Following two weeks of competition Sunday will see the two residual men’s players challenge the Wimbledon final as Roger Federer goes up against Marin Cilic.
Roger Federer who is one step behind of winning his 8th Wimbledon Title and 19th Grand Slam Title over all. The Swiss Maestro has yet to drop a set in this Wimbledon and will be hoping to become first man since Bjorn Borg in 1976 to win the Title in such a flawless run. The 35 year old has entered this year’s Wimbledon as a title favourite despite skipping the entire clay court session including The French Open, to put all his effort in attempting to break his title draught, having not tasted since he defeated Andy Murray in 2012.
Route To Final – Roger Federer
R1: 6-3 3-0 RET Dolgopolov
R2: 7-6 6-3 6-2 Lajovic
R3: 7-6 6-4 6-4 Zverev
R4: 6-4 6-2 6-4 Dimitrov
QF: 6-4 6-2 7-6 Raonic
SF: 7-6 7-6 6-4 Berdych
Marin Cilic who is playing his first Wimbledon final by putting some great performance against every opponent he has played. The 28 year old has already defeated Roger in the U.S Open semi-final and ending up winning his first Grand Slam title. It shows that the big Croatian is capable of turning things around on the biggest stage. Cilic came quite close to beating Federer in the quarter-finals a year ago, yet spurned three match point before losing in five sets to the Swiss.
Route To Final- Marin Cilic
R1: 6-4 6-2 6-3 Kohlschreiber
R2: 7-6 6-4 7-5 Mayer
R3: 6-4 7-6 6-4 Johnson
R4: 6-2 6-2 6-2 Bautista-Agut
QF: 3-6 7-6 7-5 5-7 6-1 Muller
SF: 6-7 6-4 7-6 7-5 Querrey
HEAD TO HEAD
Over all Head to Head: Federer 6 – Cilic 1
Head to Head at Wimbledon: Federer 1- Cilic 0
Grand Slam Titles: Federer 18 – Cilic 1
PREDICTION
The world no. 6 Marin Cilic has the potential to test the 18 times Grand Slam winner more than any opponent by far in this Wimbledon. But The Swiss Maestro will kiss his 8th Wimbledon Title.