Novak Djokovic wins first Grand Slam in two years, quickly beating Anderson for Wimbledon title
by Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times
Jul 15, 2018
3 minutes
WIMBLEDON, England - After days of grueling, thrilling, relentless matches, with hold-your-breath serves and slap-your-forehead rallies, this championship took an anticlimactic turn.
Wimbledon went out with a whimper.
Yawn tennis.
Novak Djokovic needed just three sets to dispatch Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3) to claim his fourth singles title at this storied tournament.
There were touching moments. Anderson was incredibly gracious in defeat, heaping praise on his Serbian opponent and choking up when thanking his family. Djokovic, who won his first Grand Slam title since
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