Roger Federer Wins 8th Wimbledon Title

Roger Federer claimed his eighth Wimbledon title on Sunday. The 35-year-old Swiss tennis star beat Croatia's Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in a match at Wimbledon in England.

It was an emotional match: Cilic had an injury to his left foot, the Daily Telegraph reports, which had straps around it. He slipped and fell in the fifth match. During the second set, Cilic called a trainer and a doctor over and reportedly started crying on the court, either in pain or frustration.

He played on, and the match lasted almost two hours, but eventually lost to Federer.

It was a historic win; Federer is the first man to win the Wimbledon title eight times. Federer is determined by many analysts to be the best tennis player of all time. He has won eight Wimbledon titles, five Australian Open titles, five U.S. Open titles and one French Open.

Federer has both Swiss and South African citizenship; his mother is South African.

Photo: Roger Federer at the 2012 U.S. Open/Author: Christian Mesiano/Wikimedia Commons photo