LONDON: Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and became one of the tour-nament’s oldest champions on Sunday (Monday in Manila) with a straight-sets victory over injury-hit Marin Cilic who dramatically broke down in tears midway through the final.
Federer claimed his 19th Grand Slam title 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 and at 35 is Wimbledon’s oldest men’s winner of the modern era, succeeding Arthur Ashe, who was almost 32 when he won in 1976.
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