Roger Federer became the first man
to win Wimbledon eight times and extended his record to 19 Grand Slam titles
with victory over Croatia Marin Cilic. The Swiss third seed won 6-3 6-1 6-4 as
seventh seed Cilic struggled with blisters on his left foot and broke down in
tears during the second set.
Federer, 35, finished the contest
in one hour and 41 minutes to claim his first Wimbledon title since 2012. He
becomes the oldest man in the Open Era to win at all England Club. Federer
surpasses Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who won their seventh titles in
2000 and 1889 respectively, with only Marina Navratilova still ahead in terms
of Wimbledon single titles on nine.
He has won two of the three Grand Slam
Titles so far this year, having returned from a six-month break to win the
Australian Open in January. With 19 major titles he extends his lead over
Rafael Nadal in the men’s game to four, and now stands joint-fourth on the
all-time list with Helen Wills Moody, five behind Margaret Court on 24. Among
his long list of achievements, Federer became the first man since Bjorn Borg in
1976 to win the Wimbledon title without dropping a set.
In other categories, Garbine
Muguruza romps to victory over Venus Williams in Women’s Singles. Lucasz Kubot
and Marcelo Melo clinch Wimbledon Men’s double title. Makarova and Vesnina
clinch Wimbledon Women’s doubles title. James Murray and Martina Hingis clinch
Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title.
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