WIMBLEDON 2015

And he gets the break!

consolidates at the next 3-1

they're going to put the roof on aren't they *cries*

can't roddick get his tie in order? what a rebel.

lob for 15-30

not a great approach from fed: 40-30

4-2

sleepwalking to 3sps

3rd set Djokovic.

2-2 15-30, Fed in the net

30-40, BP

Djokovic making some crucial gets to get that break...

that return pushed all the lines - and so a break, give this another 15 mins.

Federer doesn't look like he has much left. These errors

oh man 0-30 up then more errors after some good serving

Break for the title Nole!

two BPs for the title

Does it!!

Drama-free!

Welp. Kinda feel like if Rog couldn't do it here, he might not ever again. Though I guess it's always possible he lands in a final against someone else. But it's going to be hard.

Really kept it together after the calamity of that 2nd set.

As for Fed to make it to a final at 33 its just one more line to add to the legend.

The one weird thing about Djokovic's resumé post-2011 is that he's underperformed at Slams relatively to his dominance everywhere else. This is the FIRST time since 2011 he's won multiple Slams in one year, and even with this he's only won 4 of the past 14 Slams (obv still great, but a small proportion given that he's mostly been a dominant No 1 in that period).

4 of the past 14, but now 3 of the past 5, so this is being redressed, it looks like

I was rooting for the old guy but man, those errors at the end. Such a shame after the way he's been playing these past few weeks.

BONUS HINGIS STILL TO COME!

4 of the past 14, but now 3 of the past 5, so this is being redressed, it looks like

Jury is still out for me - obv he is playing at a great level, but three of those slam wins came at a still coming back Murray in Australia and then an older great.

you can only beat who they put in front of you tho, and as lex says his slam record if anything underrates his dominance

Murray and Federer, regardless of their stages, are probably the best rivals the ATP offers Djokovic right now. Stan as well, whom he also beat in Australia.

There's definitely an "ATP lacks depth despite being incredibly strong at the top" argument but that's been true for the past decade.

Hingis and Paes slaying out there

Absolutely - but its only really in that one year (2011) that you felt that Djokovic could have a level of dominance of peak Fed or Nadal.

He is favourite for the US open, but you always feel there is something unexpected around the corner. xp

Goodness. Peya and Babos barely winning points

Wow. A 41-minute 61 61 massacre. Martina Hingis, double Wimbledon champion just like 1997. And three trophies go to India!

Roll of honour:

Men's singles: Novak Djokovic
Women's singles: Serena Williams
Men's doubles: Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecau
Women's doubles: Martina Hingis & Sania Mirza
Mixed doubles: Martina Hingis & Leander Paes
Boys' singles: Reilly Opelka
Girls' singles: Sofya Zhuk
Boys' doubles: Nam Hoang Ly & Sumit Nagal
Girls' doubles: Dalma Galfi & Fanni Stollar

Ly - first Vietnamese Slam champion in history, I assume? I love the global diversity of this sport.

A good Wimbers this year I think.

Jesus!!!!!!!!!! Look at the Boy's champion!

He's freakishly tall.

New rankings!

1. Serena Williams (1)
2. Maria Sharapova (4)
3. Simona Halep (3)
4. Caroline Wozniacki (5)
5. Petra Kvitova (2)
6. Ana Ivanovic (7)
7. Agnieszka Radwanska (13)
8. Lucie Safarova (6)
9. Garbiñe Muguruza (20)
10. Carla Suárez Navarro (9)
11. Ekaterina Makarova (8)
12. Karolina Pliskova (11)
13. Angelique Kerber (10)
14. Timea Bacsinszky (15)
15. Venus Williams (16)
16. Andrea Petkovic (14)
17. Elina Svitolina (17)
18. Madison Keys (21)
19. Victoria Azarenka (24)
20. Sara Errani (19)
21. Belinda Bencic (22)
22. Sabine Lisicki (18)
23. Samantha Stosur (23)
24. Svetlana Kuznetsova (25)
25. Jelena Jankovic (30)
26. Eugenie Bouchard (12)
27. Flavia Pennetta (26)
28. Alizé Cornet (27)
29. Shuai Peng (28)
30. Irina-Camelia Begu (31)
...
32. Coco Vandeweghe (47)
41. Monica Niculescu (48)
47. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (54)
49. Magdalena Rybarikova (65)
51. Heather Watson (59)
62. Tatjana Maria (78)
81. Olga Govortsova (122)
110. Kristyna Pliskova (134)
130. Jelena Ostapenko (147)

Lucic-Baroni back in the top 50 after a 15-year absence, that's kind of amazing. And Tatjana Maria has a better career high ranking as amother than she did in her first career now...

1. Novak Djokovic (1)
2. Roger Federer (2)
3. Andy Murray (3)
4. Stan Wawrinka (4)
5. Kei Nishikori (5)
6. Tomas Berdych (6)
7. David Ferrer (7)
8. Milos Raonic (8)
9. Marin Cilic (9)
10. Rafael Nadal (10)
11. Gilles Simon (13)
12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12)
13. Richard Gasquet (20)
14. David Goffin (15)
15. Kevin Anderson (14)
16. Grigor Dimitrov (11)
17. Gaël Monfils (18)
18. John Isner (17)
19. Feliciano López (16)
20. Viktor Troicki (24)
21. Tommy Robredo (19)
22. Leonardo Mayer (21)
23. Roberto Bautista Agut (22)
24. Ivo Karlovic (25)
25. Bernard Tomic (26)
26. Andreas Seppi (27)
27. Pablo Cuevas (23)
28. Dominic Thiem (30)
29. Vasek Pospisil (56)
30. Juan Monaco (35)
...
37. Borna Coric (40)
41. Nick Kyrgios (29)
80. Dustin Brown (102)
81. Alexander Zverev (74)
89. James Ward (111)

wow, when's the last time the top 10 remained unchanged after a slam?

rewatched this final, incredible level the first two sets ~ what can you say abt fed in the 2nd set tiebreak? legendary

novak then bouncing back w the early break in the 3rd, he hit really hard and clean the last two sets and forced rog to make errors. the drama got sucked out of the match, & the rain delay didnt help either. wildly impressive performance regardless

Ha, at Tom D's:

Jesus!!!!!!!!!! Look at the Boy's champion!

Ah, Reilly Opelka, have ya stopped growin' yet?

Perhaps the only way to stop Novak was a global pandemic for which he will ultimately to refuse to take the eventually-developed vaccine.