Sunday, July 03, 2005

AP: Federer beats Roddick for third straight Wimbledon title

By STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer
July 3, 2005

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Roger Federer strengthened his claim to greatness Sunday, winning his third consecutive Wimbledon title by beating Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

With an impeccable performance, even by his high standards, the top-ranked Federer became the third man since 1936 to win three straight Wimbledon crowns, joining seven-time champion Pete Sampras and five-time winner Bjorn Borg.

1 comment:

Graham Powell said...

That was an ass-whipping. What made it worse was that Roddick didn't play that bad, never gave up, and tried everything he could think of. Federer was just too good.