The game which was described as the biggest in Roger Federer’s entire career

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Roger Federer was on the brink of creating more history in his illustrious career at Wimbledon in 2019.

He came from behind not once but twice to put himself in a position to serve for the championship against Novak Djokovic.

A victory would have made Federer a nine-time champion at the All-England Club, which would have equalled the record set by Martina Navratilova.

The Swiss Maestro was a game away from getting his hands on the coveted trophy once again, but it soon slipped through his fingers.

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At 7-7 in the final set of the 2019 Wimbledon final Roger Federer broke Djokovic’s serve for an opportunity to clinch his ninth title at SW19.

During ESPN’s coverage of the match, commentator Patrick McEnroe described the Swiss Maestro serving for the championship up 8-7 as “the biggest game of Federer’s career”.

Centre Court held its breath as Federer stepped up to try and defeat his rival once again. He started the game brilliantly and carved out two championship points.

But Federer was feeling the nerves. Djokovic capitalised on some his unforced errors and produced a great passing shot on the second championship point, before breaking serve and levelling the set at 8-8.

The pair could not be separated and a tiebreak was played at 12-12, the first time this had occurred in Wimbledon history. Djokovic won it to complete a hat trick of tiebreaks and emerge with a 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(4) 4-6 13-12(3) win.

This was a crushing loss for Federer, who would not appear in a Grand Slam final for the rest of his career.

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After four hours and 57 minutes Federer watched Djokovic lift his fifth Wimbledon title.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion was understandably distraught after losing a Grand Slam final in such agonising fashion.

Post-match, Federer tried his best to sum up how he was feeling after producing one of his greatest performances and still coming up short.

“I don’t know if losing 2-2-2 feels better than this one. At the end, it actually doesn’t matter to some extent. You might feel more disappointed, sad over angry,” Federer said.

“I don’t know what I feel right now. I just feel like it’s such an incredible opportunity missed, I can’t believe it. It is what it is.”