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Tennis: Federer wins record 8th Wimbledon as Cilic bid ends in tears

  by Dave James Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and became the tournament’s oldest champion Sunday 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 […]