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Tennis News :: Federer beats Roddick in five sets at Wimbledon to claim 15th major title

Posted on 2009-07-05 by Gooner

Roger Federer became the "winningest" player in Grand Slam history as he beat Andy Roddick in five dramatic sets for a sixth Wimbledon and 15th major title.

The Swiss player won an epic match on Centre Court 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14 to pass Pete Sampras's 14 Grand Slam wins and regain the title he lost to Rafael Nadal last year.

Roger Federer, 27, will now return to the top of the world rankings ahead of Nadal.

But Federer had to dig deep against an in-form Roddick, who had four points for a two-set lead and then battled back to force an epic fifth set as the match became the longest men's singles final ever in terms of games played.

Federer lost 9-7 in the fifth to Nadal 12 months ago, but this year's final set alone lasted 95 minutes and with 30 games was considerably longer than the previous Grand Slam record of 11-9 in the fifth set at the 1927 French Open.

The fifth set became the longest in a men's singles final when Federer fired three aces in a row to move ahead 13-12, and Roddick began to look the more tired - but he refused to yield until the 30th game of the set.

The American looped a forehand long at deuce, and when he did the same on championship point Federer had his first service break of the day - and a historic victory after four hours and 17 minutes that takes him to the top of the Grand Slam list.

Sourced From : BBC Sport

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