2019 Final vs Novak Djokovic: Federer had two championship points but was unable to break the spirit of Novak Djokovic, who triumphed 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 13-12 (7/3) as the longest ever final was settled by an historic tie-break. The Serb claimed his fifth Wimbledon title, taking his Grand Slam tally to 16 after four hours and 57 minutes on a court where most spectators were firmly behind the 37-year-old Swiss. “When the crowd is chanting ‘Roger’ I hear ‘Novak’,” said the Serb. “It sounds silly, but it is like that.” Federer said: “Similar to 2008 maybe, I will look back at it and think, well, it’s not that bad after all. For now it hurts, and it should, like every loss does here at Wimbledon.”
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