This was such an enjoyable match to watch! Two professional gentlemen quietly, calmly, maturely doing what they do best, playing the game with skill and a Tennis IQ strategy. FAA, so pleased you won. It will be a memory to last a life time against a highly respected skilled also kind RAFA.💯🙏🇨🇦
What a beautiful day! Just sitting there, eating a bit, drinking a beverage and watching some great tennis played out before you. A beautiful setting and a relaxing day.
His objective was to get a few matches under his belt before the commencement of Wimbledon. He has to make several improvements, and he'll be looking to do that in the first week. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope he finds that extra gear in time to keep going forward 🙏🏻
@@tirthankarsarkar4206 who cares if they don't count?!! Matches are matches. These 2 exhibitions by Nadal absolutely count for getting some work on grass in before Wimbledon starts.
@@BazookaIke yeah. But if he lost or won doesn't really count in a best of 2 with a deciding tie break. Of course he wants to win but the top commenter is Def right.
Definitely not surprising considering how well Felix was serving and that Rafa himself hides a little in these practice/exhibition matches. He’s got a feel for grass now, and lost this one in two tiebreaks without getting his serve broken so very encouraging signs really. Just needs to get through that first week grass and play himself into form by the time he has to play Cilic/Felix/Matteo on the worn out grass.
@@lukelerner1495 my thoughts exactly. And if i remember correctly, fritz is also in the same quarter. Not to mention cilic. All three are very good at grasscourts.
Nadal is playing good.. his serve was not broken.. just got some few point in tie break. He is testing his toe. Hope things will get better for him health wise.
S*itdal is the ultimate faker in tennis nothing is wrong with his God damn toe this bastard is doing this for sympathy and trying to outpsyche his opponents wake up and smell the coffee glad he got his ass trashed. Buttdal got almost whitewased in the champions tie-breaker he should have lost 10-0 way to go Felix don't let that Claydal intimidate you.
Rafa is gearing up and progressing pretty nicely on grass surface. Hopeful he will be 100% ready fit to play at the levels displayed at AO22 and RG22. Very pleasing to know that Rafa would be into fatherhood phase, surely it will be an exciting & refreshing new chapter in his much-loved surrounding. Wishing Rafa’s wife Maria safe in her pregnancy. Cheers
Good prep for wimby this exhibition match. Whatever the.outcome is rafans should be.positive that he is always doing his best to comeout with his perfect play. Itd bèen a longtime that he didnt play.in grass so understandable that people may not have higher expectation for him. But it remains to be seen. Lets just wait and see if he survived on the first week if that happens the third wimby is in the bag but if not there is nothing.lose rafa has already 2 and us open is coming. Maybe nobody can win them all. Its a matter of fighting, believing and.most of all perfect health. Rafans concern is he.will.be injury free and hid foot will be ok throughout the tournament. Win or lose we love.rafa nadal.
Was he that fit and high level at those tournaments though? I mean. 5 setter vs Shapo in AO, 5 setter vs Medvedev that would have been a Medvedev win had he not gotten tired. RG he had a 5 setter vs Felix, Djokovic who somehow won a set where Nadal had double break and Djokovic got tired at the end of the 4th set serving for the set. Zverev was better than Nadal but choked set 1 and 2 though still had a chance in set 2 tiebreak but then got badly injured. Ruud he dominated 'cause well Ruud had never been in a Slam final. I think Nadal has played well this year but nothing crazy, I think the luck has helped him.
This is an exhibition game, with Nadal trying to not mess up the improvements in his feet, after years of not playing grass regularly , against a great tennis talent and he was on the verge of winning. That sounds like much more than he´d expect.
Nice first taste of what we could live in Wimbledon's quarter-finals. Nadal looking really sharp, I have no doubts he will be really competitive again next week. On to the #23!
@@pauljohnson6019 surely not again. I think Wimby stopped doing that after Rosol beat him into the ground. Nonetheless he does still get favored in draws elsewhere, both by his potential opponents all being way out of form, and his play schedule is always magically perfect, like he himself made it.
@@lunsas yeah but Novak on grass is like playing with a cheater. He's something else. It wouldn't come as a surprise if he won on grass again. Now there's Nadal. He's also showing he can pose a risk for the Serbian.
