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Things were very different when Spencer Gore became the first

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Wimbledon champion, 128 years ago. Wibble con is in full swing and

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blessed by good weather the premier club of the world is... And the

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title goes to Britain. Victory to Maria Bueno on the hottest day of

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the year. Game, set and match. In the passage through numerous eras

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the gold and silver trophies have become the most prized possessions

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for tennis's iconic names. Game, set and match Ms Navratilova. Federer.

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So who would be the champions to have their names engraved indelibly

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into history in 2015? Novak Djokovic, the defending

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Wimbledon champion, seeded 1. Serena Williams, 20-time major champion,

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number one seed. Roger Federer, seven-times Wimbledon champion,

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seeded number two. Petra Kvitova, defending Wimbledon champion, seeded

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two. Andy Murray, 2013 Wimbledon champion, seeded three. Stan

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Wawrinka, French Open champion, seeded four. Maria Sharapova,

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five-time major champion, seeded four. With an extra week added to

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the grass court season between the French Open and Wimbledon, the

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leading players had never been better rested or prepared. In search

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of a record 8th Wimbledon crown, nobody was more ready than Roger

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Federer. I'm aware it's going to take a lot of work. I know it's

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going to be difficult, but at the same time I know it's possible. The

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title will be decided by one of the top ten players. Anything els would

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be a big, big shock, a big surprise for a guy to run from the first

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round all the way to victory. I'm happy I'm part of that elite group

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that's got that shot. Serena Williams had her sights set iams had

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her sights set on something really special - winning all four slams in

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the same calendar year. This was her 16th Wimbledon visit since her 1998

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debut. I was really excited to see everyone. Seeing Pete Samaras, I was

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like, oh my God, there's Pete Sampras! It was really cool to see

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players you grew up watching on TV. What's different now is I'm kind of

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that role, where everyone who has grown up watching me and I'm still

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playing, which is shocking. Like Federer, the world number one is 33.

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The same age Martina Navratilova was when she captured a record 9th

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singles title. When Martina was there, there weren't many people her

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age and playing. Now a lot of players are 33, 34. They are still

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playing and still doing really well, so I'm in a little bit different

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position, where I don't feel like I have to go down to win and dig so

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deep to win. There was a particular significance to Novak Djokovic's bid

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for a third title. 30 years earlier his coach and then Wundt kid Boris

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Becker won the first in history. On the eve of the Championships the

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champion was in reflective mood. Last year winning against ridgeer in

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a five-set marathon match, probably the best Grand Slam final match I

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was part of. Just was incredible feeling. I knew right after the

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match that next year I would be playing on Monday at 1 .00pm, which

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makes some things easier in order to concerning the preparation. But

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joking aside, to be able to open the Centre Court and play on the fresh

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virgin grass is really a privilege. I can't wait for that. The two time

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champion would not drop a set during the first week. Petra Kvitova began

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her quest for a third title at SW 19. I was still the kind of player

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really playing aggressively. Sometimes it is going into the

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court. Sometimes it's out, so you never know how it's going to be. I

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think I'm going to feel the history and the good energy which I really

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need. I'm really looking forward to these moments before the match. It's

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going to be very nice and I'm really looking forward. The defending

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champion was not troubled in week one. One phrase was said more than

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any other before the first ball was hit - Andy Murray is in the best

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place I have seen for a long time. The Scot had extended Djokovic on

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the Parisian clay and was again champion at Queen's. Players improve

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all the time throughout their career. If you don't, players catch

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up with you and you start to fall behind. I do feel like I'm made

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improvements to my game from that period, from 2012, 2013 period. On

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sun-kissed Wimbledon grass Murray was several classes above his early

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round appropriates. Victory at Wimbledon would give Serena Williams

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her 21st major title. The hot favourite breezed through her

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opener. This was en route to a possible semifinal encounter against

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a proven champion. When you're able to take a step back from the sport

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and you realise even the grind of having an everyday routine, you are

