This has become the longest Wimbledon final that was ever played.

Both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played so well, so strongly and so spectacularly that both of them deserved to be the winner of the 2008 Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Therefore, it is very sad to see one of them losing. In the last set both of them made few dramatic comebacks that deserved big applauses.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal 4-6 4-6 7-6 7-8

Throughout the day, the Wimbledon's official website writers were sharing their thoughts. Here is what was happening in the final moments of the fifth set.

9.13 pm: Federer hits one way too high which is going out and Rafa – in unfamiliar territory at the net – tries for it and fluffs it! 30-30.

9.13 pm: Big serve, Rafa comes in. 30-15…

9.12 pm: 0-15 as Rafa nets. Great serve and volley - the first he's done! 15-15.

9.10 pm: New balls. Rafa needs four points…

9.09 pm: 8-7 Nadal. Roger nets! Break point again. Roger’s looking exhausted. And he looongs it! Roger has been broken!

9.09 pm: Ace! Boom!

9.08 pm: Rafa slips then loooongs one. Deuce-alicious. Great cross-courter – Ad Rafa and another break point.

9.07 pm: Best cross-courter I’ve ever seen. Two break points. Ace! 30-40.

9.06 pm: Rafa again gets to 0-30 after a Roger netted forehand. Second serve… Rog comes to the net and puts it away. 30-15.

9.04 pm: 7-7. Rafa comes in and smashes. Roger somehow gets it back and it lands on the line, Rafa then puts it away and pumps his fist – Vamos!

9.03 pm: That net-cord turns a Roger backhand into a drop. Rafa gets there but Rog puts it away. 40-30.

9.03 pm: Second serve, rally and Rog nets! A wasted opportunity. 40-15.

9.02 pm: Great body serve. 30-15.

9.02 pm: Fed loooongs one. 15-15.

9.01 pm: Fed forehands a winner. 0-15.

9 pm: Rafa again comes out to serve to save the match. Such a big ask every time.

"There is a cheque for £750,000 awaiting the winner of the men’s final but this match is not about prize money, and never was. Roger Federer is embarked on a date with destiny and history, while Rafael Nadal, his young, piratical Spanish opponent is bent on wrecking that ambition and setting himself up as the first from his nation to win the Wimbledon men's title since Manolo Santana in 1966," writes the official Wimbledon's website.

Our congratulations to the winner of the Wimbledon 2008 tennis championship and best wishes him his future tennis career.