Novak Djokovic won the Wimbledon trophy for the fourth year in a row. There is a time and a place for it.
Novak Djokovic used his steady brilliance to beat the ace-delivering, trick-shot-hitting Nick Kyrgios on Sunday for a fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship.
The top-seeded Serb won his 28th straight match at the grass-court Grand Slam, breaking a tie with Roger Federer and moving just one behind Nadal for the most in the history of men's tennis.
Only one man has won more Wimbledon titles than the other. When the All England Club was won by the 35-year-old Serb, he was the second-oldest player in the professional era, behind only the 17-year-old Roger.
His comeback on a sun-filled afternoon followed those in the quarterfinals and semifinals. The opening set was dropped in the title match at Wimbledon. Two championship points were erased by him in the finals.
There were two key moments in the match that went the way of the Serbian, one of which was when he yelled at himself or his team and the other of which was when the chair umpire disagreed with him.
There were three break points in the second set, with the score at 6-3. The two players played a couple of returns. He allowed a seemingly sealed game to get away in the third set, with the Serb breaking there.
The last unseeded man to win a Wimbledon title was Goran Ivanisevic. The Centre Court guest box was where Ivanisevic was sitting.
The last time he made it to the quarterfinals was 712 years ago, when he was a 27 year old from Australia.
He stole the show. He tried to shoot at something. He should hit some with his back. He served at up to 136 mph. I used an undergarment serve, then faked it.
The AP contributed.
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