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Two weeks of earnest tennis matches, 126 names eliminated from the brackets, and the same two transcendent stars have emerged out of the stunted grass blades.

LONDON (AP) When Roger Federer faces Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final for the second consecutive year on Sunday, they’ll be resuming a rivalry that has been about as even as possible.

Federer will face the 28-year-old Djokovic in Monday morning’s final – the man he beat in five sets to win his second Wimbledon title past year.

And it shows no signs of stopping.

“They helped me rather than hindered me”, said Federer who said he was looking forward to meeting Murray. She’s the first Spanish woman to advance to the Wimbledon final since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1996. Then again, there was no shame in a 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-4...