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pretty lucky to be part of that, because you're giving yourself a

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chance to be part of Wimbledon, part of these amazing Grand Slams and

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tournaments. From a very young age I still find passion and belief, and a

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lot of motivation to be a better player. Those are the things that

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keep me going. Maria Sharapova was another big name to progress to the

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second week without a loss of a set. As temperatures rose on court Roger

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Federer barely looked like he had broken a sweat as he swept past his

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first two opponents with ease. His 34th birthday just weeks away, Mr

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Imperious rations his tournament accordingly, but insisted he hadn't

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felt better in years. A mouth watering clash against Murray in the

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semis was calling. Stan Wawrinka was in pursuit of a rare double, winning

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the French Open and Wimbledon back to back. More than anyone, he

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benefited from the calendar change. Yes, Paris was pretty good, to have

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one more week, that's for sure. I had time to go home a little bit, to

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rest a little bit. I had time to really practise well on grass, and

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rest at the same time, so that was perfect to have one more week.

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Umbrellas are habitually an all too common sight during the Wimbledon

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fortnight. This years they were more frequently used to shield the

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players and public from the sunshine than the rain. On Wednesday 1st

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July, the All England Club recorded the hottest temperatures in its

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history. Coming into the Wimbledon championships we knew it was going

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to be hot. We were hoping we might break a record, because we love

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records being broken. So we were expecting a heat wave, but wow! What

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a temperature. 36 Celsius, smashing the previous record of 26th June

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1976, 34.a 5, so easily beating that. 39 years had passed since

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Bjorn Borg first lifted Wimbledon's gold trophy. From 1978 to 1980 the

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Swede won at Roland Garros and was then equally invincible on the grass

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at Wimbledon, a feat that Rafa Nadal completed on two occasions. But it

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has been a problematical year for the man from ma York captain.

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Injuries, illness and a self admitted crisis of confidence saw

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him fall to number ten in the world, his lowest ranking in a decade. In

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round two, he faced a dangerous opponent, 6 foot 5 Dustin Brown from

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Germany, an aggressive unorthodox qualifier who had already defeated

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Rafa on grass once. The 30-year-old had never set foot on the world's

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most hallowed court before. But as countryman Boris Becker once

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insisted about himself, it seemed the Centre Court was Brown's back

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garden. Rafa needed to tread carefully. Daring drop shots and

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raids to the net were plentiful as the German frequently made Nadal

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look out of sorts. He took the first set. Game Brown.

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Nadal ventured forward like his tenacious opponent and claimed the

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set. But Brown continued to bewilled ter 14-time Grand Slam champion with

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his wild but often brilliant game. The Centre Court crowd was torn

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between applauding for the popular Spaniard an enduring favourite, or

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the Rastafarian showman, who once travelled around the tennis circuit

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in a camper van. The world number 102 served magnificently throughout

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and completed the biggest victory of his career with an ace. His tactics

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were brilliantly devised and perfectly executed. Obviously you're

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not unbeatable on this surface but it comes more natural to me playing

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on this, especially with my type of game, I know I can play really well

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on this. I'm looking forward to the next match. Probably the best day of

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my life so far. Acknowledging his father, tattooed on his torso,

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Dustin Brown knew he had outshone one of the game's brightest lights.

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Helped by Rafa's lack of energy and authority. I was playing well before

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that tournament, had the right preparation, all of the things I

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thought would be fine to play at Wimbledon, but obviously today it is

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not. Ominously it was his fourth straight Wimbledon defeat to one

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ranked outside to top 100. Heather Watson went to the brink in her

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opening match, saving three match points against Caroline Garcia of

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France before beating the 32nd seed. Posters of the opponent in round 3

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had once adorned the 23-year-old's bedroom wall back in Guernsey. After

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Watson's one-time heroine Serena Williams took an effortless 25

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minutes to claim the first set, there was no sign of an upset. Then

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midway through the second Watson galvanised through the addressor.

