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Good afternoon and welcome to LIVE text coverage of the 2015 men's Wimbledon final. It's reigning champion and world number one, Novak Djokovic against seven-time winner and no.2 seed, Roger Federer. It's a repeat of the 2014 final and it all gets underway on Centre Court from 2pm BST.

N. Djokovic vs R. Federer | Wimbledon
Men's Singles | Final | 12.07.2015 | London
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N. Djokovic (1)

R. Federer (2)
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Paul Hassall

Updated 12/07/2015 at 16:36 GMT


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FEDERER 4-4 DJOKOVIC. All square in the opening set as Djokovic hammers an ace down the middle T to hold for the loss of one point. Has the momentum shifted ever so slightly?
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STAT: Fed-Ex broken for only the second time at Wimbledon 2015.
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BREAK! - FEDERER 4-3 DJOKOVIC. A sensational response from the Serbinator. We are back on serve as the world number one breaks back in style. At 15-40 Fed faces double break point for the first time in the tournament. The Swiss saves one with a thumping serve but succumbs as he angles a volley from Djoker's pass down the left line into the net.
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BREAK! - FEDERER 4-2 DJOKOVIC. Hugely impressive from the Swiss. A crunching Federer forehand in a 14-shot rally does damage to the Djoker defences and puts Roger 0-30 up. Djokovic is then forced to bend low at the net with a poor volley before a crosscourt attempt ends with the same result. It's a love break and Federer is looking very strong right now.
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FEDERER 3-2 DJOKOVIC. Novak blinks a couple of times and finds himself walking towards his chair for the changeover. The Serb can do little as Roger rampages to a love hold. The Swiss is 'uber' confident right now.
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Great stat for Nole via @wimbledon. The Serb snares his 7000th point of the tournament on his way to that hold.
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FEDERER 2-2 DJOKOVIC. Disappointment for Roger as he slices a weak backhand into the net before lashing the forehand to the left corner long after working hard to settle into the game at 30-30.
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Federer dominant when he comes in to the net so far.
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FEDERER 2-1 DJOKOVIC. The Serbinator blows an opportunity to heap some pressure on the irrepressible Fed-Ex serve with a weak lob the Swiss gobbles up with an overhead smash at 30-30. The no.2 seed ups the ante and sees out the game with relative ease to keep his nose in front in the opening exchanges of the match.
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FEDERER 1-1 DJOKOVIC. A couple of unforced Fed errors put Djoker in control at 40-15 before a howitzer of a backhand leads to the Swiss making it slightly uncomfortable for the world No.1. Djokovic responds and this time Roger's backhand misfires into the net as he attempts the crosscourt pass.
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Heather Watson has taken to Twitter to tip Fed-Ex to triumph today.
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FEDERER 1-0 DJOKOVIC. Federer starting where he left off against Murray by rattling down some big first serves. Djoker gets himself into a rally at 40-0 but can only stab a backhand into the right-hand alley he is facing following a thumping forehand approach from the Swiss.
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Here we go: Federer to serve...
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The players are now on court and running through the warm up. Here's a couple of stats for you as we await the first of the action... Djoker has eight Grand Slam titles to Federer's 17. In the head-to-head Roger leads 20-19.
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So, how do you see this one panning out? Fire over some predictions and I'll include your tweets in our live coverage. Tweet @paul_hassall
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Federer admits the clash with Djokovic has some added spice but is unwilling to discuss thoughts of revenge. He said: "I don't really think about the match we played against each other last year. I just remember it was unbelievably thrilling and the crowd really got into it. It's great to play Novak anywhere these days because he's a great player. He's had great success, unbelievable success actually, throughout his career but especially the last few years, he's been unbelievably dominant. I'm just happy personally for myself to be back in a final. That it's against Novak, the world number one, it obviously adds something extra."
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Djoker on that 2014 Wimbledon final: "It was a very important match for me to win because I've lost quite a few Grand Slam finals. To win that match in five sets against Roger on grass was definitely something that gave me a lot of confidence. A few days after that, I got married. That was more than a few things that happened in a positive way in my life. Of course, I became a father as well, entered a new dimension of joy and happiness and love. I'm trying to stay on that wave as much as I can and hopefully I can do well here."
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STAT: Victory would make Fed the oldest Wimbledon winner in the Open era at 33 years of age.
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