Wimbledon 2015 Results: Men’s Final Score and Early US Open Predictions

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Published: July 12, 2015

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Top-seeded Novak Djokovic made good on the ultimate challenge of topping the legendary Roger Federer on Centre Court for the second straight year, winning in four sets to take the 2015 Wimbledon men's final.

The Serbian emerged victorious by a final score of 7-6 (6-1), 6-7 (10-12), 6-4, 6-3, overcoming a brutal second-set tiebreaker that saw many missed opportunities and a furious resurgence from the seven-time champion Federer. But Djokovic wouldn't be denied as he took stranglehold of the match in the final two sets.

He improved in a championship rematch that went five thrilling sets last year but still alluded to the challenge as perhaps the greatest of his career—and that's saying a lot, as Bleacher Report UK noted:



With as many tools and skills as a Swiss army knife, the 33-year-old Federer came into Sunday's final serving as well as he had in his career. He put it on display in the semifinal against Andy Murray, when he knocked 11 aces past the great return man in just one set.

Instead of Federer having the goods from the service box early, however, it was Djokovic who started out hot on the serve. He had six aces in the opening set, but perhaps more impressive was holding Federer to just two.

That early prominence allowed Djokovic to easily win the first tiebreaker, but things got murky in the second. Federer got things to a tiebreak and avoided a couple of set points, before resiliently taking the tiebreaker 12-10 to tie the match.

The third set was even until a short rain delay halted play for no more than 15 minutes, but that was enough to shift the momentum in Djokovic's favor as the New York Times' Ben Rothenberg observed:



Federer put together some more aggressive play in the fourth set but fell victim to more break points that put him in a hole he couldn't recover from. Djokovic converted on two of four break points in the final set, ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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