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While she flew around the court as if her life depended on it, Williams

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was yards behind the pace. Humiliation can be painful. The Brit

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continued to turn the screw, much to the crowd's pleasure. That was

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probably the most enjoyable atmosphere I've ever played in this

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my life. The crowd was so loud, the loudest crowd I have ever played in

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front of. I get goose butches just thinking about it. Being on the

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court, after winning the second set, the roar.

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CHEERING. It was just, yeah, it's amazing. Watson took a three games

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to love lead in the decisive set, cheered on by the strident home

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fans. I don't think I have ever played the crowd here like that.

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They were really vocal. They were rooting for their champion

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to do really well. And you can't blame them. If I was here I would be

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rooting for her too. Being local, you want to see your girl do really

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well. Watson served for the match. Worrying a legend is one thing but

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beating her is another. Williams, like a cornered tigress, clawed her

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way to survival. I don't feel there is much I did wrong. She was just

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too good and her experience showed. Now I have to put it in perspective

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and just be positive about how I played. Yet again, Serena prevailed.

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But Heather Watson had fought an epic battle. Rarely had a Centre

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Court crowd's ovation for a loser been more richly deserved. The

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formidable American had kept her hopes alive of winning the grand

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slam. As a five-time champion progressed,

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another past winner said goodbye to Wimbledon. At his 17th and final

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appearance at the All-England Club, 34-year old Lleyton Hewitt

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remembered his 2002 victory. I guess more it was a dream to compete at

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Wimbledon and play there. For me it was always seen as the biggest

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tournament in the world. I just dreamt of hopefully being able to

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play on Centre Court one day. In the first round on Court to Mecca,

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Lleyton Hewitt was paired against a another soon to retire veteran,

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Finland's Jarkko Nieminen. Bowing out fighting in the only way he

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knows. A clan of Australian supporters

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known as the Fanatics lapped up every point their long-time hero ran

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down. There were flickers of the lusty of

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old throughout the four hour five sets, but it was eventually time for

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him to bid a fond farewell. Holding up that great Gold trophy with the

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pineapple on top, it's so unique and getting the replica trophy back in

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your house, it's nice to walk on to. There were other Antipodean Mo to

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cheer for. Court 17, and all Australian second-round showdown was

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taking place between friends and Wimbledon housemates, Sam Groff and

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James Duckworth. Both men also share the same coach, Ben Mathias. Sam

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Groff was playing in his maiden Wimbledon draw. Duckworth had

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reached round two at SW19 for the first time. Sam Groff was the

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victor. We reward for his efforts, a Centre Court encounter with Roger

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Federer. This is what you dream of as a kid. I dreamt of playing

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Wimbledon and getting the chance to play on a big court here and

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probably get to play the greatest player of all-time on that court. It

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helps with the experience of playing him in New York on that court. I

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will try to take some of those experiences I had there. I will walk

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out there with a game plan and also know what I'm planning to do out

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there. It's up to up to me to execute that. This is what every

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coach dreams of, to be coaching at Wimbledon. I will probably be

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feeling the same thing he will, I will be nervous, trying to calm him

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down, but there is nobody to calm me down! But I'm excited. Sam Groff

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boasts the fastest recorded served in history, 163 mph. How many

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would-be world number 69 hit to hinder Federer's progress?

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In the first game, the Australian and announced himself with a 142 mph

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strike. Then he hit the second fastest delivery in Wimbledon

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history, just one mile per hour shy of Taylor Dent's all-time record.

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But when Federer came to terms with the power of the Australian's serve,

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the task of shaping the win became easier.

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Federer's serve didn't look too bad either. Game and second set,

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Federer. Groth lifted his game and took the second set tie-break. At

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times his touch was way above his ranking. The drama didn't last with

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Federer regrouping, secure in the early break and Groth was never able

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to get back on serve. The Swiss progressed through to the fourth

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round. The powerful Australian's Wimbledon

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journey was over. The way ahead for the almost

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faultless Federer was still fraught with danger, with potential

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match-ups against Andy Murray and Djokovic in line, as he looked to

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win his first major title in three years. Federer has only won one

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grand slam final since the Australian Open of 2010.

