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Federer wins epic match
Added At: 2012-08-04 12:00 AM
Last Updated At: 2012-08-04 12:00 AM
REUTERS
LONDON: Roger Federer is one victory away from filling the last space in his creaking trophy cabinet after beating Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in a four-hour 26 minute epic to reach the Olympic men's singles final at Wimbledon on Friday. The 30-year-old Swiss survived a record-breaking scrap to win 3-6 7-6 19-17 in the longest men's three-set match played in the professional era. The third set alone took an astonishing 163 minutes with Federer, who served for the match at 10-9 but was broken to love, claiming victory when his exhausted opponent fired an attempted backhand pass into the net.
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