Day 13 Today at Wimbledon

So many Grand Slam titles between them. Do they really need any more?

The greater the champion, the greater the desire, the unquenchable

desire to be the very best. COMMENTATOR: That is an absolute

else. Watch against Rafa, Rafa against

Novak, Novak against Roger. The three names that have dominated

tennis for the last decade. Seconds away for the latest rematch. It is

so quiet out here, because the bill is about to sound in there.

Two great champions, only one winner at the end of it. They have flown in

from all over the world to see this, the latest chapter in a decade-long

saga of epic finals involving superhuman athletes. A first set

tie-break was a fitting way to move this final gently from simmering to

boiling. COMMENTATOR: It is a fabulous

return. There are so many in this drawer that wouldn't have got a

racket to that ball. JIMMY CONNORS: Set point.

ANDREW CASTLE: Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg, playing every single

point with their men, they played matches like this themselves.

JIMMY CONNORS: I wonder what it is like to sit in the stands instead of

play. Worse. I think that was the right idea, to

chip and coming behind it. TIM HENMAN: Nice idea, poor

execution. You can't fault the execution of

those two serves, right when he needed it. The pressure back on

Djokovic. Federer's first set!

JOHN INVERDALE: And so in a subplot, first blood to Stefan

Edberg. There wasn't a single break in the first set, but there was one

in the second, and it was enough to make it one all. In the third set,

there wasn't a break of serve either, so it was a tie-break.

ANDREW CASTLE: Tournament quick 127 mph from Roger Federer. He couldn't

have placed it any better. Four first serves to open up this

tie-break. He is the best in the business on

that backhand side. I think Roger hesitated a little bit on whether he

should go in not behind that serve. Boris Becker was brought into the

camp in place of Marion Vajda in order to help this man play the big

points better. Djokovic has suffered in Grand Slam finals, losing matches

he has earned a right to play out, and these are the points.

UMPIRE: Mr Federer is challenging the ball on the left baseline. The

ball was called out. It did catch the back edge! Now what

now? What happens? That is a brave call from the

umpire. Good hitting from Federer, backing.

He has just been anxious on the forehand. He had it in his sights.

That is hilly and work from Novak Djokovic! He gave nothing, and he

has his reward, two sets to one to Djokovic.

JOHN INVERDALE: The general wisdom was that that was that. Here

Djokovic is 5-3, surely about to win?

ANDREW CASTLE: It's long, and that landed in the dirt beyond the line.

And gutsy second serve their from Djokovic, one of the fastest of the

match, 108 mph, forced the error from Federer.

Roger Federer wasn't sticking around to long on the baseline for that

one! Raced in. UMPIRE: Mr Djokovic is challenging

the call on the left far sideline. The ball was called out.

When you challenge between your first and second serve, you do

disrupt your rhythm if you are wrong. And he is wrong.

It is always the challenge, to stay in the present tense, and I think

Djokovic might still be thinking about that forehand in the first

point of the game at 5-3. A big second serve their from

Federer, 110 mph, it is rave when you make it, is to bid when you miss

it. Djokovic two points from victory.

UMPIRE: Mr Federer is challenging the ball on the service line. The

ball was called out. Deuce.

That's a way to save match point. That was a big return of the big

first serve. Three straight games. Federer is

back in the match. The crowd want a fifth set.

And Djokovic has to calm himself down on hold serve here, because he

must be rocked. Aced on a championship point.

And at 5-5 in the fourth set, it pays off will stop earlier failures

with that same play have not deterred the seven times champion.

Previous failings have a deterred either. Djokovic has lost five of

his last six finals. Will those doubts creeping?

It's long, it's a break. It's four games in a row. There is no script

here on Centre Court. JOHN INVERDALE: Who would have

thought it, Federer, down and out, on the canvas, landing the fourth

set punch, and now they are equal on points. So we head into the final

set, no breaks of serve as yet. ANDREW CASTLE: 18 strokes, it is a

Djokovic sort of rally. He likes those.

125 mph serve, came back with interest. Djokovic able to force the

error. What a great approach shot. And

again, the big serve comes back. Now it is Djokovic with two chances to

break and serve out. That was a millimetre from going

over. Amazing. As soon as Federer ahead it

to Djokovic's at hand, there was that danger. What a shot.

Serve volley second serve but the pick up was exquisite.

UMPIRE: Game Federer. Federer holds. Novak Djokovic is never going to

play a better game without breaking. That was extraordinary. Up there

with Federer and Nadal 2008 for me. Wonderful.