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Significantly, that was on the grass at than three years ago. He has

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played fabulous tennis in the first week, often the case with Federer.

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All of us are now waiting to see whether the matches get tougher and

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the possible T he might have to play both Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic

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to win the title, is he able to win those matches still at the age of

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34? Like the seven time champion, Serena Williams had also focused her

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sights on Wimbledon to show age is an irrelevance compared to sheer

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quality and true tennis greatness. I think actions speak louder than

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words. Serena has downplayed the pursuit of the calendar year grand

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slam, or even the "Serena slammed" in 2015. But withdrawing from the

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doubles with Venus, the fact she did that, that documents how much she is

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emphasising the pursuit of the grand slam. The world number one couldn't

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totally avoid the attentions of her sibling. In the fourth round of the

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singles, her opponent was the five-time champion, venous ebony

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star Williams. What is her legacy? I don't think her legacy is over yet.

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It's too early to comment. She has done more than most people have done

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with several lifetimes, in life and in tennis. So the good part is still

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good times to come. I would expect more people to be rooting for me. I

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would be rooting for Venus Williams. Serena said she thought the crowd

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would cheer for you in the match. She said she knew she would cheer

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for you if she was in the crowd. That's interesting. I would rather

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cheer for her! First set, Miss Serena Williams to

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serve. Ready. Combined, the sisters had monopolised Wimbledon with ten

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singles titles since the turn-of-the-century. In this, their

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26th career encounter, it was Serena who dominated from the outset with

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her big hitting. Tennis legends both may be, but as

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they embraced at the net, they were simply two close sisters. No hard

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feelings, never ever. The world number one remained on course to

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make grand slam history. Defending champion Djokovic was improving with

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each round, having cruised past Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber and

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Jarkko Nieminen, he produced another commanding performance to outplay

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Australian Bernard Tomic to reach the second week. Could anyone halt

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his masterly progress? The reigning women's champion, Petra Kvitova had

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been playing superbly. Surrendering only three games in her first two

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matches. Against Jelena Jankovic, a former world double one, the second

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seed was a set and break up and it looks like victory was a formality

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in under one hour. And then suddenly, Kvitova crumbled as her

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opponent to build a more solid game. The champion found herself in a

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decider where she continued to unravel. As Kvitova lost her grip on

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the beloved trophy, an almost astonished Jankovic celebrated.

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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, press conference for Petra Kvitova.

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English questions first as usual. Earlier in the week you spoke about

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when you first won Wimbledon and what it was like to come back and

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all the pressures at that time. What has it been like this time? Losing

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in the third round, not making the second week of my favourite

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tournament, that's really sad for me. I really don't know what I can

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say, but... That's it. Home hopes were high for Andy Murray. A decade

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had passed since the Scot first played in the main draw at the

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All-England Club will stop even including his title year of 2013,

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his form was perceived as never being better. When you reflect on

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ten years of Andy Murray at Wimbledon, he has evolved massively,

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physically and mentally. I don't think he found it particularly easy

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playing at Wimbledon. I think the pressure and attention and the

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spotlight, being the best British player playing in the best

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tournament in the world as the home player. It wasn't particularly easy,

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but now having won the tournament in 2013 and becoming more experienced

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with everything that goes with it, I see him as the complete player. I

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think that when he worked with Ivan Lendl and when he helped him win the

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Olympic gold and his two Grand Slams, the focus was very much on

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focusing on helping become more aggressive at the right times and

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more often. Since he started working with Amelie Mauresmo, because she

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played and feels the game in the same way Andy does, with the slices

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and drop shots and lobs and changing the pace and depth of the ball,

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reading the game really well, I think she has brought those subtle

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skills back into his game, which is how I taught him to play all those

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years ago. It's how I like to see tennis played. It was no laughing

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matter for the champion in round four. Big hitting Kevin Anderson had

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taken a 2-0 lead on Court One. Time for the world number one to prove

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just why, right now, he's undeniably the best male player on the planet.

