Roger Federer and Marin Cilic will battle for the greatest honor in the sport of tennis at The Championships, Wimbledon on Sunday. They’re in the men’s singles final, with one of them looking for his eighth and the other looking for his first trophy from the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
Wimbledon 2017: Time, TV schedule, live stream for Sunday’s matches
Here’s how you can watch the Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Marin Cilic online and on TV.
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The match will get underway at 9 a.m. ET, and television coverage will be provided by ESPN. Encore coverage after the match will be carried by ABC beginning at 3 p.m. Online streaming of the match will be available at WatchESPN and via the ESPN App on connected devices, including smartphones.
Federer has 18 Grand Slam titles to his name, and he wants No. 19. He plays his best tennis on the grass courts, especially at Wimbledon, and hasn’t dropped a set all tournament. That’s a big deal, given he has wins over Tomas Berdych, Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov and Mischa Zverev.
He also won the Halle Open prior to Wimbledon, his grass court tuneup. It wasn’t just a tuneup for grass, though, it was some of his first competition in a while as he skipped the clay court season to keep himself fresh for grass. Federer is 35 years old, and hasn’t won a Wimbledon title since 2012.
Federer did manage to win the Australian Open earlier this year, though, surprising many and putting the rest of the tennis world on notice.
Cilic will know what to expect in Federer. He has far less experience, but he does have a Grand Slam win, earning the US Open title in 2014. This will be his first Wimbledon final. He last played Federer here on the grass courts of Wimbledon in 2016, and he ended up losing a five-set battle. Prior to that, he beat Federer in the semifinals of the US Open in 2014, the year Cilic won it all.
Federer won the other five meetings between the two, holding a 5-1 record in the head-to-head.
The women’s singles final between Venus Williams and Garbine Muguruza took place on Saturday. Many felt that the two titles would be won by the aging veterans, but Muguruza took down Williams. Now we’ll get to see if Cilic can do the same to Federer.
Below is all the information you need to watch Sunday’s action.
How to watch Wimbledon
Date: Sunday, July 16
Location: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England
Time: 9 a.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Men’s Singles Final
No. 3 Roger Federer vs. No. 7 Marin Cilic
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