Andy Murray, the world number 4, was aiming to be the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a major single title.

But the Swiss best, Roger Federer, denied him once again by winning 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to match Pete Sampras’ record of 7 Wimbledontitle, and regain the world number one ranking.

Murraynow has lost all four of his Grand Slam Finals. Incidentally, his coach Ivan Lendl shared the same faith as he lost his first four Grand Slam finals.

The Briton, however, was able to win his first set in a Grand Slam final, something that he wasn’t able to do, partly due to his inexperience and nervousness. Mentality, on the other hand, wasn’t shown on Murray’s game last night as he started off excellently.

The Fed Express was the one that seemed to be under pressure as he uncharacteristically started off slow and gave Murray the early lead of 2-0 in the first set. Murraykept on coming at it, and got the first set after another break in the 10^thgame.

In second set, both players were consistent in their service game. Federer hel 6-5 before going on his attack. Coming from 15-40 down he leveled the match with a sensational backhand drop volley.

Third set was halted because of heavy rain and for the first time the roof was closed in a Wimbledon final. This was the turning point of the game as Federer’s near perfect game indoor.

Even so, Federer fully deserved his victory as his splendid display in the last two sets. We once again saw the man that was above everyone else, as he fired shots after shots from forehand to backhand, slice to lob. Despite being the younger in the final, Murrayfell down 3 times in the third set and chasing the ball with heavy feet in fourth set.

17 Grand Slam title and 286 week as world number one for Federer, the arguably all time best.

“It’s amazing. It equals me with Pete Sampras, who’s my hero,” said Federer, who lost in the quarterfinals at the All England Club 2010 and 2011. “It just feels amazing”.

“This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for mistakes”.

“Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that’s what I was able to do today. It’s special”.

Murraybroke down in tears at the end, having beaten by Federer in three Grand Slam finals. He directed at the crowd: “Everybody always talks about the pressure playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is. It’s not the people watching. They make it so much easier to play. The support has been incredible, so thank you.”