The first Sunday of July 2008 ... abode. Nadal struck a hammer blow to Federer’s legacy with a brutal 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(5), 9-7 victory to end his five year reign at Wimbledon.

The 2008 Wimbledon men's singles final was the third ... This is how they saw "the greatest match". Watch: Federer v Nadal On 6 July 2008 - the day of the match - Federer was a month short of ...

Looking back at the 2008 Wimbledon final now, what is striking is both how right we got it, and how wrong. The instant consensus was that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had just played the ...

Usually on the second Sunday of July, you clear your diaries. It is the men's singles final at Wimbledon. This year, it was very different. With Wimbledon not happening, Sue Barker and an expert ...

Jon Wertheim's latest publication, 'Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played', a 300-page emotive, dramatic and detailed investigation of last year's Wimbledon 2008 ...

Not only was this the 40th installment of Federer vs. Nadal, but it also was their first meeting at Wimbledon since the 2008 final. Nadal won that one 9-7 in a fifth set that ended after 9 p.m ...

Few tennis matches have ever been anticipated as eagerly as the one that was played on July 6, 2008, when Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer squared off in the Wimbledon final. Federer had been ranked ...

Federer had won five straight against Nadal. 2008: The year of the last Wimbledon meeting between the two rivals. In a final considered by many the greatest men's match of all time, Nadal ended ...

Editor's note: This story originally ran in 2018 to mark the 10th anniversary of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's epic 2008 ... that aren't yet ended. That 2008 Wimbledon final was a conflict ...