Sarkari Naukri Express: Tennis

Novak Djokovic won his second Wimbledon title and seventh career major with a 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-4 victory over Roger Federer on 7th July, shattering the Swiss star's dream of a record eighth triumph in an epic struggle.

Victory allowed the top seeded Serb, who was also the 2011 champion and runner-up last year, to end a run of three successive defeats in Grand Slam finals, but the 27-year-old struggled to get across the finish line, surrendering a 5-2 lead in the fourth set and then a match point.

Djokovic celebrated victory in typically eccentric style, kneeling on the Centre Court turf and munching on a few blades of grass just as he had done three years ago.

Defeat for 32-year-old Federer, who won the most recent of his 17 Grand Slam titles at the All England Club in 2012, ended his bid to become the oldest Wimbledon champion in the Open Era and of breaking the tie of seven titles he shares with Pete Sampras.

Game Facts:

Aces: 13- 29
First serve %: 62-69
Double faults: 3-5
Unforced errors: 27-29
Winners: 68-75
Break point conversations:4/15-3/7
Net points won: 26/35-44/67
Total points won: 186-180
Fastest serve: 199-kph-204-kph
Match duration: 3h 56 mins

Petra Kvitova stormed to her second Wimbledon title in the shortest women's final since 1983 as the Czech sixth seed crushed Canada's Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 on 5th July.

Kvitova, who first won Wimbledon in 2011, took just 55 minutes to end her three-year wait for a second Grand Slam crown, leaving shell-shocked world number 13 Bouchard helpless to repel a brutal barrage of 28 winners and four aces on Centre Court.

Playing in her first Grand Slam final since her maiden triumph at Wimbledon, the 24-year-old Kvitova produced a brilliant display of power-hitting to secure the 12th career title.

Fittingly, Kvitova's breathtaking performance came in front of her childhood hero Martina Navratilova, whose 54-minute win against Andrea Jaeger 31 years ago was the last Wimbledon final to take less time than this ruthless demolition.

List of Wimbledon Ladies single Champions since 2000:

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final

2000	USA	Venus Williams	USA	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
2001	USA	Venus Williams	BEL	Justine Henin	6–1, 3–6, 6–0
2002	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2003	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2004	RUS	Maria Sharapova	USA	Serena Williams	6–1, 6–4
2005	USA	Venus Williams	USA	Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 9–7
2006	FRA	Amélie Mauresmo	BEL	Justine Henin	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
2007	USA	Venus Williams	FRA	Marion Bartoli	6–4, 6–1
2008	USA	Venus Williams	USA	Serena Williams	7–5, 6–4
2009	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
2010	USA	Serena Williams	RUS	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 6–2
2011	CZE	Petra Kvitová	RUS	Maria Sharapova	6–3, 6–4
2012	USA	Serena Williams	POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
2013	FRA	Marion Bartoli	GER	Sabine Lisicki	6–1, 6–4
2014	CZE	Petra Kvitová	CAN	Eugenie Bouchard	6–3, 6–0