Snapshot of day 13 at Wimbledon

PLAYER OF THE DAY: Roger Federer. Who else after the sentimental favourite became the first eight-times men’s singles champion in history with a 6-3 6-1 6-4 mauling of the physically and mentally overwhelmed Marin Cilic.

STAT OF THE DAY: Three weeks shy of his 36th birthday, Federer is the oldest men’s champion since William Renshaw in 1930. Born on the eighth of the eighth, the remarkable Swiss’s eighth title and 19th grand slam crown in total also comes 19 years after he won the junior title at SW19.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It’s magical. It’s too much really. Again, it’s disbelief that I can reach such heights. I was never sure if I was going to be back here in another final, but I always believed that I may could come back and do it again.” Federer after he’d hobbled out of The All England Club last year with a career-threatening knee injury.

TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: With two slams under his belt for the first time in a single season since 2009, Federer could staggeringly arrive at the US Open as world No.1 again after adding the Wimbledon crown to his Australian Open success.

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