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Biggest Grand Slam Comebacks Of 2016

Continuing our Season In Review Series, ATPWorldTour.com revisits the biggest Grand Slam comebacks of 2016: 4) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. John Isner 6-7(3), 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 19-17/3R/Wimbledon With several second-round matches to be completed, the All England Club announced that play would take place on the Middle Sunday at The Championships for only the fourth time in the tournament's 139-year history (also 1991, 1997 and 2004). Tickets sold out within an hour of going on sale on Saturday afternoon, and it was to Court No. 2 where most fans headed. John Isner, the No. 18 seed, led No. 12 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-7(5). Isner had been close to ending the match a day earlier. He missed two break points...

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Best Grand Slam Matches: Part 2

2. Roger Federer d. Marin Cilic 6-7(4), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(9), 6-3/QF/Wimbledon Every year lately, when a certain Swiss player heads to a certain grass tennis club in England, his millions of fans ask a four-word question: Is this the year? As in, is this the year Roger Federer will win his record eighth Wimbledon title? This June, it had been four years since the right-hander had captured his seventh Wimbledon crown. He had come close in 2014 and 2015, losing in the final to Novak Djokovic, and that's exactly why Federer fans were so excited before his quarter-final match against Marin Cilic. Djokovic, the three-time Wimbledon champion, had lost to Sam Querrey in the third round, leaving second seed Andy...

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