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Djokovic and Federer play the first men's singles 12-12 deciding set tie-break at The ChampionshipsIt was the third major championship match that Djokovic saved two match points to beat Federer (also 2010 The 32-year-old Serbian, who saved one set point at 4-5 in the third set with a service winner en route to extending his FedEx ATP Head2Head record to 26-22 against Federer, has now won 16 Grand Slam singles championship trophies, with only Federer had been hoping to become only the second player — after Djokovic becomes the second singles player (after Nadal) to qualify for the 2019 Into the 15th game, Federer began to cut down on his groundstroke pace and rally with Djokovic and draw out the error. His approach landed short, near the middle of the court, and gave Djokovic plenty of time to set up for a pass.
On second viewing, I was amazed at how artful the shot was, how much shape he put on it, how high it arced before touching down. Djokovic had had his own bouts with nerves in this match; his level had plummeted in the second set, and he had visibly tightened up while serving at 4-2 in the fifth. Just ask Federer, who won 218 points to Djokovic ... — Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 14, 2019. It was on the next two points that the title was finally won.
As you’re watching a match, there’s no time to hit rewind and examine any single point or shot. Djokovic didn’t have to stretch far to block a forehand return into the middle of the court. Federer himself showed no emotion at all, either after the point or during the changeover.Serving at 8-7, Federer missed a forehand long on the first point, and made an ill-advised challenge—the ball was well out.
Djokovic became the first man since Bob Falkenburg in the 1948 Wimbledon Championshipsto win the title after being championship points down, having saved 2 when down 7−8 in the fifth set. By now, Djokovic has learned to cope with the pro-Federer crowds, and to use them as fuel when he can—when they chant “Ro-ger!” he says he hears “No-vak!” Djokovic really does it go it alone in these matches, like few tennis players ever have. This is also the first ti… He hit one long, another one wide, and at break point, he left a forehand approach sitting up in the middle of the court, begging to be ripped. It was a feeling, I thought, that was reflected in Djokovic’s non-celebration celebration, and in both players’ muted on-court interviews. 1 Novak Djokovic captured his fifth crown at The Championships, Wimbledon, on Sunday with a thrilling 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3) victory over second seed Roger Federer, the eight-time former titlist from Switzerland, in four hours and 55 minutes on Centre Court. Subcategory
It was on his second serve that the first sign of tension showed.
Novak Djokovic celebrates beating Roger Federer 13-12(3) in the deciding set of the 2019 final at The Championships, Wimbledon. Like Federer in the previous game, Djokovic hooked it back crosscourt for a winner. Novak Djokovic was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Roger Federer in 4 hours and 57 minutes, 7–6 , 1–6, 7–6 , 4–6, 13–12 , the longest singles final in Wimbledon history and the second longest Grand Slam final in history behind only the 2012 Australian Open final.
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. He had broken a tight-as-a-drum Djokovic at 2-4 to get back into the fifth set, and the momentum from that break still seemed to be with him when he served at 6-7. Watching in real time, I had the impression that this had been the type of free-swinging shot that Djokovic will nonchalantly crack when he has nothing left to lose. Scores
The margin between victory and defeat, glory and devastation, was so vanishingly thin in this match that any discussion of why one player won and why the other lost quickly began to sound absurd. But in the end, he hit a forehand winner for 5-3, and a down-the-line backhand winner, his bravest shot of the day, for 6-3.“In the important moments,” Djokovic said, “all three tiebreaks I guess, if I can say so, I found my best game.”In 2014, I was in Centre Court to see Djokovic defy Federer and the loudest crowd I’d ever heard at Wimbledon in five sets.