London, July 9 (IANS) Top seed Roger Federer Sunday defeated Rafael Nadal 6-0, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon, his fourth in a row.
After winning the opening set without dropping a game in 25 minutes, the 24-year-old Federer had to struggle in the next two sets, which went into tie-breaks, but eventually the Swiss player kept his cool and won the fourth set against the Spaniard 6-3.
The 20-year-old Nadal had defeated Federer in June to win the French Open title.
Federer became the third player after Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras to win four consecutive Wimbledon titles.
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