A delighted Roger Federer revelled in his second successive Wimbledon triumph after subduing American Andy Roddick 4-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-4 in the final.
"This is a truly unbelievable feeling," the 22-year-old Swiss said as he gripped the gleaming Challenge Cup trophy on Centre Court on Sunday.
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Having won this year's Australian Open, Federer has now won on all three of his Grand Slam final appearances
"I kind of like it, the 100 per cent record in the finals of Grand Slams, because these are the ones that really, really count," he said.
"To have won my favourite tournament already twice in my career is just incredible."
Federer admitted Roddick's ferocious power had surprised him on Sunday.
"He played very, very aggressive. I got surprised, everyone knows his power," he added.
"I got lucky today for sure because I was down at one-set all and a break and if Andy had served three good games he would have been up two sets to one.
"So he also deserves this title and I hope in the future we are going to play many more times in this place."
Roddick retained his usual good humour despite the pain of defeat on U.S. Independence Day.
"Roger just played too good today," said the American, who was also beaten by Federer in last year's semi-finals.
"I threw the kitchen sink at him but he went to the bathroom and got his tub.
"It is definitely tough losing but I forgive myself. I left everything out here, Roger's a great champion and hopefully we will get to do this again sometime."
The U.S. Open champion refused to blame the two rain breaks that affected both players' rhythm and which have been a feature of the Wimbledon fortnight.
"Yeah jeepers creepers," the 21-year-old said. "It's tough but in all fairness it's tough for both players. I didn't go through anything different than Roger did. He came out and just took advantage of it."
Federer now leads 6-1 in their head-to-head and Roddick admitted: "I'm gonna have to start winning some of them to call it a rivalry."