Federer responds. UMPIRE: Novak Djokovic is

challenging the ball on the baseline. The ball was called in.

UMPIRE: Mr Djokovic has two challenges remaining.

This is majestic footwork from Djokovic. He is dancing round the

baseline. Honing in once again.

Djokovic will step in and take a chance on this return. Second serve.

That's unusual. Wow, that's unusual. He can't believe it. He is

challenging it because he "I missed the forehand from that position?"

That the can only be pressure. -- that can only be pressure.

The return was magnificent. UMPIRE: Mr Djokovic has one

challenge remaining. And from the same end where he had

match point before, championship point...

It's Djokovic who claims this classic. 6-4 in the fifth. They hug,

and so surely will these two. Wonderful. Wonderful final.

JOHN INVERDALE: What can you say, for every winner and loser, a

champion, another champion. One of those great matches that is

disspiriting of for those of us who inhabit the land of maritals. How

can they be so classy on and off the court? Huge celebrations from

Djokovic, and his team, including Boris Becker, obviously, Roger

Federer will the runners-up plate, that he didn't want and Djokovic

with the one that he did. It was a great final. I can't

believe I made it to five. It wasn't looking good there for a while. So I

hoped, who knows it I, it was maybe going to be enough.

I can is only say congratulations, amazing tournament once again, and

deserved, well deserved. This is a very emotional time, isn't

it? Yes. First of all, I want to congratulate Roger for a great

tournament and great fight today. It was a great match to be part of. He

is a magnificent champion, and I respect your career and everything

you have done, and thank you for letting me win today.

LAUGHTER The first tennis match I ever seen

in my life, when I was five-year-old was Wimbledon, and that image stuck

to my mind, so, to be able to compete in such a high level, I am

so grateful for this opportunity, and to be able to hold this trophy,

I dedicate it to a few people, please, if you have time. First of

all, I would like to dedicate it to my future wife, and our future baby.

And last but not least I would like o dedicate this title to my first

coach, that told me all the basics of tennis shots and behaviour.

Jelena Gencic, she passed away last year, and this is for her.

SUE BARKER: Ladies and gentlemen, the Wimbledon champion Novak

Djokovic! JOHN INVERDALE: It was fabulous

match, without demeaning it by the analysis, was it down to odd

moments, Roger missed a shot and that was it? It was difficult to

predict what was going to happen. When we came in the match Federer

only lost his serve once in the whole tourn. N the first three sets

there was only one break of serve, Djokovic got that. The fourth set

you have five breaks of receive, and from Djokovic, being one point away

from victory, you are suddenly into a fifth set, and he did such a good

job of hanging in there, showing incredible are sill yens to finally

get another opportunity -- resilience to finish it off. You and

I watched that match together. At the end o third set you and I went

it's over. We thought, I didn't think Federer would be able to come

back, and it didn't look that way for quite a while, did it? Djokovic

had the opportunity, you know, he served for the match, he had the

match points, and you have to hand it to Federer, it was, something

incredible tennis, amazing turn round, all of a sudden, it is

amazing the tension, all of a sudden Novak had some tension which is

natural, he started pushing the ball a bit. That shot, the slice backhand

has been very effective. That is the one that... My goodness, look at

this. The backhand down-the-line, he started leaving a little space there

Novak and Roger jumped on it. Then it came to the unknown. This is the

thing. We didn't know if Novak was tired, because he had a tough draw

for this tournament. Really tough. Was he going to be tired in the

fifth set or was Roger? Because he hadn't really played a long match

for weeks. This is the thing. It was such an exciting match, you didn't

know what was going to happen. Would Federer pull out a couple of extra

tricks and drop shots and volleys. Would Novak scramble the ball back,

and he did? It was fantastic, but there was a winner and the winner

was Djokovic, so how did he manage to win, how did he managed manage to

come through that in the end? Over the tournament, coming into the

final, Federer was the better player, and as is case with great

champions he was able to raise his level. When you saw some of the

statistics, there was 140 winners between them, so the quality of the

match was first class, and you know, he had to maintain his belief that

Djokovic, because he had lost five of his last six Grand Slam final, he

lost three in a row. If there were going to be any doubts creeping in

Federer was going to take advantage of it and it was, it was a pleasure

to watch, it really was, they have the utmost respect for each other

and at the end -- of the day there had to be one winner and a loser,

and Djokovic got the job done. I had the privilege to go in, I sparked

the warm bath and I popped my head in and said well done, he was having

a bath. I am going to make the girls jealous, I got in with him, as he

was having a bath. I said "How did you hang in there?" He said "I

needed to control my emotions." He decided to keep calm. Normally he

gets angry, like he did in the semifinal, he said "I knew I had to

stand there, puff my chest up, and didn't want Roger to see anything,

anything." He knew Federer would jump on him if he had a downer, he

said it was all about the mind. He had to find a way mentally to do it.

