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The 2014 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.A significant part of the Djokovic–Federer rivalry, it pitted Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer against each other in a Grand Slam final for the second time.
From there, Federer raised his game and held serve. [3] 4–3 saw a long and grueling game as Nadal fell behind 15–40 in his service game. He saved the first break point after a rally and saved the second one with an excellent serve. Federer got the advantage at deuce but Nadal saved the third break point with an ace.
Scurrying back to the other side of the court, Federer managed to flick a low backhand lob. But was too short, and Roddick smashed a huge overhead that appeared to be a winner. But, somehow Federer sprinted to the back corner of the court, almost in the stands, and hit a slicing overhead, which curved slowly sideways into the court behind ...
During his celebrated playing career, Federer won 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles, third behind Djokovic (24) and Nadal (22), including a record eight Wimbledon wins.
Roger Federer began the year by winning the Australian Open, his 16th Slam title defeating Andy Murray 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11) in the final. [15] Federer did not reach another final until the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open , where he was the defending champion but lost in a rematch of the 2009 final to Rafael Nadal 6–4, 7–6(5). [ 16 ]
In the 2-hour-and-2-minute fifth set Djokovic broke Federer's serve in the sixth game to take a 4–2 lead but Federer broke back the next game. Federer later broke Djokovic to take an 8–7 lead and with two aces held a 40–15 lead in the next game and was within one point of becoming, at 37 and 11 months, the oldest man to win a Grand Slam.
Federer and Nadal's participation in this tournament marked their major returns from their 2016 seasons that saw sidelining injuries. Federer, in particular, had not played a tournament since the 2016 Wimbledon semi-final, having aggravated his surgically repaired knee to the extent that he called off the rest of his 2016 season, including missing out the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio that he ...
Nadal won the first two sets 6–4, 6–4 (he won the second set by winning 5 consecutive games after trailing 1–4), and had triple break point at 3–3, 0–40 on Federer's serve in the third set. Federer won five consecutive points and held serve. A few minutes later rain stopped play once again, with Federer leading in the third set 5–4.