Novak Djokovic beat Kevin Anderson
to win his fourth Wimbledon title
Novak Djokovic earned his first Grand
Slam title in more than two years by beating Kevin Anderson to win his fourth
Wimbledon championship.
Djokovic, seeded 12th, won 6-2 6-2
7-6 (7-3) to claim a 13th Slam – his first major since the 2016 French Open.
The Serb, 31, quickly took control
to win the opening set in 29 minutes, breaking twice more in the second set.
Djokovic saw off five set points in
an even third set before dominating the tie-break to seal victory.
He dropped to his haunches just
inside the baseline as Centre Centre rose to acclaim the champion, hugging
South African Anderson at the net before skipping over towards his box and
celebrating wildly in front of his coaching team and wife Jelena.
“I had many moments of doubt, I
didn’t know if could come back to this level to compete,” said Djokovic, who
also won the Wimbledon title in 2011, 2014 and 2015.
“There is no better place to make a
comeback, it’s a sacred place for the world of tennis, it’s very special.”
He is now in outright fourth place
on the all-time list of Grand Slam men’s singles titles, moving clear of Roy
Emerson and closing the gap on Roger Federer (20), Rafael Nadal (17) and Pete
Sampras (14).
The former world number one will move back into the top 10 when the latest
rankings are released on Monday.It is his first title since winning Eastbourne last year.
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