The tennis world came to a stop on Wednesday as Roger Federer and Marin Cilic were locked in a titanic battle at the center court in Wimbledon. The duo treated us to a match that will go down as an all-time classic.
And at the end of a little over three hours, Federer came back from two sets down to reach yet another grand slam semi-final with a 6-7 (4/7), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (11/9), 6-3 victory.
Roger Federer edges Marin Cilic in a thriller – 6-7 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-3 – to reach his 11th #Wimbledon semi-final pic.twitter.com/wtRQLmrUTH
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 6, 2016
The Swiss Maestro, in the process of completing the stunning turna-round, broke and equaled a number of records:
- 307: All-time new record for most Grand Slam match wins, passing previous best of 306 held by Martina Navratilova. Serena Williams, already into the semi-finals of the women’s singles, is currently on 302.
History!
Roger Federer defeats Marin Cilic for his 307th Grand Slam singles win, the most for a man or woman. pic.twitter.com/RZJy5Uei4L
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 6, 2016
- 84: Wimbledon match wins, equalling the record of Jimmy Connors. Federer has a win-loss record at the tournament of 84-10; Connors retired with 84-18.
With today’s victory, Roger Federer ties Jimmy Connors for most Wimbledon match wins by a man in the Open Era (84). pic.twitter.com/eqnKkMbxy9
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 6, 2016
- 11 : Number of Wimbledon semi-finals for Federer, equalling Connors.
Most times in GS SFs
40 Roger Federer31 Jimmy Connors30 Novak Djokovic28 Ivan Lendl26 Andre Agassi25 Ken Rosewall23 P Sampras/R Nadal
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 6, 2016
- 10: Number of comebacks from two sets down, matching the same mark as Boris Becker and Aaron Krickstein.
Roger Federer winning 0-2 sets down in GS (8)
S SargsianT BerdychT HaasA FallaJM Del PotroJ Benneteau G MonfilsM Cilic#Wimbledon2016
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 6, 2016
And finally:
- 34: Roger Federer’s age.
34-year-old Roger Federer is the oldest man to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals since 39-year-old Ken Rosewall in 1974.
— Stuart Fraser (@stu_fraser) July 6, 2016
What a legend!
With AFP inputs