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(詳細はtennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. A significant part of the Djokovic–Federer rivalry, it pitted Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer against each other in a Grand Slam final for the second time. After three hours and 56 minutes, top-seeded Djokovic defeated fourth-seeded Federer in five sets to win the match. By winning the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Djokovic not only won for the second time, but also reclaimed the world number one ranking from Rafael Nadal at the conclusion of the tournament.〔(Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer in five-set spectacular final for seventh career major title ), ''ABC Grandstand Sport'', 7 July 2014〕 ==Background== The match took place on the final day of the 2014 edition of the 13-day Wimbledon Championships, held every June and July. Novak Djokovic entered the Championships seeded first ahead of world number one Rafael Nadal due to his recent record at the tournament which had seen him reach the semi-finals in 2012 and the final in 2013 respectively, as opposed to Nadal who had lost in the second and first rounds in those respective years.〔(Wimbledon 2014: Men's singles preview ), ''The Roar'', 18 June 2014〕 Roger Federer, on the other hand, entered the Championships ranked and seeded fourth, and successfully returned to the final this year after being upset by Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round last year.〔(Wimbledon 2013: Federer, and more - upsets galore on day three ), ''The Roar'', 27 June 2013〕 Both players had to overcome numerous tough matches to reach the final: Djokovic was almost pushed to five sets by Radek Štěpánek in the second round,〔(Novak Djokovic given big fright by veteran Stepanek ), Official Wimbledon website, 25 June 2014〕 was two sets to one down against Marin Čilić in the quarter-finals before rallying to win in five sets〔(Novak Djokovic hoping to get a grip past Dimitrov ), Official Wimbledon website, 3 July 2014〕 and also required four sets to defeat Grigor Dimitrov in the semi-finals.〔(How The Match Was Won: Novak Djokovic v Grigor Dimitrov ), Official Wimbledon website, 4 July 2014〕 By contrast, Federer only dropped one set (and his own serve) in his quarter-final against countryman Stan Wawrinka.〔(Old master Roger Federer through to semi-finals in four sets ), Official Wimbledon website, 2 July 2014〕 Going into the final, Federer had not won or even appeared in a major final since two years prior when he had won Wimbledon in 2012. In 2013, Federer failed to reach any of the major finals for the first time since 2002, and it was questionable whether or not Federer would ever appear in a major final again. Federer was asked if he felt that he could still win a major, "I'm just really pleased that I'm back strong at Wimbledon. Last year I didn't even come close. I was very deflated leaving Wimbledon on that note. I'm happy I'm sort of physically back where I can put myself in contention." Upon reaching the final, Federer was bidding to win his 80th career title, 18th major overall and 8th Wimbledon title, which would have broken the record that he shares with Pete Sampras for the most Wimbledon wins at seven.〔(Path set for record 8th Wimbledon title for Roger Federer ), USAToday.com Sports, 2 July 2014〕 Djokovic too had not won a Grand Slam since the Australian Open of 2013, over a year and a half prior, and was going into the final having lost 5 of the previous 6 Grand Slam finals that he had played in. He entered the championship match looking for his second Wimbledon title after previously winning in 2011, and was seeking redemption after losing in the previous year's final to Andy Murray in straight sets. As such, Djokovic was desperate and determined to get back into the win column. Djokovic described his setbacks in Grand Slams, "There is plenty of motivation from my side to win this Grand Slam final after losing last three out of four. It would mean a lot mentally for me." As a result of the circumstances, both men relished the challenge and were focused on playing a high-quality match.〔(Federer to face Djokovic in Wimbledon final ), Tennis.com, 4 July 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles final」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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