Britain's Andy Murray succumbed to 17 time grand slam winner Roger Federer in Sunday's Wimbledon final, falling to a 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 defeat.
It was a great performance from the Swiss who now equals Pete Sampras' record of seven Wimbledon titles and betters his record of 286 weeks at number one.
Watching in the crowd were the Prime Minister David Cameron and the Duchess of Cambridge, along with her sister. David and Victoria Beckham were also in attendance, as was Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.
Murray got off to a great start, breaking Federer in the first game of the first set. However, Federer broke back three games later to take the scorer to 2-2. The level of play was extremely high and it was Murray who made the next breakthrough, winning on Federer's serve at 5-4 and then holding his next service game to take the first set.
The second set was just as equal, with neither playing being broken until the 12th game. With the set at 6-5, Federer played a beautiful volley out of the reach of Murray to level the game at one set all.
A rain delay then forced the players off for more than half an hour with the set at 1-1. The game then resumed under the roof and an epic game which lasted 20 minutes saw Federer break Murray to take control of the third set.
Murray's body language looked downbeat as Federer won the third set. But with the Wimbledon crowd behind him the Brit appeared rejuvinated and put in a spirited fight. Federer's class shone through however and made the elusive breakthrough with a crosscourt backhand at 4-2.
The winning moment came when a Murray forehand hit the tramlines. In typical fashion, Federer collapsed on the floor, winning his first grand slam since the Australian Open in 2010.
An emotional Murray has now lost all four of the Grand Slam Finals he has been in while Federer is the second oldest man to be world number one and pockets £1.5 million in prize money.
Murray will be looking to bounce back in two weeks time as Wimbledon host the Olympic tennis tournament, an event which Federer will now be favourite to win gold.
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