WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—From his front row seat in the Royal Box, Pete Sampras watched as Roger Federer broke his record for most Grand Slam singles titles in men’s tennis history.
After Federer overcame Andy Roddick in a marathon, five-set serving duel Sunday for his sixth Wimbledon title and 15th Grand Slam championship, Sampras was left with no doubt about who is the greatest male player of all time.
“I have to give it to him,” said Sampras, a seven-time Wimbledon champion who never thought his record of 14 major titles would be surpassed so soon. “He’s won all the majors. He’s won 15 now. He’s going to win a few more here. So in my book he is (the greatest).”Swiss ace and world number one Roger Federer has said of his epic Wimbledon final and his historic 15th Grand Slam that he has shocked even himself and still finds it rather hard to digest the reality, that he has trounced Pete Sampras' record of 14 Grand Slam titles.Roger Federer, aged 27, said before the final that he plays for the pleasure of the game, and that the sheer satisfaction of playing tennis is his ultimate driving force. He did give a cheeky wink and a smile on television, however, and confided that he would like "to get his name in the history books".
“It’s not really one of those goals you set as a little boy, but, man, it’s been quite a career and quite a month,” said Federer, who completed a career Grand Slam by winning his first French Open a month ago. “It feels amazing, but this is not why I’m playing tennis to break all sort of different records. But it’s definitely one of the greatest ones to have.”roger is great player of wimbledon history no doubts he is top most player of the tennis history.
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