WIMBLEDON, England — It is hard enough to win a Wimbledon final in normal circumstances. Novak Djokovic has had to play his finals against great players on the road.
Perhaps he deserves extra credit in the record books. Perhaps he does not. But what is indisputable is that he keeps climbing higher in them.
Sunday’s 7-6 (1), 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-3 victory over Roger Federer, which gave Djokovic a third Wimbledon title and his ninth Grand Slam singles title, was not what most of the Centre Court crowd was craving.
Federer, who will turn 34 next month, is one of the most beloved figures in world sport, and he hit many a high note on his way to the final and in an extraordinary second-set tiebreaker on Sunday in which he saved seven set points to level the match.