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Bit more high in terms of quality throughout. i felt novaks level dropped a little bit. after he won the first set tiebreak, i really thought he was going to run away with things. federer will probably be kicking himself with the way he played those tie breaks. he take away those tiebreaks, and he was the better polarity. the stats bore that out. almost 100 winners. >> djokovic wasnt having his best game and still found a way to win. how did he do it? >> i think it was those tie breaks. he eleva...

Five hour final. the longest in wimbledon history. djokovic saved two match points to reach the fifth set tie breaker, becoming the first man in 71 years to take home the trophy. the win is good for the 16th career grand slam moving him to within four of federers record 20, rafael nadal is second on the list with 18. >> that was an incredible match to watch, five hours. can you imagine how exhausted that they be, and to quickly touch on williams hall ep match up. she played an unbelievable game....

Espn sports center. >> what happens in the 1980s is sports becomes a tv show. and what are tv shows built around? theyre built around characters. >> you cant be serious, man. you cannot be serious. you got the pits of the world. >> mcenroe, the perfect villain, the new yorker people love to hate, the cool swede never giving emotion away. >> what tennis wants is to get its two best players playing over and over again in the fi l final. thats what we want to tune into over and over and over. >> th...

You got the absolute pits of the world. you know that? >> mcenroe, the perfect villain. the new yorker that people loved to hate. borg the cool swede, never giving any emotion away. >> what tennis really wants is to get its two best players playing over and over again in the final. whether they are john mcenroe and bjorn borg or chris evert and martina navratilova, thats what we want to tune in to over and over and over. >> three match points to martina navratilova. >> this man has a smile that ...

Coco gauff is still winning. >> shes americas teen-age sensation. throughout this past week weve admired her infectious enthusiasm, her undeniable talent and her class on and off the course. now its time to admire another, her resiliency and sheer will to win. she dropped the first set to her opponent. her body language giving little indication of the sensational comeback that was to come. she saved not one but two match points, went a set and 5-2 down and coco, who had been afforded centre cour...

You could say no womens soccer team has faced more scrutiny than the womens world cup this year. theyve also been tested since advancing to the knockout stages. when people say this team is overconfident, co-captain alex morgan says, oh, no chance. >> our route to the final has been the most difficult that this program has ever seen. and so in terms of that and seeing the games be pretty close in the score lines, i dont know how we could possibly be overly confident. >> team usa plays the nether...

Them. you could say that no womens soccer team has faced more scrutiny than team usa at the womens world cup this year, but theyve also been tested along the way, some close matches. when asked if the team is, quote, overconfident co-captain al alex morgan said no. >> our route to the final has been the most difficult that this program has ever seen, and so in terms of that and seeing the games be pretty close in the score lines, i dont know how we could possibly be overly confident. >> team usa...

Netherlands, big underdog in the world cup crown, 11:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow morning. the news nba fans have been waiting for, kawhi leonard is heading to los angeles, but he wont be a laker. instead sign ago four-year $142 million contract with the clippers. this according to espn and yahoo sports. leonard had also considered the lakers and returning to the raptors after winning a title in toronto. the clippers also reportedly trading for oklahoma city star forward paul george in exchange fo...

Imagination. this is terrific. she had a really, really difficult match. she could have had two match points against her. an opponent who is 29 years old and she just fought right through it and had the entire reserved wimbledon crowd rising to its feet when she won that third set. seemed to go on for days. on 15, its great on one level to be so young but to have the maturity to hang in when the odds are against you and when things are looking bleak, as they were in that second set, its really e...

Mcenroe the cool villain. >> what tennis really wants is its two best players playing over and over again in the final whether its john mcenroe or chris everett thats what we wanted over and over again. >> and three match points to martina navratilova. >> this man has a smile that lights up a television screen from here to bangor, maine. >> and then there is magic johnson, this kid from michigan, and larry bird this guy who worked carrying trash, one place for the los angeles lakers the other pl...