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Djokovic outplayed the Florida -based South African in the third

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set. He managed to just hold on the

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fourth. Frustratingly, fading light stopped

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play. The match resumed 16 hours later for the deciding set. At 5-5,

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Anderson dramatically surrendered to the Serb.

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As the reigning champion egg sailed a huge sigh of relief, the women's

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quarterfinalists took centre stage. The unconventional Swiss was beaten

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by the gifted young Spaniard, Garbine Muguruza.

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Young American Madison Keys is another emergent player with

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potentially a big future, but this year's hopes were thwarted by

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Radwanska. The player from the United States

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pushed Maria Sharapova to a fourth set before falling. The previous

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month in Paris former world number one Victoria Azarenka forced Serena

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Williams to play a decider en route to the American taking the title.

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Williams showed herself to be it's stronger that day. It was a similar

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story on Centre Court. Serena was only two matches away from winning

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her 21st major title. Frenchman Gilles Simon has always been a neat

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and tidy player, but not quite efficient enough to upset the master

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of tennis grace Federer, who moved on to his tenth Wimbledon final in

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straight sets. Likewise Andy Murray was simply too ruthlessly efficient

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for Canada's Vasek Pospisil, playing in his first ever major

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quarterfinal. After being extended in the previous round, Novak

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Djokovic decided that haste was the order of the day against US Open

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champion, Marin Cilic. So it was left to Wawrinka and Frenchman

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Richard Gasquet, two of the most esthetic performers in the current

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men's game, to provide the most evenly matched quarterfinal. Both

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men are supreme exponents of the classic backhand, as the No 1 Court

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crowd came to admire. But it was Gasquet who came out on

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top in a truly enthralling contest. The most captivating women's tennis

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of the fortnight had been when Serena Williams gave Heather Watson

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and Victoria Azarenka definite opportunities to claim victory. In

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her semifinal against Maria Sharapova, there were no such

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chances. Sharapova last beat Williams in 2004. 11 years on, the

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American's powerful serve and ferocious ground strokes proved too

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much for the Russian, whose tally of unforced errors didn't help matters.

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Williams score as 17th successive victory over the fourth seed, to

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move within one win of a second Serena slam. In the other semi, 13th

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seed Radwanska faced the 20th seed, Muguruza. The match was a thriller.

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It see Saud back and forth from the clutches of the Spaniard in the

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first set... To hands of the Pole, who stole the second to restore

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party. Finally Muguruza grasped the decider, displaying remarkable

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composure to win her major maiden semifinal. In an era when Rafael

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Nadal has played a dominant goal in the men's game, Garbine Muguruza was

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the first to win a Grand Slam final in 15 years. I am the worst when you

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see Federer, Djokovic, Murray and me, admitted the 21st seed Richard

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Gasquet ahead of his major semifinal. Yet the Frenchman had

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outlasted the new King of Clay, Wawrinka, in the quarters. His

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opponent, the French Open runner-up, was playing in his sixth consecutive

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Wimbledon semi. He acknowledged Gasquet's grass court abilities.

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Aside from Wawrinka, Gasquet had beaten both the Australian Nick

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Kyrgios and Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, who in 2014 had proved

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quality on Wimbledon's grass. However, Djokovic was once more in

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control of all aspects of his game, playing with poise and precision.

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While the crowd enjoyed the Frenchman's elegant ground strokes,

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Gasquet's touch and style were not enough to overcome the robotic

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relentlessness of the world number one.

