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Victoria Monk, ESPN 7y

ICYMI at Wimbledon: The world reacts to Roger Federer's eighth title win

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LONDON -- He's been the favorite from the very beginning of the tournament, but that dampens no part of Roger Federer's Wimbledon success.

The Swiss player crushed Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in 1 hour, 41 minutes.

Eight-time Wimbledon champion, 17th grass court title -- the overwhelmingly impressive list goes on:

To some extent, the men's final followed the same format as the women's from Saturday; both matches started off tight before reaching a crucial turning point from which the losers never recovered.

For Cilic, that moment came as he was trailing Federer 6-3, 4-1; he sat down in his chair, threw a towel over his head, and began to cry.

Was it an injury? An overcoming of emotions?

Spectators were left to speculate:

Although not everyone drew the same conclusions ...

Fortunately, Cilic gave a very honest response in his postmatch press conference to clear things up:

Here's what the rest of Twitter had to say on Federer's victory:

And this is what Fed had to say for himself:

In spite of Federer's impressive on-court accomplishments, attention was deflected to some other members of his player box ...

First, it was Federer at the Australian Open, then Rafael Nadal at the French Open, now Federer again at Wimbledon -- will they humor us forever?

Murray wins Wimbledon

The UK contingent, while not a factor in singles, still walked away from Wimbledon with silverware. Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis defeated Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen 6-4, 6-4 in an entertaining mixed doubles final.

Meeting the voice of Wimbledon

Away from the courts, as we were waiting for the men's final to begin, ESPN went behind the scenes to talk to Allis Moss, the official "Voice of Wimbledon." Here's what she had to say:

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