- Roger Federer won his seventh Wimbledon as Sampras, his seventeenth Grand Slam and reclaiming the world number one spot. He sealed the historic victory against Andy Murray still dominated (4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4). Federer, 30, was expecting her first major since January 2010.
No, Roger Federer is not finished. To those who still had doubts, the Swiss sent a message by passing an extraordinary comeback. Cheers 31 years, the Helvetian managed to provide some additional record of his victories in Grand Slam by removing his seventh Wimbledon title, his 17th since 2003, matching the performance of Sampras and Renshaw, only seven-time winners at All-England Club. Two and a half years after his coronation last Grand Slam in Melbourne against Andy Murray, he returns to the front of the stage by dominating the same opponent, who played his first final here at Wimbledon (4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4). But the Swiss did not stop there: this 75th career ATP title in him will find the world leader Monday, after two years transferred to Rafael Nadal in June 2010. It is now certain to surpass Pete Sampras and his 286 weeks at the top of the ATP rankings, record after which he ran for his dismissal.
Murray has not fallen yet. He had to take the match head on, that's exactly what the Scots did in the first set. The British put the inlet pressure by running Federer. Serving very well and being very opportunistic in return, he has consistently done in the lead in the first breakant. If the score recollait Switzerland, Andy took advantage of the low success rate on second ball of his opponent (27%, 3/11) for duty a second time and clinch the first set (6-4). Anxious to prolong the match, the British left on the same basis in the second inning, but was unable to convert one of four break points he has bought at 2-2, then 4-4. A turning point in this game because, in the wake, the Swiss did not miss the opportunity to remove the second inning on the service of the Scots (7-5), shortly before a break of half an hour because of rain.
Britain still waiting
This break has not really benefited the Scots. On the contrary. With indoor conditions because the roof folded, the fighting gradually unbalanced. The Swiss strung shutouts while the Scots ran after the score. Facing the Swiss phlegm, nervousness Scottish Screen has burst in the third set. On the sixth game, Murray was unable not to save his face-off, sold on the sixth break point after twenty minutes of fighting where the fourth player in the world found itself on the ground three times. With the break in his pocket, Federer took advantage definitely pocketing the third round (6-3). Morale at the grass, Murray was still missing a break point at the beginning of the fourth set, the fifth match which sealed gradually the epilogue of the game 3:24 after a great show.
For the fourth consecutive time, Andy Murray lost in the final of a Grand Slam tournament, as his current coach, Ivan Lendl, who won seven thereafter. A terrible statistic for the British, unable to take the measure of its prestigious opponent, despite public support. After two defeats against Federer (2008 U.S. Open, Australian Open 2010) and another against Djokovic (Australian Open 2011), Murray, tears in his eyes, still missing the opportunity to offer Britain the first as a British Grand Slam (and Wimbledon) since Fred Perry at Wimbledon in 1936. But at 25 years, the story is probably not over for him.