Surrogate son Federer loses, but Wimbledon's 'Hill' is happy


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 07 Jul 2014

Roger Federer of Switzerland (TOP) hits a return during his men's singles final tennis match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London July 6, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - It was hard at first to spot Novak Djokovic fans on Wimbledon's fabled "Hill" where thousands gather to watch the tennis on a huge screen, but as the Serb marched towards victory over crowd favourite Roger Federer they started cheering louder.

With 2013 Wimbledon men's champion Andy Murray knocked out last week, most British fans seemed to have switched allegiance to surrogate son Federer.

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