Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and became the tournament's oldest champion today with a straight-sets victory over injury-hit Marin Cilic who dramatically broke down in tears midway through the final. Federer then served up two love service games before claiming the opener 6-3 off a Cilic double fault, the Croatian's second of the final. The Swiss superstar swept into a 3-0 lead in the second set and at the changeover, Cilic slumped in his courtside chair in tears and in obvious pain. Cilic dropped the set 6-1 and called a medical timeout to have his left foot bandaged and take a painkiller. By the end of the second set, he had served just two aces compared to the 130 he had fired past bamboozled opponents in his previous six rounds.

Source: dna July 16, 2017 15:00 UTC