If Roger hadn't missed that overhead at 15 all and it had been 15-30 on

the Djokovic serve, that means that half chance in the six yard box,

might that have been the difference? We were watching it again, four all,

15 all in the fifth set. Federer chip and charge, he pushed the

volley into the open court. Djokovic put up the lob and a smash of that

nature, I mean Federer is probably going to miss it, once, twice a

year, and you would have thought that he wouldn't have been able to

miss it in the net, because it was a long way behind him. But perhaps he

slightly oversnaped his wrest and it went into the net. A huge

difference. 30-15 for Djokovic on his serve, rather than 15-30. You

could pinpoint a host of them, but at the end of the match, I think

that was one of the key shots. We will reflect on what the future

might hold for them. But obviously Novak Djokovic not the only winner

today, because various other finals were played. The last one on Centre

Court saw another Serbian victory. Nenad Zimonjic and Sam Stosur from

Australia winning the mixed doubles finals against Max Mirnyi and Chan

Hao-ching in straight sets. Is this the future of men's tennis? Noah

Rubin of the USA beating Stefan Kozlov, also of the USA in three

quality sets. Stefan Kozlov has a brother called Boris, his father a

tennis mad nut, they were his two children after Edberg and Becker.

The lady, the girls singles are concerned, we have Jelena Ostapenko

of Latvia winning the girls' singles title against Anna Schmiedlova of

Slovakia. And a couple of wheelchair results

to give you. In the final of the Ladies' Doubles well done to jaw who

with her partner -- Jordanne Whiley from Japan Yui Kamiji won against

her opponents and the gentleman's doubles another Japanese success.

And so, another Wimbledon has come and gone, another Wimbledon when

this tournament hit all the right notes.

Welcome to Wimbledon 2014. Hello Glastonbury. There is something

simply magical and unmistakable about the sound of summer.

Wimbledon's headline act Andy Murray, the raining champion the

first week was as easy as, well... # ABC. #

Andy was top dog week one. I am top notch. How you? Most of the time at

least. On your way out be can you give John Inverdale a nudge in the

corridor. Murray and Bartoli retired so no title defence but she was

honoured in a tearful supporting act as Sabine Lisicki who she beat took

Centre Court stage instead. Lightning almost struck twice for

Rafael Nadal against Rosol who beat the Spaniard in the second round two

years ago and has a lead this time until Rafa said

# Guess who's back # Back again. #

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

# Freefalling. # Second seed and Australian Li Na was

out. Novak was down but not out. Serena went flying in double, but

was safe for now. Sister Venus was sent tumbling from

a collision of champions by Petra Kvitova. Then came the biggest shock

of week one, the biggest fall. There was no-one to catch her this time.

Serena's troubles doubled when illness struck. It is embarrassing.

This is ridiculous. An astonishing and worrying end to

her championships. We have never seen the likes before.

# I am beautiful # No matter what they say. #

Fabio Fognini opened his set with a few familiar strains of his troubled

soul. Deep down, he just wants to be loved. Some flat out Italian love.

Sausage song unyieshlly played every day -- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga unusually

played every day. It became a bit nine-to-five for the Frenchman.

Tsonga's third round victim was Jimmy Wang.

Maybe next year Jimmy. It was more five to nine for Thomas Berdych.

# To stop in the name of love. # he was begging the umpire to stop

the show against Marin Cilic as darkness descended but after he was

out after the latest non-roof finish at Wimbledon. Talk about intense.

Yet bigger names would be shocked and ousted. Nick Kyrgios got his

Teenage Kicks by rocking out Centre Court and knocking out Rafa. A huge

sensation. Maria Sharapova crashed to Kerber,

leaving her other half to take over lead vocals.

# I can do it # Grigor Dimitrov a support act no

more. Britain's historic hero shown to be only human.

