Roger Federer (photo ©Squeaky Knees) reached the final defeating Albert Ramos, Fabio Fognini, Julien Benneteau, Xavier Malisse, Mikhail Youzhny and Novak Djokovic. During the tournament he lost a total of four sets: two to Benneteau, one to Malisse and one to Djokovic. He’s at his eighth Wimbledon final.

Andy Murray reached the final defeating Nikolay Davydenko, Ivo Karlovic, Marcos Baghdatis, Marin Cilic, David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. During the tournament he lost a total of four sets: one to Karlovic, one to Baghdatis, one to Ferrer and one to Tsonga. He’s at his first Wimbledon final.

Andy Murray starts the match well, breaking Roger Federer in the first game. The Scot is as aggressive as his fans would always like to see him but in the fourth game he makes a few mistakes and loses his service game. Murray’s first service percentage goes down and in the eighth he faces two break points before winning his service game but in the next game he breaksh Federer and in the tenth game hw wins the set 6-4.

In the second set, Federer has a break point in the second game but Andy Murray wins his service game. In the fifth game the Scot has two break points but the Swiss wins his service game. In the ninth game Federer saves two more break points and in the twelfth game he breaks Murray winning the set 7-5.

In the third set, on 1-1, when Federer should serve on 40-0 the rain starts and the game is suspended. The rain is strong so the roof is closed and the game is resumed after about forty minutes. In the sixth game Andy Murray saves five break point but at the sixth one he gets broken at the end of a game that lasted nearly twenty minutes where he had a 40-0 lead. Federer plays very well and wins the set 6-3.

In the fourth set, Andy Murray has a break point in the second game but Roger Federer wins his service game. In the fifth game, the Swiss breaks the Scotl. Federer wins the set 6-4 conquering the match and his seventh Wimbledon title.

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Andy Murray was overall disappointing, especially because he started the match very well winning the first set thanks to an aggressive attitude. Instead, in the next sets the Scot slowly turned back to being the usual defensive player and lost the match. For him this is the fourth defeat in a Grand Slam final, will ever win one? There’s a real risk that he never becomes the champion many were predicting.

Roger Federer won another Grand Slam title after more than two years and perhaps it’s not a coincidence that he also won the 2010 Australian Open defeating Andy Murray in the final. Honestly, more than ever this time his opponents served the victory on a silver platter but he was the only one to take advantage to the end of his opponents’ problems. From Monday he’ll also be the no. 1 in the ATP ranking again.