Tennis - Wimbledon 2012: Its Federer but Andy Murray's enormous effort attracts highest tennis TV audience for over 20 years

Federer makes history at Wimbledon

Federer has made history, equaling Pete Sampras's record of seven Wimbledon titles.

The 30-year-old now has a total of 17 Grand Slams, and has restored his world number one ranking.

On the other side of the net some 17 million people shared Andy Murray's tears after he lost his dramatic Wimbledon match yesterday - the highest figure for any final at the tournament for more than 20 years.

It is thought to be the biggest tennis audience since at least 1990 as the nation united to watch the Scot's nailbiting Centre Court battle with Roger Federer.

At the peak of the match, an audience of 16.9 million was tuning in, overnight figures showed today. That amounted to two-thirds of the TV audience at that time, as the tournament reached its climax.
Murray, 25, will today be reflecting on the highest profile match of his professional career after he lost 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 to Swiss Federer.

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Tennis Wimbledon - Spanish media hail 'King Nadal'

Just one week after celebrating Spain's Euro 2008 football win, Spanish media were full of praise for new national champion Rafael Nadal who became the first Spaniard to win Wimbledon in over 40 years. "Long live King Nadal!" wrote sports daily AS on its front page below a photo of the 22-year-old ATP world No.2 being congratulated by Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and his wife Princess Letizia after his win on Sunday. "Memorable victory in the best final in the history of Wimbledon," it added.