Athletes pay tribute to Roger Federer's record eighth Wimbledon title

Athletes paid homage to Roger Federer's greatness after his eighth Wimbledon victory

Chris Chavez | Jul 16, 2017

Athletes pay tribute to Roger Federer's record eighth Wimbledon title /

Roger Federer captured his record eighth Wimbledon title by defeating Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 on Centre Court on Sunday afternoon.

The victory also marks Federer's 19th Grand Slam title. His previous victory in Wimbledon came in 2012. He lost to Novak Djokovic in the 2014 and 2015 Wimbledon final.

Federer, 35, recorded his first Wimbledon title in 2003 and then won the next four years that followed.

Here's how athletes around the world reacted to Federer's record-setting performance:

Slam Wimbledon 19 @rogerfederer 👏🏼 #sw19 #wimbledon #welldone
— Tomáš Berdych (@tomasberdych) July 16, 2017

🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐
— John Isner (@JohnIsner) July 16, 2017

Seeing @rogerfederer lift another grand slam trophy, another Wimbledon trophy.... just gives me goosebumps 😭😍 Congrats Roger!!! 🎉🙌🏼
— Monica Puig (@MonicaAce93) July 16, 2017

Huge congratulations to @rogerfederer on his historic achievement! 8️⃣🏆🐐Well done to @cilic_marin too. A great @Wimbledon, one for the ages!
— Kevin Anderson (@KAndersonATP) July 16, 2017

El mejor deportista de la historia @rogerfederer pic.twitter.com/D0eATRCccQ
— Juan Monaco (@picomonaco) July 16, 2017

2017
Australian Open: Federer
Indian Wells: Federer
Miami: Federer
Monte Carlo: Nadal
Madrid: Nadal
French Open: Nadal
Wimbledon: Federer
😳💪
— Darren Cahill (@darren_cahill) July 16, 2017

Congratulations to @GarbiMuguruza and @rogerfederer for being crowned #Wimbledon champions this year!
— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@steftsitsipas) July 16, 2017