AN ATP MASTERS SERIES EVENT
11th - 19th OCTOBER
ATP News : 2006
Federer Claims Fourth Consecutive Wimbledon Crown
Top seed and World No.1 Roger Federer won the coveteted Wimbledon crown for the fourth consecutive year as the Swiss star defeated World No.2 and Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal 6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-3 in two hours, 50 minutes. This was Federer’s eig
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With the win Federer became only the sixth man to secure four straight Wimbledon titles (William Renshaw, Reggie Doherty, Laurie Doherty, Anthony Wilding, Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras) and the eighth player to win four or more crowns at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club. Federer also extended his grass-court winning streak to 48 matches and captured his eighth title on this surface. He stands third in the all-time grass court title leaders (tied with John McEnroe) behind Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras (10). Federer stamped his authority on the match early, breaking Nadal - who entered the final having held 80 consecutive service games - in the second, fourth and sixth games to win the opening set 6-0. But it was the Spaniard who started things quickly in the second, breaking Federer (who had been broken just twice in the tournament) in the first game and then serving for the set at 5-4. When the match seemed to go to a third set with the players tied at one set apiece, Federer broke the Spaniard back and took the set to a decisive tie-break in which he won 7-5. The third set had no breaks of serve and the World’s top two players went once again to a tie-break in which Nadal came out on top 7-2. In the fourth set Federer took early control, breaking Nadal at 2-1 and 4-1 to serve out the set at 5-3 (lost serve when serving for the match at 5-1. Federer became the 11th man in tennis history to win his eighth career Grand Slam title. He has the best winning percentage in finals (.889. 8-1) among this elite group. |