@@pauljohnson6019 There's no need to hate Nadal this much, man. Beyond being a tennis player, he is a gentleman. He has nothing to prove. I had a glance at your comments and realized there's nothing but hatred and toxicity toward a man who doesn't even know who you are. This is the last time I'll reply to your comments. Go visit a therapist bro. You need some counseling.
@@rodrigomunoz2271 Nah this isn't hate, I'm just sick of seeing one man take advantage of people outside his surface, it's fine on clay, but he has no right to be intimidating and winning other players on grass.
I'm just happy to see Rafa out there playing on grass. He wasn't sure about his foot right after the French Open. That to me is an incredible accomplishment. We'll see how it goes at Wimbledon. One thing we can be sure of, he always gives it everything he's got. I still think he has a chance, he has won Wimbledon before, so let's see how his foot holds up
Rafa has been to scared about playing at Wimbledon as he has been getting beat down at Wimbledon. He has taking pastings by federer, djokovic, even rosol and brown!!!!!!! 😂
@@sgoel31 fact is Rafa has retired many time in his career. Interestingly this is around 9 times which in over a thousand matches for someone supposedly always injured Is not really a lot. More interestingly Is the fact that in ALL but one of those matches Nadal was losing and clearly heading out of the tournament whilst level in the other - that is a sore loser.
@@msalvs 5 finales y 2 victorias. El año pasado no jugó por lesión, y en 2020 se canceló Wimbledon. En sus dos últimas participaciones(2018/2019)fue semifinalista. 🏆2👑2🐐
IF Felix gets past Cressy, I can see him making a deep run. However, I think Cressy pulls the stunner in the first round in five sets. Either way, I see that match going the distance.
Great angle, you can really see just how hard these guys are crushing the ball. FAA has to be in the mix for Wimbledon in the coming years. And you can't count out Nadal either of course...
I think there's one of Ivo Karlovic 6'11" vs Feliciano Lopez about 6'2" where Feli just couldn't deal with Karlovic's serve. Almost at all for the whole match.
Well played Felix. Love to see Rafa playing. One day we are going to miss him. I don't think any other player in tennis makes their opponent work harder for points. I hope Rafa plays for another 10 years.
Rafa was trying things out. He def wasn't playing his hardest.. Good practice rafa. Did NOT want to hurt anything. There were several x he didn't run after shots on purpose he def would have in a real match. The other guy was absolutely trying his best. Rafa about 70% trying
Felix is such an awesome player. Great 1st serve once he gets it on. His 2nd serve isn't that good. Loses most of those points. Needs too be patient in rallies. He'll get a championship this year I believe.
Alia's serve is massive on grass and he based his play in this match well on it. Nadal continued to play well on grass too as he had ever played, just coming up a bit short here and there. He seemed to suffer from the playing conditions (weather in particular) much less than he had during the French Open so that's a good sign for him in WD.
Nadal is 36 and still whipping young guns like FAA. Stood to him and his serves were not broken. Double faults in tie breaks were disappointing. I'm optimistic and amazed!!!!!
Those serves didn't work against Djoker. I thought it would but i couldn't believe how great he returned those serves. Hope Nadal wins wimbledon this year.
Nah, his opponents just cave in like jelly, and make him look good, he is not the Grass God here, jeez I wish Federer had entered Wimbledon and slaughtered him, would have loved a Fed-Djok rematch but a different outcome from 2019!.
@@Adaobieistyping Yeah, that's why I want him back, a shame he's not playing, he could have done really well here, I'm getting worried about him, he must win on his terms not that bastard's Djokovic I hope the bastard gets more karma and looses from a winning position.
The first week is always tricky, specially if you have big serving guys in your draw. It's tough finding rhythm on grass quickly, specially if you playing after 3 years. The grass is also a lot quicker. If Rafa's able to find his footing soon and goes through the next week. He will legit be much more confident about his game tbe grass will become a lil slower. He'd have a real solid chance. Finger crossed. Vamos my champ
Well, isnt serving and being able to do it efficiently part of the game? Why Rafa was not able to read the serve better I would rather ask. He is a a very good returner of serve although not on grass certainly.
@@hus390 I think Rafa is doing the right thing. He is not going to push himself to 100% and win every match. I believe Rafa's main objective is to win GS events. 2 more GSs to go. If Rafa can capture either Wimbledon or US Open, the year 2022 is a very successful year for Rafa. If Rafa can win the next 2 GSs, maybe we won't see Rafa competing again.