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Hitting anglings like that, few players from the past as well as the

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present could live with the 28-year-old master. Novak Djokovic

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reached his 15th final from the last 20 Grand Slam events. The Serb's

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record in major tournaments is something very special. However, it

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still has some way to go to eclipse that of Roger Federer, who was four

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years of age when Boris Becker won his first title at SW 19. I always

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watched tennis on the TV. The main thing was Wimbledon. I was rooting

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first for Beckham and then for Edberg. On those hard matches, if

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one of those two lost... He also learnt a lot from those matches, I

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believe. Federer's game during the Championships had been near perfect,

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with one standout weapon in his armoury. He is serving so well. This

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puts him in a quite comfortable situation. He's not so much under

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pressure. OK, you are always under pressure, but as he is serving so

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well, he hardly gets broken. I think he got broken once, and I'm proud of

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him. Federer and Murray arrived together on Centre Court for the

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third time in their career. UMPIRE: Roger Federer to serve.

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Play. Federer was victorious in the Wimbledon final of 2012, while

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Murray struck back on the same plot of grass to level the head to head

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record 28 days later in the Olympic final. Since then the Swiss has not

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added to his major tally, while the Scot has become a double Grand Slam

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winner. Could Murray halt the maestro's bid for history?

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Murray was not playing badly. In fact he was playing extremely well,

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and would have been too good for most other players who set out in

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the 128-strong draw. However, his opponent had an answer for

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everything that Murray threw at him. It was one of those days when

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Federer's tennis was nothing short of magnificent.

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He outserved the Scot. He outrallied him, and sliced and diced him to

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such an extent that Murray simply found himself searching for new

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ideas. UMPIRE: Game and second set,

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Federer. In the end, the Scot had to accept

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that there are occasions when the tennis gods bestow superhuman

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powers, and Federer on this particular afternoon was the chosen

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one. UMPIRE: Game, set and match,

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Federer. For those interested in the statistics, the Swiss hit 56 winners

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and 20 aces. It was a vintage performance from Federer, who was

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now only one victory away from an 8th Wimbledon title, and 18th Grand

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Slam crown. Serena Williams was a great champion

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before this player became her coach, but the Frenchman has directed her

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to new elves of authority and consistency which weren't always the

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case before. Her will, her dedication, her fighting spirit, the

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way she refused to lose is something that I've never seen, she is never

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satisfied about anything, whether it is during practises or matches. Even

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when she wins. To be part of writing the history of tennis, even if it is

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a small part, whatever it is, emotionally it is incredible.

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Whatever is going to happen in the future, it is already more than

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enough. Who at the start of the fortnight would have envisaged that

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Serena's last opponent at the 2015 championships would have been the

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endearing Spaniard, Garbine Muguruza? I think it is amazing.

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Amazing is the word. It's been an amazing day, incredible matches, a

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lot of emotion. One more day. Getting to the final was a great

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goal. I had made it to the quarterfinals, so it was a big goal.

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You have to do it, have to lose the fear. You have to be confident. You

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have your options to win the match. You are in the final. You deserve to

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be here, so you just have to fight for it. Believe that you can do it.

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It is the epitome of what a tennis player works for, the finals of

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Wimbledon. It doesn't get better than that. Whether I would win or

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lose, all mid life I've dreamt of this moment. To have it happen again

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is very special. At one end a competitor playing her 25th major

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final. At the other, a novice vying for the biggest of prizes for the

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first time. Try as Muguruza did, experience

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provides a potent advantage in such situations.

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Most who knew a thing or two seemed to recognise the way this one was

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progressing. But even the greats can be misled.

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Muguruza showed indisputably there was enough to her game to suggest

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one day soon she would be lifting a glittering prize.

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But Serena is never more dangerous than when threatened.

