Sun Jul 6 15:05:06 2008

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Rain again stops men's final at Wimbledon

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Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - The rain has returned to the All England Club and the men's Wimbledon final between five-time champion Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is being delayed in the fifth set.

The match is even at 2-2, 40-40 in the decisive set.

Nadal won the first two sets by identical 6-4 scores and Federer stayed alive by capturing a pair of tiebreakers in the next two. Federer won the third-set tiebreak 7-5, then saved a pair of championship points on the way to 10-8 triumph in the fourth.

Rain also delayed the start of play for about 30 minutes and caused a lengthy delay in the third set.