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#2 2019 Wimbledon final - Roger Federer (saved 2 match points)

A distraught Federer (right) poses with his runner-up trophy at 2019 Wimbledon.

In a pulsating title match at 2019 Wimbledon, eight-time champion Roger Federer stood on the brink of a record-extending 9th title at the tournament when consecutive aces brought him to 8-7, 40-15 in the fifth set.

However, not for the first time against Djokovic, Federer came up second best from the doorstep of victory. A Federer forehand fired wide followed by a sizzling crosscourt forehand pass by Djokovic erased both match points. Two points later, the set was back on serve as Wimbledon descended into stunned silence.

Federer had another break point at 11-11 before the match entered uncharted territory. In the first-ever fifth set tiebreak in Wimbledon history, Djokovic converted his first match point to become the fourth player to win the grasscourt Major at least five times.

In the process, the Serb also became the first Wimbledon champion in 71 years to have saved multiple championship points.

Earlier in their epic rivalry, Djokovic beat Federer from match points down in the 2010-11 US Open semifinals, with the Swiss squandering consecutive match points on serve in the latter.

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