Federer makes Grand Slam history at Wimbledon

After Federer overcame Andy Roddick in a marathon, five-set serving duel Sunday for his sixth Wimbledon title and 15th Grand Slam championship, Sampras was left with no doubt about who is the greatest male player of all time."I have to give it to him," said Sampras, who never thought his record of 14 major titles would be surpassed so soon. "He's won all the majors. He's won 15 now. He's going to win a few more here. So in my book he is (the greatest)."The issue will always generate debate, especially in trying to compare players of different generations. But there is no denying that Federer is the finest player of the generation and the favorite for other major titles to come."It's not really one of those goals you set as a little boy, but, man, it's been quite a career and quite a month," said Federer, who completed a career Grand Slam by winning his first French Open a month ago. "It feels amazing, but this is not why I'm playing tennis to break all sort of different records. But it's definitely one of the greatest ones to have."It took 4 hour, 16 minutes, five sets and 77 games for Federer to secure the record Sunday in another epic Wimbledon final. Federer served a career-high 50 aces and overcame the resilient Roddick 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14 - the longest match and longest fifth set in Grand Slam final history in terms of games.And he did it all after saving four break points in the second set tiebreaker, when he was so close to falling two sets behind.After going 0-6 on break points, Federer finally broke the American in the 30th game of the fifth set - with Roddick shanking a forehand on the first match point."It's staggering that I've been able to play so well for so many years now and stay injury-free," said Federer, who won his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2003. "I'm happy I broke the record here because this is always the tournament that meant the most to me. It definitely feels like coming full circle, starting it here and ending it here."