger Federer to Claim Wimbledon Championship
The grueling match lasted nearly five hours, the longest of any Wimbledon final.
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In an epic match, Novak Djokovic narrowly beat Roger Federer on Sunday to claim his fifth Wimbledon championship. The grueling game saw the first ever fifth-set tiebreaker in the tournament final, won by Djokovic 7-3. A 12-12 tiebreaker cap was instituted after last year’s tournament, when a semifinal fifth-set ended 26-24, in order to give players a more definitive finish time. Nevertheless, Sunday’s matchup was the longest for any Wimbledon final, lasting nearly five hours. Djokovic’s win is his fifth-straight victory over Federer and also his fifth-straight in Grand Slam play. The last time Federer defeated Djokovic in one of the four major tournaments was in the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2012.
Back-to-back champ 👏@DjokerNole wins his 5th #WimbledonFinal and 16th major title! pic.twitter.com/R67Yv406R4
— ESPN (@espn) July 14, 2019
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