#4 2007 Wimbledon final
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At the 2007 Wimbledon, Federer was looking to equal Bjorn Borg’s record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles while Nadal was eager to win his first Wimbledon title after losing in the final the previous year. Both Federer and Nadal would reach the final again this time but their journey to the final wasn’t same at all.
While the Swiss dropped only one set en route to the final, Nadal played two consecutive five-set matches in the third and fourth rounds before entering the final after Novak Djokovic retired early in the semis.
The first set was tightly contested before Federer took it in a thrilling tiebreak. The second set was also heading the same way before Nadal broke Federer in the final game to take the set 6-4. The third set saw neither player breaking the other’s serve as it went to a tiebreak. The Swiss held his nerve and won the tiebreak to go ahead in the match.
However, Nadal was not in the mood to throw in the towel and he raced to a 4-0 lead in the fourth set and levelled the match by winning the set 6-2. The final set was a melodramatic one as Nadal failed to convert four break points and Federer held his nerve in the crunch situations before winning the set 6-2 to win the match and a fifth Wimbledon title.
The match lasted three hours and 45 minutes and was considered by many to be one of the greatest Wimbledon finals ever.
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