@@benthekeeshond545 I think rafa should.win us open badly because novak has 9 AO with 6 Wimby, fed has 8 wimby to 6 AO , 5 us ,but nadal doesn't have more than one tournament having min 5 titles , FO 14 to us 4. So he has to win one more us open but competition for hard courts are really high,
There needs to be a full grass court season on the ATP tour complete with a Masters 1000 event, as getting to play one whole tune-up tournament before Wimbledon does not a grass court season make. Another reason Serve and Volley tennis has all but disappeared from the sport.
@@Petros_Flames Funny how football and baseball can keep their grass green all year long, but a tennis tournament can't manage to keep it's grass green for one tournament a year huh? So instead we get far too many clay and hard court tournaments all throughout the season. YAWN!!!
@@infiniteuniverse9528 Yes, easier to mantain. You can't remove clay season, you can't remove US hard court season, you can't remove beginning of the season on hard court, so you are left with schedule after Wimbledon and ending of the season (you remove undoor hard courts). Grass is just too costly to mantain before tournament to become 75% clay-ish after few days
If Felix knocks Nadal out of Wimbledon, how sadly ironic that will be. Uncle Toni's student! Fortunately, this is just exhibition tennis, but it will give Felix more confidence.
FAA raised his level compared to his Djokovic's match. I know people will say it's different against Djokovic but FAA was just giving him a lot doubles faults and easy errors... even Novak was like : man you are giving me free points like crazy.
Novak is a much greater returner of serve than Nadal on grass, which makes you go for too much and make double faults! Of course when you're not under pressure to hit an ace it's easier to serve them, he was much more relaxed against Dopedal.
@@Patrick-xc6fb How can you be winning 5 setters against players 16 years younger on clay, then claiming foot injury and beating Djokovic, that reeks of dope to me.
@@pauljohnson6019 first of all, that’s not evidence, that’s just your speculation. And Rafa beating players 16 years younger than him shouldn’t need any explaining. This is the goat we’re talking about
I believe Nadal treat this match to gauge his preparation for the Slam. If i were Nadal, with a foot not so healthy, i would reserve much of my efforts for this warm up match.
Complete a career major title list: 🏆 🇪🇸1) Rafael Nadal. 🇨🇭2) Roger Federer. 🇦🇺3) Rod Laver. 🇺🇸4) Andre Agassi. 🇩🇪5) Bill Tilden. 🇦🇺6) Roy Emerson. The Greatest rivalry list: 🎾 1) Federer vs Nadal. 2) Sampras vs Agassi. 3) Hewitt vs Safin. 4) Edberg vs Lendl. 5) Connor vs McEnroe.
MR. LUCKY DJOKOVID DOES NOT HAVE KYRIOS OR HUBERT OR FAA OR TSITPAS IN HIS DRAW. IS HE LUCKY OR WHAT. EVEN LAST YEAR HE HAD LUCKY DRAW. HOW CAN YOU KEEP GETTING SO LUCKY ( BUT NADAL KEEPS GETTING TOUGH DRAWS IN FRENCH AND AUS)
@@korkiana FOR SOME REASON MOST OF THE DJOKIVID'S FAN'S NAME END WITH , " SUCKOVIC" , "CHEATOVIC" AND CUNNINGOVIC" . AND 90% OF HIS CUNNING FANS ARE FROM SERBIA.
@@korkiana DJOKOVID WAS WINNING SINCE LAST 5 YEARS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PROPER COMPETITION FOR HIM. ONCE HE GOT COMPETITION HE IS NOT EVEN ABLE TO WIN AGAINST A 18 YEAR OLD KID. HIS ONLY LUCK WAS HE HAD ADVANTAGE AGAINST RAFA PLAYING STYLE. .
@@korkiana RAQUET BREAKING, SHOUTING AT PEOPLE. HITTING PEOPLE WITH BALLS AND CHEATING A WHOLE COUNTRY, and cheating with injuries to win matches. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BEST TENNIS PLAYER EVER HERE. I LIKE DJOKOVID'S TENNIS BUT HE IS NOT THE RIGHT PERSON TO REPRESENT A SPORT WHICH IS GENTLEMEN SPORT.
