WIMBLEDON, England—Roger Federer, who hasn’t won a Grand Slam title since 2012, lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final for the second consecutive year. The 33-year-old fell to Djokovic in five sets last year, and lost to the Serbian in four sets on Sunday. Federer has won seven Wimbledon titles, his last coming at 2012.
“I still think I had a great tournament,” Federer said. “You can have good tournaments without winning, as well, at the end. I still won six matches, lost one. The ratio still remains very good.
“But of course you sort of walk away empty-handed. For me a finalist trophy is not the same. Everybody knows that. Thankfully I've won here in the past, so it does not feel like I'm chasing anything. But clearly I would have loved to win today. There's no doubt about it. I still think I can be very happy with the level of play. Even today, it was fine.”
Djokovic has now won nine Grand Slam singles titles, passing Andre Agassi, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, Roy Emerson and William Renshaw on the all-time list.
“Moving up,” the 17-time Grand Slam champion said about Djokovic. “He's clearly making a big name for himself, having won as many times now as he has in these different Slams. But also his streak at world No. 3, 2, 1, keeping it up, keeping it going, winning a lot of titles time and time again. Staying injury-free now for him is crucial. Clearly he's going to be one of the top guys. Where, we'll still have to wait and see. I’m sure he still has many more great years ahead of him.”