Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon | featured news

Roger Federer on Friday became the first man in history to make eight Wimbledon finals. The 30-year-old from Switzerland, who is already the all-time leader in major tournament wins with 16, upset first-seeded and defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic and third seed Roger Federer begin their Wimbledon campaigns with wins but Tomas Berdych is out.

After dominating tennis so completely in his mid-20s, Roger Federer has only one trajectory remaining in a brilliant career: downward, as certain as gravity. And even that has been graceful. It’s difficult to pinpoint a skill of Federer’s that has diminished these last two years, in which he slid from No. 1 in the world to No. 3. His movement, at 30, remains fleet and fluid. His serve is shrewdly placed with plenty of pace. And he brandishes a full array of strokes and the smarts to deploy each as circumstances dictate.

Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic is No. 1 in the ATP rankings for the first time, while Serena Williams is 175th on the WTA list, her lowest spot since 1997....

New world No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat defending champion Rafael Nadal in four sets to win the Wimbledon men's singles title for the first time.

Novak Djokovic, the 24-year-old Serbian who is 47-1 this season, beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, while Rafael Nadal, the defending champion, ousted Andy Murray.