Roger Federer SUI (1) d. Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 7-6(7), 4-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2 in 3 hours, 45 minutes to win a 5th consecutive Wimbledon title, his 11th major career title and extend his grass court winning streak to 54 consecutive matches and impriving to 5-8 against the Spanish "King of Clay."
This was Federer's first 5-set match at Wimbledon since his dispatch of his idol Pete Sampras in 2001 and he improved to 10-10 lifetime in 5 set matches. The final was a thrilling, high quality encounter with Federer's 65 winners to 34 errors (+31) outpacing Nadal's 50 winners to 24 errors (+26), with the key statistic being 24 aces (3 double faults) for the Swiss #1 to only 1 ace (2 double faults) to the #2 Spaniard.
In other news, African American phenom Donald Young won the Wimbledon Boys Title by defeating the top seed 7-5, 6-1. Craig Hickman has more details on this important result over at his Tennis Blog.
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