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Djokovic Defeats Federer to Win 2015 Wimbledon Title
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In the most anticipated match of all at Wimbledon, top seed Novak Djokovic defeated seven time Champion Roger Federer in four sets to win his third Wimbledon title and ninth Grand Slam title.
CRI's London Correspondent Duan Xuelian reports.
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It's a match between the world's top two players and people's expectations are high.
Their four-set match lasted nearly 3 hours and was interrupted briefly by a rain shower. The first set stretched into a 13th game with Djokovic miraculously saving a number of set points. But Federer was able to fight back in the second set, winning the tie breaker by 12 to 10. The third set saw an aggressive Djokovic coming back from a short break and take the last two sets of games 6-4 and 6-3.
So, it's Novak Djokovic again!
Amid the excitement, the Serb repeated his traditional celebration for winning the tournament - eating the Wimbledon grass.
"It tastes very very good this year. I don't know what the grounds people have done but they have done a great job. It's a little tradition obviously. As a kid I was really dreaming of winning Wimbledon, as a child you dream to do something crazy whey you actually achieve it and that's was one of the things. "
The Serb's victory shattered Federer's dream of reliving history. Twelve years ago, it was on Centre Court at Wimbledon that he won the first Grand Slam of his career. And it has been three years since he last held the Wimbledon trophy.
"That's sports, that why we come to watch it just because you don't know the outcome. Of course I had my chance in the first set bringing up a break, second set I'm lucky to win that and had some chances early in the third but that's how it goes, he was tough on the bigger points and in the end he was rock solid. I thought he played great, I didn't play bad myself so I can be very happy as well."
For CRI, I'm Duan Xuelian at Wimbledon.
Hingis and Paes stroll to 6-1, 6-1 mixed doubles title against Peya and Babos
Still at Wimbledon, but some late action from the mixed doubles,
Martina Hingis and Leander Paes sailed to a 6-1, 6-1 straight-sets victory against Timea Babos and Alexander Peya in the final.
And it took just 40 minutes with the roof closed above.
Even as a 42-year-old, Paes showed that he'd lost none of his touch.
Hingis missed the first match point but Paes' cheeky return on Babos' serve secured the trophy.
Hingis was also victorious in the women's doubles on Saturday - her first Wimbledon title since 1998.
China beats Japan 3-1 to claim FIVB World Grand Prix title
In volleyball,
China has claimed the 2015 World Grand Prix title with a 3-1 victory over Japan, a second win after they held off Russia in Ningbo.
Undefeated China and Brazil are the only remaining teams that have lasted to complete their matches in 3-0 and 3-1 scorelines.
In the meantime, the USA and the Netherlands survived tiebreakers on the third week of the event.
In other action,
The Brazilians encountered an inspired German squad that pressured them in each set, but the former still showed its flair to secure each set and the match 3-0.
The Thais gave up one set to the Belgians 3-1 in Pool D.
USA survived hard-hitting Serbia 3-2 for their ninth consecutive win.
And it is Russia who took a 3-1 home-win over Turkey in Pool F.
In Group 2, the Netherlands overpowered Canada 3-0 to stay unbeaten in Pool L, while Poland outplayed hosts Argentina 3-0.
Czech Republic defeated Croatia 3-1, and Bulgaria stunned Puerto Rico in straight sets in Pool M.
Kenya pulled off a major 3-1 upset against Peru in the Group 3 final, while Colombia settled for third place after they stunned the hosts 3-0 in Canberra.
Orioles, Chen hit the break with a 3-2 loss to Nationals
Over to some action from Major League Baseball,
On the final day of play before the All-Star break, the Baltimore Orioles faced the Washington Nationals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Maryland.
Though Orioles got two home runs from Adam Jones and a sharp pitching performance from their star Chinese Pitcher Chen Wei-Yin, Sunday's battle ended up with a 3-2 victory for Washington.
Nationals' Max Scherzer allowed four hits, struck out seven and walked none to earn the win.
He outpitched Chen, who gave up three runs and eight hits in a career-high tying eight innings.
Chen says Scherzer is a great player.
"Yes, he's a great pitcher and he's a player that I respect a lot. And watching him pitch, I learn a lot from him and today his pitching was just great. He held us to only two runs. So I think he's a really great pitcher."
The Orioles have lost 10 of the last 13.
The Nationals reached the All-Star break in first place in the National League East after taking two of three from their neighboring rivals.
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Some scores on the books:
Kansas City Royals beat Toronto Blue Jays 11-10,
New York Yankees took a 8-6 victory over Boston Red Sox,
Oakland Athletics blanked Cleveland Indians 2-0,
And it was Colorado Rockies that crashed Atlanta Braves 11-3.
Spieth beats Gillis in play-off to win John Deere Classic
In golf,
Jordan Spieth beat Tom Gillis on the second hole of a play-off to win the John Deere Classic in Illinois on Sunday.
Spieth, who overcame a poor start to the day, says he is satisfied with his performance.
"But yeah, it's very satisfying to be able to have stretches where I played poorly and to still come out with a win, just those middle two rounds were just good enough to get the job done when I was only 3-under in the other two rounds combined, which is, would have missed the cut if I'd put them together so it's extremely satisfying, and that's golf, not everybody is going to play well the entire time, but it's good to know that when I am feeling that spark, that we're able to get it that deep, to 20-under."
The victory was the world number two's fourth of the season and the 21-year-old moved within one victory of tying Tiger Woods for the most wins on the PGA Tour before age 22.
At Scottish Open,
Rickie Fowler birdied three of his last four holes to overhaul fellow American Matt Kuchar and win the Scottish Open by one shot on Sunday for his second victory of the year.
It is the fourth title of Fowler's professional career, coming two months after winning The Players Championship.
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