Novak Djokovic champion of Wimbledon for the third time in his career.
Lollipop and I were treated to an incredible final where The Serb, 28, won 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-3 to overtake the likes of Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl in the all-time list of major winners against seven time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer.
Ok so it is not as great as Serena Williams securing the title and holding all four slams for the second time in her career but it is still incredible.
With nine grand slams under his racket Djokovic is catching up to his rivals Rafael Nadal and Federer. So why is he not as loved?
On the BBC Sports poll 72.3% of us backed Federer to win the championship. Despite the Swiss not reaching a Grand slam final all season his form though out the tournament and his overwhelming popularity made him the favourite. So much so that we keep overlooking talented players like Djokovic.
The world number one was awarded the World Tours Finals Trophy at the end of last year after Federer was forced to retire from the tournament for the first time in his career. He then started 2015 by beating our former Wimbledon champ Andy Murray in the Australian Open final after a thrilling four set match.
His only major slip up was when he lost to Swiss no. 2 Stan Wawrinka at the French Open. Having prevailed in the first set and being up a break in the fourth set and up 40-0 on Wawrinka’s serve in a subsequent game. He lost six of the final seven games of the match. After becoming only the second man to beat Nadal on clay Djokovic was denied his first overall victory at the French Open and a personal career Grand Slam.
Tennis fans clearly doubted he could come back from such a loss and win at Wimbledon. But he proved Lollipop wrong today.
Despite Federer looking like he was back to his best when he beat Murray in straight sets in the semi finals on Friday Djokovic found a way to win today.
Federer is clearly the best mover on grass where as Djokovic often slipped and slid his way through points. However the Swiss served up more errors in the match with a total of 35 in comparison to the Serb’s 16.
The champ also beat Federer in second serve points win, total serve returns in and break points won.
Djokovic was clearly the overall winner but we will have to wait till the US Open to see if he will won over more tennis fans.
It may not be a Serena Slam for Djokovic but a third Wimbledon title is an incredible achievement and Lollipop will be cheering for him throughout the US Open in August even if the rest of the audience are backing the Swiss no.1.
Congrats Djokovic. Lollipop is with you all the way unless you play this guy of course.
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