{"id":20573,"date":"2019-07-15T00:19:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T00:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2019\/07\/15\/novak-djokovic-defeats-roger-federer-in-record-breaking-wimbledon-match\/"},"modified":"2019-07-15T00:19:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T00:19:39","slug":"novak-djokovic-defeats-roger-federer-in-record-breaking-wimbledon-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/novak-djokovic-defeats-roger-federer-in-record-breaking-wimbledon-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic Defeats Roger Federer in Record-Breaking Wimbledon Match"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Roger Federer in the men’s singles final match of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.<\/p>\n

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In a stunning nearly five-hour match that broke records and tested new rules, Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the Wimbledon men’s championship on Sunday, defending his 2018 title. <\/p>\n

Clocking in at four hours and 57 minutes, the match was the longest men’s singles final in Wimbledon history, and had it not been for a new rule that requires a tie-breaker if both players score 12-12 in the final set, it could have gone even longer.<\/p>\n

Djokovic won the first set, a bad sign for Federer, as his opponent is 63-1 in majors when taking the first set. <\/p>\n

The pair went back and forth, Djokovic taking the first set, Federer the second, Djokovic the third, and Federer the fourth. After the 12-12 fifth set, Djokovic took the unprecedented tie-breaker 7-3.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old Serbian won back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015. Now, he’s repeated the achievement, defending his 2018 title to win his fifth Wimbledon championship. Federer, his Swiss opponent, boasts eight Wimbledon championships and would have been the oldest player to take a Grand Slam title had he not been defeated. <\/p>\n