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She had set her heart on that 21st major title and what she wants she

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usually gets. Going into this year, 2015, my goal was to women

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Wimbledon. It's been, I really wanted to do well here. Holding that

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trophy feels so good. It feels like the first time every time. The last

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12 months have been just unbelievable. I definitely don't

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think I would have written a better story. But yeah, I just feel like it

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all started at the Open, with me just taking a huge breath and

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relaxing and saying, Serena, relax, enjoy this. Have fun. After that

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I've been on this whole super-calm... For me calm. I look

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really intense on the court but that's a calm Serena. Just enjoying

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the moments that I have. One o'clock on Tuesday, that's

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something I really look forward to. I can't wait for that. 30 years ago,

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Boris Becker opened his legendary wimble -- Wimbledon account with the

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first of three titles. Now his charge, Djokovic, was looking to

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equal that achievement against an opponent in Roger Federer, who was

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in search of an eighth Wimbledon crown. It's a match I was expecting,

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hoping I could play the entire year. There's a lot of expectations, a lot

:45:10.:45:15.

at stake. It's a weak draw for the sport and we will both be going out

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to the court very excited and wanting to win. The game is now very

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much a game of movement. It's whoever moves best who is world

:45:24.:45:27.

number one, plus whoever is fit and can get the job done. Novak has been

:45:28.:45:34.

best on hard courts in the last few years but has improved a tonne on

:45:35.:45:38.

the grass and he knows what expecting Wimbledon finals. It's the

:45:39.:45:42.

same for me. It's always going to be big. He's one of my biggest rivals.

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Through the matches I have played against him, especially in Grand

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Slams, I became a better player and understood what I am doing wrong and

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what I needed to do in order to get in front of him. Yeah, that's a big,

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big part of his contribution to my progress and my success. I have been

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playing very well for six matches now. Keep it up for one more match,

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here we go. The 129th Men's Singles final, a showdown between the worlds

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two finest players. The defending champion against a seven time

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winner. The 40th career encounter with Federer leaving Djokovic 20-19.

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-- leading Djokovic. From the outset it was clear the majority of the

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crowd support was behind Federer. Masilevu greeted the first break

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going to the Swiss. -- mass elation greeted. Djokovic fought back.

:46:44.:47:02.

He served to stay in their set, saved a set point and forced a

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tie-break. Djokovic won the break, helped along

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the way by an uncharacteristic Federer double fault.

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In the second, the quality of play was nothing short of immaculate as

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another tie-break ends you'd. -- ensued.

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The Serb took a 3-1 lead. The Swiss needed to summon up something

:47:55.:48:00.

special. Djokovic led 4-2 as the players

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changed ends. Federer struck back and completed the next chapter of

:48:31.:48:32.

the final. The reigning champion handed Federer

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his first set point. Sensing an unlikely sliver of charity, the

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Swiss came to the net and struck a decisive backhand volley.

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15,000 fans roared their approval. Federer had saved seven set points

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to stay in the match. Could this high-stakes duel remain such a

:49:11.:49:14.

closely fought affair, or could either man surge forward to

:49:15.:49:15.

dominate? The answer, Djokovic cranked his

:49:16.:49:23.

game into another gear. Great champions like Federer do not

:49:24.:49:44.

simply capitulate without dragging out every last ounce of resistance

:49:45.:49:46.

they can muster. But there are some very good reasons

:49:47.:50:08.

why Djokovic has become almost unassailable after a year on top of

:50:09.:50:12.

the world rankings. And with that supremacy, the greatest prizes. As

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the reigning champion took a 5-3 lead, Federer's dream of a record

:50:24.:50:25.

eighth title slipped away. Djokovic won his ninth grand slam

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title, overtaking the likes of Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl

:50:58.:51:00.

in the all-time list of major winners. It feels like the first

:51:01.:51:05.

time every time that I managed to win. It's a very special court, the

:51:06.:51:11.

best tournament and most well-known tennis tournament in the world. A

:51:12.:51:16.

very special occasion. It was not easy after Roland Garros, losing in

:51:17.:51:20.

the final. Having to regroup. But when I was on the court I felt the

:51:21.:51:26.

drive and strength and motivation and self belief to keep going,

:51:27.:51:30.

wanting to go all the way. It's very fulfilling. The champion had matched

:51:31.:51:35.

his coach's Wimbledon accomplishments. Novak Djokovic

:51:36.:51:43.

celebrated his third title success at the All-England Club.

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