Wimbledon 2006
It was victory at last for the world number one, who had lost four successive finals to Nadal before this.
The decisive moment came with Nadal facing a break point at 1-2 as the Spaniard leapt to hit a smash but sent it sailing over the baseline.
Finally Federer had some daylight and it became clear blue sky as he broke again for 5-1.
Even then, Nadal hit back to break the Swiss when he first served for the match. Federer made no mistake at 5-3, closing out the match to love when he forced Nadal into an error.
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