XtraTime Web Desk: Ace tennis player Novak Djokovic beats legendary Roger Federer today in a historic five setter to win his 16th grand slam at Wimbledon on Sunday. The match ended on 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6, 13-12.
Federer won 15 points more than Novak, dominating with 94 winners and 61 unforced errors while the Serb stayed on 54 winners and 52 mistakes, with the Swiss scoring seven breaks in comparison to three he suffered. That wasn’t enough to carry him over the finish line, though, losing both tie breaks and squandering those match points at 8-7 in the decider for one of the toughest defeats of his career.
Losing the tie-break must have hurt Federer but it was Djokovic who suffered a mental lapse. A slip behind the baseline in the opening game perhaps unsettled him and Federer took advantage to clinch the first break of serve of the match.
Another one followed and he swept to the set 6-1, Djokovic double-faulting on set point and then heading off court for a bathroom break.
However, Djokovic regained his composure and, after saving a set point, won another tie-break to move two sets to one ahead.
It appeared a decisive twist given Federer had never won a grand slam final from two sets to one down, while Djokovic finally looked a bit looser in the early stages of the fourth set. But he then played two poor service games to leave Federer serving to even it up at two sets all.
Djokovic finally forced break points on his opponent’s serve and took one, but Federer served it out at the second time of asking, winning it 6-4.
The Serb broke Federer when 3-2 up in the deciding set to get his nose in front, but was then immediately broken back. Federer served out the next game to level the set at four games all, before it was quickly five games all. With Djokovic 6-5 up, however, Federer hit a simple shot long and allowed his opponent back into the game – and was forced to see out several battles at deuce to take the set to 6-6. At 7-7, though, Federer fought through to break Djokovic but with two championship points in the next match he lost the game. With a tiebreak due at 12-12, the match continued with serve until Djokovic won the tiebreak to conclude an extraordinary match.