This was such an enjoyable match to watch! Two professional gentlemen quietly, calmly, maturely doing what they do best, playing the game with skill and a Tennis IQ strategy. FAA, so pleased you won. It will be a memory to last a life time against a highly respected skilled also kind RAFA.💯🙏🇨🇦
what an awesome angle. you really feel how hard they're crushing the ball
And how the ball just skids on grass 😮
Yah no shit. It's just no word of a joke. I remember McEnroe "Yah we were playing pitty-pat tennis...."
@@KingCast65 i had a stroke trying to understand your writing
@@xZOOMARx Back to school for you
they have to stick to that angle
person who made this video should teach everyone else how to do it. perfect pacing, just tennis, no bs. thank you!
What a beautiful day! Just sitting there, eating a bit, drinking a beverage and watching some great tennis played out before you. A beautiful setting and a relaxing day.
I didn't realize Auger had such a massive serve. Wow
He’s superb
And has been playing well in the tournaments before Wimbledon
He is a Good player in grass,defeated Federer and Zverev last year
It’s average
@UCsXKcHlaRodxOsta2iv4BNg he’s a troll
he's one of the dark horses at wimbledon, but his whole game revolves around serve+forehand -kind of one-dimensional
His objective was to get a few matches under his belt before the commencement of Wimbledon. He has to make several improvements, and he'll be looking to do that in the first week. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope he finds that extra gear in time to keep going forward 🙏🏻
What do you mean? What’s the point of playing with Stan and Felix……not the actual game yet? Have a hard time understanding….
@@juanitaquintana4531 These were just exhibition matches, they don't count. Main matches of Wimbledon start from upcoming Monday onwards.
@@tirthankarsarkar4206 who cares if they don't count?!! Matches are matches. These 2 exhibitions by Nadal absolutely count for getting some work on grass in before Wimbledon starts.
@@BazookaIke yeah. But if he lost or won doesn't really count in a best of 2 with a deciding tie break. Of course he wants to win but the top commenter is Def right.
WHO IS YOUR HE ????????????????????????????????????????????
Definitely not surprising considering how well Felix was serving and that Rafa himself hides a little in these practice/exhibition matches. He’s got a feel for grass now, and lost this one in two tiebreaks without getting his serve broken so very encouraging signs really. Just needs to get through that first week grass and play himself into form by the time he has to play Cilic/Felix/Matteo on the worn out grass.
Which is a disgrace, grass court needs to stay quick even after the 1st week!
For me, Wimbledon became RG bis since 2002!
Rafa won't get to 2nd week of Wimbledon, watch him pull out before meeting Djokovic! In fact Murray and Nadal will be out before second week.
@@quentinhirschfeld9382 it became RG since 2002, but Nadal has only 2 of it's trophies?
Your take doesn't hold water
@@quentinhirschfeld9382 now that’s a bit of an exaggeration
@@ubilicious1887
Nadal might have never played a final at Wimbledon if the grass was as quick as it should be.
Nadal losing before a Slam is actually a gud thing for him....fingers crossed, even though I know he is not the favourite
Why is it good?
@@Marc467gg Less of a chance for him to worsen his foot injuries
@@DRIFTBMX997 You sound stupid. If he can't play 1 best of three sets than he's not going to be able to play best 3 of 5
It is like a pre-match for the quarter final of Wimbledon and will be a very exciting tight 5 sets match wow!
I hope we get to see that match! Both FAA and Rafa have tough draws to get there though. Felix has an extremely tough first rounder against cressy
@@lukelerner1495 my thoughts exactly. And if i remember correctly, fritz is also in the same quarter. Not to mention cilic. All three are very good at grasscourts.
nadal moving really well. i saw him extra bouncy today. if all goes well, he's going to arrive at wimbledon in good shape, it seems
Nadal is playing good.. his serve was not broken.. just got some few point in tie break. He is testing his toe. Hope things will get better for him health wise.
S*itdal is the ultimate faker in tennis nothing is wrong with his God damn toe this bastard is doing this for sympathy and trying to outpsyche his opponents wake up and smell the coffee glad he got his ass trashed. Buttdal got almost whitewased in the champions tie-breaker he should have lost 10-0 way to go Felix don't let that Claydal intimidate you.
*well
Yes I think same
I'm optimistic!!😁 Rafa would have won if this match went to a proper third set rather than a tiebreak-set.
@@hus390 and another if LOL DOPAL CLOWNS !!!
