How did Roger Federer end up losing the 2019 Wimbledon final?
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 14, 2019 Switzerland's Roger Federer in action during the final against Serbia's Novak Djokovic REUTERS/Toby Melville
When Federer was 8-7 40-15 up on his serve, he was a shot away from holding aloft the Challenge Cup for a record ninth time and claiming a record-extending 21st Grand Slam title. Only 48 hours after Federer had said how tennis can “sometimes be brutal” as “there are no draws in our sport”, he felt the full brunt of those feelings when a forehand wide on his first match point followed by a cracking cross-court passing shot winner from Djokovic on the second killed off his dreams.
Neither could the majority of the 15,000 crowd who created a raucous football stadium-like atmosphere on Centre Court.Fans were so desperate to see Federer win a 21st major - and widen the gap with Rafael Nadal and Djokovic - that they started giving standing ovations to every error flying off the Serb’s racket as the match headed towards a crazy climax.
For a player who sets milestones almost every time he steps on a court, this is not one he will be in a rush to stick into his own personal scrapbook.
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