Roger Federer fought off a tremendous challenge from Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday, winning a marathon five-set match for a record 15th Grand Slam championship. - The Swiss star fired a whopping 50 aces to win by scores of 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14. He broke Roddick for the first time in the match in the very last game, with Roddick mis-hitting three forehands, including on match point. - It was the longest fifth set ever in a Grand Slam final. - "It was a crazy match, it was an unbelievable end and my head's still spinning," Federer said from Centre Court. "It's an unbelievable moment in my career." - Federer won the Wimbledon title for the sixth time in seven years, but very nearly trailed 2-0 in sets. Roddick had a 6-2 lead in the second set tiebreak, but Federer rallied to get back on even terms. - With the victory, Federer moves ahead of Pete Sampras on the all-time Grand Slam list. Sampras was at the All England Club for the nearly 4½-hour match. - Roddick is now 1-4 in Grand Slam finals, with all of the losses coming against Federer. He lost to Federer in the Wimbledon final in 2004 and 2005. - "Sorry Pete, I tried to hold him off," Roddick said from Centre Court. "It was a pleasure playing here in front of great champions like Pete, Manolo [Santana], Rod [Laver] and Bjorn [Borg]. I still hope that one day my name will be up there with theirs as a winner of this tournament." - Federer won five consecutive Wimbledon titles before losing last year in an epic five-set match to Rafael Nadal, who could not compete at this year's tournament due to a knee injury. - Nadal also took over the No. 1 ranking, leading some observers to believe the torch had been passed. But Federer has now won three of the last four Grand Slams, including the previously elusive French Open title. - Federer joins Borg and Nadal as the only men in the last 40...
Roger Federer fought off a tremendous challenge from Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon men’s final on Su...