# But I'm only human. # I'm only human

# And I crash and I break down. Time for the chart countdown. In at

number five, shut up your face by Stanislas Wawrinka and Feliciano

Lopez. Up to number four, Raonic with Boom

Boom Pow. At three, all round my hat, by news

paper head. Climbing to to, your latest trick by Dire Straits and

thanks to the form of Czech mate, this week's UK number one over and

over by Hot Chip and it was Kvitova to give Petra a more recognised

pronunciation, it proved too much for Eugenie Bouchard. The first

major final for Bouchard was brutal, but in Genie a new star has been

released on the tennis world while Petra's Wimbledon wishes have been

granted. When Roger Federer it is classical delight. The strings sing

when he is in rhythmic flow. A record eight men's single's title is

something few saw him orchestrating. As it transpired Novak Djokovic saw

to it that the Swiss symphony would remain unfinished. It banished

memories of recent finals lost. The sounds of summer for this Wimbledon

king come no more emotional, no more joyous than this.

So an eventful two weeks as ever. Let us talk specific individuals, so

Federer, we have written him off, at our peril, so often now, is this

still the one tournament he can win? Yes, definitely after seeing his

performance in last couple of week, it won't get easier for him, as he

is getting older but I think with his, you know, serving ability, how

aggressive he is, this surface is the toughest to defend on and he

doesn't rely on his defensive skill, I still see him competing for the

title for a few more years. And Djokovic is world number one, you

know, is he having, having broken that run of losing Grand Slam final,

is he back on an upward curve? He is the man to beat? You would think so,

but there are a couple of decent other players ranging round, Nadal

is keen to come back, and there is a lot of young guys coming through. We

are looking forward to Dimitrov, and you know, Kyrgios and these guys

coming through. Nishikori has moved into the top ten. They will be be

nipping at their heels. For sure, this is a tournament that Federer

can do damage for years to come. Somebody who maybe heading out of

the top ten is Andy Murray, which will start making his life more

difficult in forthcoming Championships. What is your take on

where he is at the moment? I think he is fine. I think, my theory on

injuries is that it takes, the same amount of time you have been out

injured to come back in the top form. The only person who has prove

me correct is Nadal, he does crazy thing, but he was out for three,

four Monday, so three, four by the time he was about to get to top

form. That was round the French Open. You start with one good match,

two bad match, and Andy is up to five good matches and one bad match,

and come the US circuit it will be six matches and one bad match. That

is a Grand Slam title. So I think he is on track, he is fine, he will run

into top seeds. I think it is important to reflect that he had his

best result at the French Open, get back into the semifinals and I would

say his first four matches here, he played better than last year, and he

didn't play well against Dimitrov, but against Verdasco 12 months ago

he was down two sets to love and playing horribly but was able to

turn it round. You know, sthaz he is 27, he has plenty of years ahead of

him and a lot of good tennis. If we are heading to the Changing of the

Guard in the men's game. What about the women's? Do you see a big change

here? It will be interesting to see how Serena Williams bounces back,

she has a disastrous Wimbledon. It is fantastic Bouchard coming on the

scene, Kvitova when she won Wimbledon, the previous time, she

sort of went walk about for a few moneys if not a year after, so it

will be interesting to see whether she can maintain the confidence,

because I thought the way she played in the final was incredible. She hit

winner after winner and has had so few unforced errors. It is

interesting to see how it unfolds. Random thoughts from the

Championship that lives with you? Keepy-uppies for me! I guess you

won! I was amazed. Andy didn't want another go. Hopefully there will be

a rematch. I think he has a few more in the locker as well. He might be

better on a different surface. That is maybe what it is! Thanks guys it

has been great fun. It goes so quickly. Let us look at the order of

play for for tomorrow. What do you mean there is no order of play for

tomorrow? ! We had, there is no order of play for tomorrow, to

obscure that truly, isn't that just fantastic. That is the best, that is

the best, we have saved the best till last, as far as our sunsets

have been concerned, and at this very Mo moment, here is Novak

Djokovic, and how long ago did the match end, three-and-a-half hours

ago, there he is, finally leaving the premises, as Wimbledon champion

once again. So, we will have to do it in 50 weeks time, where did the

last two weeks go from from Pat, Tim and myself and all of us here at the

BBC. Thanks for watching, see you next time.

# Rising up # Back on the street

# Did my time, took my chances # I went the distance

# Now I'm back on my feet # Just a man with the will to

survive # Many times it happened to fast

# You change your passion for the glory

# Don't lose your grip # On dreams of the past

# You got to fight to keep them alive

# It's the eye of the tiger # Cream of the fight

# Rising up # To challenge a rival

# The last known survive stalks prey in the night

# Watching the eye of the tiger # #

rising up, straight to the top for # I got the guts, got the glory

# I went the distance # Not going to stop

# Just a man with a will to survive, yes

# And it's the eye of the tiger # It's the cream of the fight

# Rising up to challenge a rival # It's the last known survivor

stalking prey in the night # Watching the eye of the tiger. #