Federer Wins 8th Wimbledon Title, Beating Cilic in Final
Roger Federer celebrates with the trophy after defeating Marin Cilic to win the Wimbledon Men's Singles tournament on July 16.
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London (AP) -- After Roger Federer closed out a Wimbledon final that was more of a coronation than a contest with an ace, he sat in his changeover chair and wiped away tears.
That is when it hit him: His wait for record-breaking No. 8 was over. Until then, Federer wasn't focused on the notion of winning the grass-court tournament more often than any other man in the history of an event first held in 1877. All he'd been concerned with, consumed with, was being healthy enough to compete at a high level and, he hoped, to win a title, regardless of what the total count would be.