The 2019 Wimbledon final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer was the ‘highest quality’ tennis the sport has ever seen, according to Stefan Edberg.
Djokovic and Federer played out a five-hour marathon on Centre Court, which the Serbian eventually won,
The spectacle alone, with two of the big three going toe-to-toe on such a stage, was huge, but Edberg said that tennis itself reached new levels in terms of quality that day too.
“Personally, this is the place to come back to if I had to choose one place,” Edberg said after he joined Djokovic and Federer for a parade of champions last week.
“Since growing up watching [Bjorn] Borg winning his five titles here to playing here myself, winning [the title]. You always feel very welcome when you come back to Wimbledon.
“You have a lot of inspiration here. At the same time, a lot of tradition as well. Borg vs [John] McEnroe back in 1980.
“So many of us have watched the [Roger] Federer vs [Rafael] Nadal match [2008 final], that stands out, it might be one of the best matches.
“And recently, I watched this very long match when Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in the [2019] final a couple of years ago, having match points. That was probably, quality-wise, the best match that I’ve seen in my entire life at Wimbledon.”
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