Rafa is gearing up and progressing pretty nicely on grass surface. Hopeful he will be 100% ready fit to play at the levels displayed at AO22 and RG22. Very pleasing to know that Rafa would be into fatherhood phase, surely it will be an exciting & refreshing new chapter in his much-loved surrounding. Wishing Rafa’s wife Maria safe in her pregnancy. Cheers
Good prep for wimby this exhibition match. Whatever the.outcome is rafans should be.positive that he is always doing his best to comeout with his perfect play. Itd bèen a longtime that he didnt play.in grass so understandable that people may not have higher expectation for him. But it remains to be seen. Lets just wait and see if he survived on the first week if that happens the third wimby is in the bag but if not there is nothing.lose rafa has already 2 and us open is coming.
Maybe nobody can win them all.
Its a matter of fighting, believing and.most of all perfect health. Rafans concern is he.will.be injury free and hid foot will be ok throughout the tournament. Win or lose we love.rafa nadal.
That's good to hear congrats to both
Was he that fit and high level at those tournaments though? I mean. 5 setter vs Shapo in AO, 5 setter vs Medvedev that would have been a Medvedev win had he not gotten tired. RG he had a 5 setter vs Felix, Djokovic who somehow won a set where Nadal had double break and Djokovic got tired at the end of the 4th set serving for the set. Zverev was better than Nadal but choked set 1 and 2 though still had a chance in set 2 tiebreak but then got badly injured. Ruud he dominated 'cause well Ruud had never been in a Slam final.
I think Nadal has played well this year but nothing crazy, I think the luck has helped him.
100 % whife the Drog ?
This is an exhibition game, with Nadal trying to not mess up the improvements in his feet, after years of not playing grass regularly , against a great tennis talent and he was on the verge of winning. That sounds like much more than he´d expect.
Nice first taste of what we could live in Wimbledon's quarter-finals. Nadal looking really sharp, I have no doubts he will be really competitive again next week. On to the #23!
He will win this Wimbledon, sure hahahahahahaha 😂
@@Nedeljko0012 and AO or RG...Mr.Idiot 😂
Lol
Yeah right, like Wimbledon are going to be so stupid to rig the draw for him!
@@pauljohnson6019 surely not again. I think Wimby stopped doing that after Rosol beat him into the ground. Nonetheless he does still get favored in draws elsewhere, both by his potential opponents all being way out of form, and his play schedule is always magically perfect, like he himself made it.
Felix is displaying such a high level of tennis tbh. His serve is looking solid.
Yeah but the other day Novak destroyed him
@@lunsas yeah but Novak on grass is like playing with a cheater. He's something else. It wouldn't come as a surprise if he won on grass again. Now there's Nadal. He's also showing he can pose a risk for the Serbian.
@@rodrigomunoz2271 Nadal can pose a risk to nobody, apart from a 1st round lucky loser or qualifier.
@@pauljohnson6019 There's no need to hate Nadal this much, man. Beyond being a tennis player, he is a gentleman. He has nothing to prove. I had a glance at your comments and realized there's nothing but hatred and toxicity toward a man who doesn't even know who you are. This is the last time I'll reply to your comments. Go visit a therapist bro. You need some counseling.
@@rodrigomunoz2271 Nah this isn't hate, I'm just sick of seeing one man take advantage of people outside his surface, it's fine on clay, but he has no right to be intimidating and winning other players on grass.
This is great for FAA's confidence going into Wimbledon. Nadal looked really solid too. Hope we get to see them play in the QFs
This was practice for Nadal. He played 70% his best
I'm just happy to see Rafa out there playing on grass. He wasn't sure about his foot right after the French Open. That to me is an incredible accomplishment. We'll see how it goes at Wimbledon. One thing we can be sure of, he always gives it everything he's got. I still think he has a chance, he has won Wimbledon before, so let's see how his foot holds up
Rafa is cyborg he got new foot... he actually never had any injury
Rafa has been to scared about playing at Wimbledon as he has been getting beat down at Wimbledon. He has taking pastings by federer, djokovic, even rosol and brown!!!!!!! 😂
Hard to believe that there is anything wrong with his foot.: no human being can play so well with numbed foot.
@@sgoel31 Rafa new Amstrong
@@sgoel31 fact is Rafa has retired many time in his career. Interestingly this is around 9 times which in over a thousand matches for someone supposedly always injured Is not really a lot.
More interestingly Is the fact that in ALL but one of those matches Nadal was losing and clearly heading out of the tournament whilst level in the other - that is a sore loser.
Auger Alliasime is a great server, wow!!
