LONDON -- Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet for the Wimbledon title after the old guard held off the new in the semifinals Friday at the All England Club.
Federer, chasing his record eighth Wimbledon championship, swept past Canada's Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to reach his 25th Grand Slam final.
Federer, who owns 17 Slam titles, is back in a major final for the first time since winning Wimbledon in 2012.
The top-seeded Djokovic ran off six of the final seven points in the tiebreaker to beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7) to advance to his third Wimbledon final in four years.
It's also Djokovic's 14th Grand Slam final - and 10th in his last 13 majors.
'It's always great. We always play good matches against each other,' Federer said of Djokovic after his match Friday. 'Novak is a great champion and he's been around a long time. He's used to these occasions as well, he knows how to get it done. So I hope it's going to be a good match.'
According to the Associated Press, Federer becomes the third oldest man to reach the Wimbledon finals in the Open era.
Wimbledon Oldest Men's Finalists
Open Era (1968-present)
Ken Rosewall (1974) - 39 years, 246 days; lost to Jimmy Connors.
Ken Rosewall (1970) - 35-244; lost to John Newcombe.
Roger Federer (2014) - 32-332; vs. Novak Djokovic, Sunday.
Arthur Ashe (1975) - 31-360; beat Jimmy Connors.
Jimmy Connors (1984) - 31-310; lost to John McEnroe.
Roger Federer (2012) - 30-335; beat Andy Murray.
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