The Serbian then held to lead once again.As the first men’s singles match of The Championships edged closer to a deciding set at 12-12 in the fifth set, Djokovic was relieved to get out of dangerous in the 23rd game. "Having won 27 of his 34 service points in the first set, Federer came under pressure in his opening service game of the second set, but continued to back himself at the net. “[It] came down to I thought a really good tie-break. Maybe, also, I didn't serve as well.

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Category Roger Federer celebrates beating Rafael Nadal on Friday at Wimbledon, where he's attempting to capture a record-extending ninth trophy. I'm just relieved it's all over at this point.“But it's definitely, definitely going to go down as one of my favourite matches to look back at, again, because it's Rafa, it's at The 37-year-old becomes the third oldest man in the Open Era (since 1968) to reach a Grand Slam championship final and now challenges World No. Also [there was] a little bit against the wind on the other side. 3 won the Wimbledon title in 2003-07, 2009, 2012 and 2017. He got off the gates faster with a great lob, I believe, to get the mini break first.

Federer dug himself out of a 15/40 deficit in the next game, saving three break points – with Nadal left to rue missing a second serve return when Federer served at 0/30.

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I guess I also started to serve a bit better maybe after that second set.

Wimbledon-mesterskabet i herresingle 2019 var den 133. turnering om Wimbledon-mesterskabet i herresingle.Turneringen var en del af Wimbledon-mesterskaberne 2019 og blev spillet i All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club i London, Storbritannien.Hovedturneringen med deltagelse af 128 spillere blev spillet i perioden 1. Federer mis-timed a forehand wide on the first point, then Djokovic produced a forehand crosscourt winner at 40/30 and went on to break.

Congrats to him. The beginning of the third set probably was one of the keys of the match,” said Nadal. No part of this site may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way or by any means (including photocopying, recording or storing it in any medium by electronic means), without the written permission of ATP Tour, Inc.. But I was able to get out of that one.

From that point, Federer went on the attack, stepping into the court and rushing the net to win five of the next six points to clinch the 52-minute opener. “So I got broken there.

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02:07. video. Federer, who registered his 100th Wimbledon match win over Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals on Wednesday, will now attempt to capture the 21st major championship crown of his career in his 31st final. Moments later, his serve got him to 40/15 — two championship points — but Djokovic was not finished yet. That was a tough moment I needed to resist.

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Category "There were some brutal rallies in key moments that went my way. I think those might have made the difference today.”A break point soon went begging with a backhand error to end an 11-stroke rally, and Federer could not convert two further match points, but at the fifth time of asking he earned his 38th match win of the season. One game later, it was Nadal’s turn to feel the heat as he recovered from 15/40, but Federer was still able to step inside the baseline.

"Nadal carried the momentum, with Federer’s level dropping slightly in a 10-minute period.

“I started to play much better at the end of the match, but it was too late.”Federer rode the momentum and broke early in the fourth set and later a deep forehand return helped him set up his first match point opportunity at 5-3. Le Tournoi de Wimbledon 2019 se déroule du 1 er au 14 juillet 2019 au All England Club, à Wimbledon. FIRST SET Federer made a lot of the early running, aggressive on his backhand return and using his slice to force Djokovic to hit up and come to the net. “It lived up to the hype, especially from coming out of the gates, we were both playing very well. Federer started to win the longer rallies, playing aggressively on return of serve, without mistakes to ensure that Nadal was placed on the back foot.

Click on the 'X' to acknowledge that you are happy to receive cookies from Wimbledon.com. Having led 40/0, he let slip four straight points, but battled to save one break point with an approach to the net that forced Federer to hit a backhand slice wide.