Nadal is going to be a champion in Wimbledon 2022
LOL. He hasn't won Wimbledon in 11 years . No chance
@@richcampbell6808 12 years
@@richcampbell6808 he hasnt won AO in 13 years .
FAA’s serve was superb
Thank you for uploading quality highlights.
Good match, thank thanks for the upload
Rafa will be one of the Semi Finalists because in Bo5 ,he will find and fight his way out of bother.
Just like he did so many times at wimbledon before right? 🤡
@@msalvs 5 finales y 2 victorias. El año pasado no jugó por lesión, y en 2020 se canceló Wimbledon. En sus dos últimas participaciones(2018/2019)fue semifinalista. 🏆2👑2🐐
Damn. How many aces did Auger served up in that game? That was pretty darn impressive.
He won't do that 5 sets at Wimbledon
@@63002 Who cares !
Great match 👏from both. Auger's serve sealed the deal!
Rafa was playing some great attacking tennis !
Felix will have to play Cressy. Toughest 1st round in this tournament
Agreed with you cressy is very dangerous
I didn’t know that, gonna try to watch it now 👀
Felix should win easily, it's Djokovic that is the real challenge.
Talk about a rigged draw.
IF Felix gets past Cressy, I can see him making a deep run. However, I think Cressy pulls the stunner in the first round in five sets. Either way, I see that match going the distance.
Great angle, you can really see just how hard these guys are crushing the ball. FAA has to be in the mix for Wimbledon in the coming years. And you can't count out Nadal either of course...
No doubt Aliassime will be really tough in Wimbledon,and again I like what I see about Nadal.
The name is Auger-Aliassime.
Never seen a guy manage to survive a tennis match with so many serve aces.
I think there's one of Ivo Karlovic 6'11" vs Feliciano Lopez about 6'2" where Feli just couldn't deal with Karlovic's serve. Almost at all for the whole match.
best wishes to rafa at wimby 🌹🌹💕💕
Defeats are very much essential for a subsequent success
Thanks for the recording and the scoreboard!
Well played Felix. Love to see Rafa playing. One day we are going to miss him. I don't think any other player in tennis makes their opponent work harder for points. I hope Rafa plays for another 10 years.
Rafa was trying things out. He def wasn't playing his hardest.. Good practice rafa. Did NOT want to hurt anything. There were several x he didn't run after shots on purpose he def would have in a real match. The other guy was absolutely trying his best. Rafa about 70% trying
Really great camera angle, this way you really see the speed, spins, movements much better.
love the camera angle !
Vamos Rafa 🏆
Although this is just an exhibition, hopefully this gives Felix more confidence for next week.
Game Nadal-the two words spoken more than other since 2005
Novak played more games
Felix is such an awesome player. Great 1st serve once he gets it on. His 2nd serve isn't that good. Loses most of those points. Needs too be patient in rallies. He'll get a championship this year I believe.
Rafa is on fire to Wimbledon.
I really liked your video bro , keep the good content.
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These grass courts are definitely faster than Wimbledon has been recently.
Alia's serve is massive on grass and he based his play in this match well on it. Nadal continued to play well on grass too as he had ever played, just coming up a bit short here and there. He seemed to suffer from the playing conditions (weather in particular) much less than he had during the French Open so that's a good sign for him in WD.
Wimbledon is the only tournament where no one other than the big 4 have won in past 18 years. Looks like it will continue ✌️
More than the win,,,i am praying for your well-being,,,my king,,all the best!!!!
Rafa is different assassin in GS..
Thanks to you
Best I've ever seen Aliassime serve.
Not bad Rafa.
In one week he will be better for sure💯💯💯
Nadal is 36 and still whipping young guns like FAA. Stood to him and his serves were not broken. Double faults in tie breaks were disappointing. I'm optimistic and amazed!!!!!
A great-well+deserved victory for Felix!
Well done Rafa...that's a vast improvement in your foot health...
Those serves didn't work against Djoker. I thought it would but i couldn't believe how great he returned those serves. Hope Nadal wins wimbledon this year.
Djokovic is a better returner than Rafa.
Hope Nadal wins wimbledon this year
@@Cristobal512 he literally has the best return in history. That said, Rafa defeating Djoker on final will be one of his best victory.
