 In the 2009 Wimbledon final , Roddick lost to Federer in five sets . The match included a fifth set of 30 games ( a Grand Slam final record ) and was over four hours long . In the final game of the deciding set , Roddick 's serve was broken for the first time in the match . With that victory , Federer broke Pete Sampras ' record of 14 Grand Slam tournament titles , and Roddick apologized to Sampras ( who was there ) for not being able to hold Federer . 
 In the 2009 Wimbledon final , Roddick lost to Federer in five sets . The match included a fifth set of 30 games ( a Grand Slam final record ) and was over four hours long . In the final game of the deciding set , Roddick <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>serve was broken for the first time in the match . With that victory , Federer broke Pete Sampras <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'</mark></a>record of 14 Grand Slam tournament titles , and Roddick apologized to Sampras ( <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>was there ) for <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>not</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>being</mark></a> able to hold Federer . 
In the 2009 Wimbledon final , Roddick lost to Federer in five sets . The match included a fifth set of 30 games ( a Grand Slam final record ) and was over four hrs long . In the final game of da deciding set , Roddick  serve was broken for tdafirst time in the match . With that victory , Federer broke Pete Sampras  record of 14 Grand Slam tournament titles , and Roddick apologized to Sampras ( was thea ) for ain't able to hold Federer .