12:08 PM ET Six-time major winner Boris Becker has said that tennis must “wake up to the greatness” of Novak Djokovic following his 16th Grand Slam title win at Wimbledon on Sunday. World No.1 Djokovic, 32, defeated Swiss great Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3) to win his fifth title at
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11:50 PM ET Manoj BhagavatulaESPN Novak Djokovic held off Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 in a marathon final to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon on Sunday. Here are some of the notable statistics from the match: 16 Djokovic’s Grand Slam tally now stands at 16, closing in on Federer
Jul 7, 2019 Simon Cambers LONDON — Wimbledon is famous for its traditions, from its insistence on predominantly white clothing to the strawberries and cream on offer around the grounds during the two weeks of The Championships. This year, a couple of traditions are being tweaked. There is a final-set tiebreak for the first time,
Jul 12, 2019 Simon Cambers LONDON — In the 1950s and 1960s, it seemed as if Wimbledon turned into a mini version of Australia every summer, so successful were its players. Between 1950 and 1969, there was an Australian man in 17 of 20 finals, and in the 1960s, Australian men won eight singles titles
Jul 14, 2019 LONDON — After four hours and 55 minutes, Novak Djokovic won the fifth-set tiebreak in Wimbledon’s longest singles final to beat Roger Federer in a match for the ages. The fifth set lasted just under two hours in itself, but it was Djokovic who edged past Federer in an epic 7-6, 1-6,
Jul 15, 2019 Alyssa RoenigkESPN Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @ESPN_Alyssa on Twitter). LONDON — A little more than an hour after Serena Williams departed from Centre Court at
8:52 PM ET LONDON — Chasing. It seems that Novak Djokovic has been doing it since he was an inexperienced teenager, forever fighting for the elusive rewards in the golden age of men’s tennis: the respect of his peers, the affection of a public that seemed to only have eyes for Roger Federer and Rafael
5:46 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN LONDON — More than four hours into an epic Wimbledon championship match on Centre Court that seemed to captivate the entire world, Roger Federer had a chance to clinch the victory over Novak Djokovic. Federer had taken an 8-7 lead in the fifth set, and was serving at 40-15. It
5:23 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Three days after losing in her first major semifinal in singles, Barbora Strycova won her first major title in doubles. Strycova and Hsieh Su-wei won the women’s doubles at Wimbledon on Sunday by beating Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Xu Yifan of China 6-2, 6-4 on Centre Court.
4:08 PM ET ESPN staff LONDON — Roger Federer defeated old rival Rafael Nadal to reach his 12th Wimbledon final with a sublime display of tennis on Centre Court. In what was their first meeting on the All England Club grass since that epic 2008 final, eight-time champion Federer toppled Nadal 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3,