Vamos rafa🐐❤️
Pretty good stuff from Rafa considering he hasn’t played on the grass for years
Nah, his opponents just cave in like jelly, and make him look good, he is not the Grass God here, jeez I wish Federer had entered Wimbledon and slaughtered him, would have loved a Fed-Djok rematch but a different outcome from 2019!.
@@pauljohnson6019 19’ ruined Federer’s legacy
@@Adaobieistyping true that
@@Adaobieistyping Yeah, that's why I want him back, a shame he's not playing, he could have done really well here, I'm getting worried about him, he must win on his terms not that bastard's Djokovic I hope the bastard gets more karma and looses from a winning position.
@@pauljohnson6019 why are you crying under every comment 🤣
every match needs this camera angle
I love how match point is called out and no one notices.
Felix never served so many aces in his entire career 🤣🤣🤌
The first week is always tricky, specially if you have big serving guys in your draw. It's tough finding rhythm on grass quickly, specially if you playing after 3 years. The grass is also a lot quicker. If Rafa's able to find his footing soon and goes through the next week. He will legit be much more confident about his game tbe grass will become a lil slower. He'd have a real solid chance. Finger crossed. Vamos my champ
EXCUSES
@@richcampbell6808 : wow what a response jackass
@@patricksweeney5308 No Wimbledon for 12 years. Stick to Spanish clay.
The Big Factor was Aguer’s serve’
Good luck Nadal on Wimbledon!!! VamosRafa!!!!
VAMOS RAFA 👏👏👏.
If not for Felix Aces serving, Rafa won…..Praying for Rafa to have more ACES in serving…
Well, isnt serving and being able to do it efficiently part of the game? Why Rafa was not able to read the serve better I would rather ask. He is a a very good returner of serve although not on grass certainly.
Rafa never loses if his opponent isn't allowed to serve during the match.
Congrats Rafa
Nadal looking good
Good? Good is all relative to the opponents level of play, good against crap opponents maybe.
That was a good game,
That's a great angle for seeing how hard it is to face a serve like FAA's. Frightening.
🔥🔥
Long time no see Rafa on grass. Not bad tho
Great camera angle
Congrats to Auger-Aliassime! Even though this match is on grass and a warmup match, it is not easy to win against Rafa.
If there was a their set in this tournament, Rafa would have won it.
@@hus390
I think Rafa is doing the right thing. He is not going to push himself to 100% and win every match. I believe Rafa's main objective is to win GS events. 2 more GSs to go. If Rafa can capture either Wimbledon or US Open, the year 2022 is a very successful year for Rafa. If Rafa can win the next 2 GSs, maybe we won't see Rafa competing again.
@@benthekeeshond545 I think rafa should.win us open badly because novak has 9 AO with 6 Wimby, fed has 8 wimby to 6 AO , 5 us ,but nadal doesn't have more than one tournament having min 5 titles , FO 14 to us 4. So he has to win one more us open but competition for hard courts are really high,
I was once play against rafa before and I won the match that dream made me smile though
Rafa also was scouting what thus guy would do if they pay again on grass.. He will also do things much dif in a real match
Hope he ll be physically fit
If Rafa is physically fit for first two round
Thn he can go all the way
There needs to be a full grass court season on the ATP tour complete with a Masters 1000 event, as getting to play one whole tune-up tournament before Wimbledon does not a grass court season make. Another reason Serve and Volley tennis has all but disappeared from the sport.
It's literally impossible considering hectic schedule they already have and the cost to prepare grass courts. Not worth it
@@Petros_Flames Funny how football and baseball can keep their grass green all year long, but a tennis tournament can't manage to keep it's grass green for one tournament a year huh? So instead we get far too many clay and hard court tournaments all throughout the season. YAWN!!!
@@infiniteuniverse9528 Yes, easier to mantain. You can't remove clay season, you can't remove US hard court season, you can't remove beginning of the season on hard court, so you are left with schedule after Wimbledon and ending of the season (you remove undoor hard courts). Grass is just too costly to mantain before tournament to become 75% clay-ish after few days
GG 🇨🇦
Finally FAA got a W over Rafa! Exhibition but still….
VAMOOOOOOS RAAAAFAA 💪🏼🇪🇸🎾❤️ THIS IS Just A TRAINING, Wimbledon trophy Is awaiting for you !!
Vamos rafa the goat you have to win 23 slams
It's just a warm up training session for Nadal
That could be a quote from the bum-picker himself. "I only lost because it was a training session."
Felix's serve killed Rafa. Whenever there was a rally, Rafa would take the lead...
It will be very difficult for Rafa to do comeback from set points or larger leads in grass
If Felix knocks Nadal out of Wimbledon, how sadly ironic that will be. Uncle Toni's student! Fortunately, this is just exhibition tennis, but it will give Felix more confidence.
Auger sounds like a pidgeonwhen he grunts.
Yooo dat serve
Anyone else notice the video playback is sped up a bit?
FAA is a real threat. I would not be surprised to see him winning Wimbledon.
FAA raised his level compared to his Djokovic's match. I know people will say it's different against Djokovic but FAA was just giving him a lot doubles faults and easy errors... even Novak was like : man you are giving me free points like crazy.
FAA serve was a disaster against nole
Novak is a much greater returner of serve than Nadal on grass, which makes you go for too much and make double faults! Of course when you're not under pressure to hit an ace it's easier to serve them, he was much more relaxed against Dopedal.
@@pauljohnson6019 evidence of nadal doping?
@@Patrick-xc6fb How can you be winning 5 setters against players 16 years younger on clay, then claiming foot injury and beating Djokovic, that reeks of dope to me.
@@pauljohnson6019 first of all, that’s not evidence, that’s just your speculation. And Rafa beating players 16 years younger than him shouldn’t need any explaining. This is the goat we’re talking about
I believe Nadal treat this match to gauge his preparation for the Slam. If i were Nadal, with a foot not so healthy, i would reserve much of my efforts for this warm up match.
No one:
Felix:
Ueeeeee (Ace)
Complete a career major title list: 🏆
🇪🇸1) Rafael Nadal.
🇨🇭2) Roger Federer.
🇦🇺3) Rod Laver.
🇺🇸4) Andre Agassi.
🇩🇪5) Bill Tilden.
🇦🇺6) Roy Emerson.
The Greatest rivalry list: 🎾
1) Federer vs Nadal.
2) Sampras vs Agassi.
3) Hewitt vs Safin.
4) Edberg vs Lendl.
5) Connor vs McEnroe.
Needal
I’d put Federer above Nadal. He’s the better tennis player overall
Good
What a great venue where everyone has a great up close seat to top flight tennis!
MR. LUCKY DJOKOVID DOES NOT HAVE KYRIOS OR HUBERT OR FAA OR TSITPAS IN HIS DRAW.
IS HE LUCKY OR WHAT.
EVEN LAST YEAR HE HAD LUCKY DRAW.
HOW CAN YOU KEEP GETTING SO LUCKY ( BUT NADAL KEEPS GETTING TOUGH DRAWS IN FRENCH AND AUS)
A little objectivity, just a little, try it, it won't hurt you
@@korkiana
FOR SOME REASON MOST OF THE DJOKIVID'S FAN'S NAME END WITH , " SUCKOVIC" , "CHEATOVIC" AND CUNNINGOVIC" . AND 90% OF HIS CUNNING FANS ARE FROM SERBIA.
@@korkiana
DJOKOVID WAS WINNING SINCE LAST 5 YEARS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PROPER COMPETITION FOR HIM. ONCE HE GOT COMPETITION HE IS NOT EVEN ABLE TO WIN AGAINST A 18 YEAR OLD KID. HIS ONLY LUCK WAS HE HAD ADVANTAGE AGAINST RAFA PLAYING STYLE. .
@@korkiana
RAQUET BREAKING, SHOUTING AT PEOPLE. HITTING PEOPLE WITH BALLS AND CHEATING A WHOLE COUNTRY, and cheating with injuries to win matches. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BEST TENNIS PLAYER EVER HERE. I LIKE DJOKOVID'S TENNIS BUT HE IS NOT THE RIGHT PERSON TO REPRESENT A SPORT WHICH IS GENTLEMEN SPORT.
@@pintoacr3800 turn caps lock off, it doesn't represent your illogical points any further
How many aces was that?
Porque y para que ,son estos juegos ,antes de presentarlos en vivo.
O enque canal los pasan,? 😲😯😯
It is safe to say that based on this highlight video, FAA serve has gotten much better.
Unless, Rafa doesn't want to Sprint to get them back lol.😂 🙈
How is nobody talking about auger’s killer serves!?
Possibly because his name is Auger-Aliassime, not "auger."
Who won ?
Tie break instead of a third set. What a strange idea.