Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer - Battle of Surfaces 2007 (Highlights) HQ
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Superb high-quality tennis in this classic battle between two of the greatest tennis players of all time. At the time Roger Federer (No1) had won 48 straight matches on grass courts (2003-2007) and Rafael Nadal (No2) had 72 wins in a row on clay (2005-2007). The match was played in the capital city of Nadal's home island, Palma de Mallorca, in front of a home crowd at Palma Arena.
Some standalone records of Rafael Nadal as of May 2024:
- 50 straight sets won on a single surface (clay)
- 81 straight matches won on a single surface (clay)
- Winning 10+ titles in a single tournament (Roland Garros 14, Barcelona 12, Monte Carlo 11, Rome 10)
- Winning at least one Grand Slam title in 10 consecutive years (2005-14)
- Being in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings for 19 consecutive years (April 2005 to March 2023)
- Winning olympic gold medals in singles (2008) and doubles (2016)
- Winning at least one ATP singles title for 19 consecutive years (2004-2022)
Some standalone records of Roger Federer:
- Reaching 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005-2007), as well as 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals and 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarter-finals (winning 25 of them in a row)
- Winning an Open Era record 19 grass court titles
- Longest grass court winning streak in the Open Era - 65 consecutive matches on grass (2003-2008)
- Holds the world's second highest number of performance-based Guinness World Records ever achieved within a single athletic discipline (37 total / 26 performance based)
- A record of 237 consecutive weeks as the No. 1 ranked player in the world
Woah I thought the thumbnail was clickbait
Same
Jordan Freeman yeah me too
And we all still clicked 😹😹😹
Me too
isn't it fake?
12 years later these 2 are still top players and winning slams, how crazy is that
After Djokovic :)
After NO1E
2nd and 3rd after the 🐐 Novak
Kishen Parekh lol don’t forget that goat federer is 37 years old
@@rayand9265 dont forget that 🐐 Novak is only 32 and he's got more masters 1000s than Federer
Facts about this match:
-This is the craziest tennis exhibition ever
-This is the only exhibition of top players that I rembember where they actually play serious, like in an atp500 or a masters 1000 match
-The grass had very low quality, when the ball hit the medium centre it barely bounce. You can see that didn't happen in other spots.
Agree, except in my opinion, Laver Cup is also as serious as an official competition (it's officially an exhibition)
@@axelcalin4067 Yeah but in Laver Cup all the top players are in Europe. This one was a Federer-Nadal when the rivalry was at its peak.
read that this surface cost $1.63 million to create. crazy.
Ya. A Nadal supporter designed the court :)
Agree, 'The grass had very low quality' in the match point.
The fun part is they have to change shoes during each break....
You mean after each game?
Filip Bolšec Krajnik you don’t switch sides after every game....
Filip Bolšec Krajnik because of the surface they are playing on
Victor they cannot play on grass and clay with the same shoes
@@evalios8137 You clearly didn't get my comment. He said ''after every game'' But you don't switch sides after every game....
15 years later，Nadal has just won his 22 slams，the 14th French open. That was really crazy
Just...
Just his 22nd total grand slams and 14th Roland Garros 😂
@@rockyrk6639 as one italian said: not too bad
15 years only won 8 grandslams outside clay, a trye clay merchant
@@richard35791 Only 8? 🤣 That puts Rafa level with legends such as Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi & Ivan Lendl. McEnroe is considered an all time great & Rafa has more slams off Clay than McEnroe got in his career. Only 8? Not many players in the history of the game has won 8 Grandslams. Clown
17:22 - best part of entire game..!
Lol its exactly the moment i paused it to check the comments
Yea,best part,cuz trophy here is totally WORTHLESS,so they can talk with smile, but if this was on any other tournament where trophy matters, player who lost wouldn't be so happy...
That was a great Idea, even though the bounce of the ball on the grass side is a little weird they've pulled off an entertaining match. It was a Smart publicity move.
I was thinking whoever plays on the clay side is going to have a big advantage lol
Whoever was on the clay court side had a much advantage.
ikr your balls are fast but when yoiu hit the myoruself you get much more time
Koullex Possibly not, because Nadal's topspin forehand into Federer's backhand would be more effective when he is hitting onto the clay
It is true. The Battle of the Surfaces would be better if the each side of the court had a grass half and a clay half.
They both were on clay and both were on grass too. They were changing it throughout the match.
nope. Harder to move on it. even for Nadal. THe real advantage was being on the Grass.
Their compete was really fierce at that time. Even just an exhibition match was taken so seriously by these two.
Thumbs up if you only Found out about this in 2019
Yep
No I knew this.
You should know about this if you follow Roger or Rafa since 2005.
Been following them since 2006 so knew about this. Couldn't watch it tho back then cus I didn't have cable and I think It was only televised in European channels.
2020
Being on the clay is such an advantage, easier to more, ball comes through slower, you’ve got more time and they get to hit on the grass
what about when rafa is on the grass hitting his huge heavy topspin forehand onto the clay?
Djoker Productions I mean sometimes not, clays bounce trajectory would allow Rafa to hit insane topspin into Federer’s backhand which was even weaker back then.
@@jameslahyano3442 Nadal cant hit such a powerful shot on fast grass.
Yeah tell that to Sampras
If yes than its for both, and why others can't able to beat nadal in the French open, if Federer is a better player than why he can't able to win more grand slams there than Nadal
17:20 Love their little chat at the end!
Yeh so cute lol
14 Years later, Nadal is still winning slams, in this case on a hard surface.
14 RG
It'll always an asterisk win because Jokovic was banned.
We need a hard surface vs grass or clay version with Djokovic
Nole can win on any surface against them...
@@ramgaddam3843 on any surface HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHA
Wouldn't it be nice to have an official tournament with all types of surfaces and the matches for the players would be randomly set up for different surfaces? That would be interesting and the tournament would be like a grandslam level.
Yes but then you will have players/fans complaining about bias depending on which surface is played at what point. It would be cool in theory, but there would really just be to much pushback.
Or maybe one year in clay and another in grass and another in hard and if you win on 3 surfaces you’re a surface master
It would great and suitable in the upcoming Davis Cup.
@@Michael_0010 lol pls tell me you were joking when you said year😂😂
No, because changing the surfaces so fast will affect the body of the players. That's why we have clay season, grass season...
I remember this match, there were so many miss hits due to the unpredictable bounce on the poorly made grass half!
13 years later and they're tied at 20 Grand Slams apiece. At the time of this match Fed had 10 and Nadal 2 (this was before the FO 2007)
Jokovic comes
Djokovic is better than both lmao
@@SurajPatil-eg6xj he came after both almost ended up their prime. Nole is winning against new kids. Stop giving nonsense argument over nole. That cry baby were loosing badly playing against Rafa and Roger in their prime and before injury took over them badly. Also rafa won 21st slam more tha anyone. Go home and cry now.
@@hiteshgujarathi4636 FACTS!
21 for Rafa now
13 years later, they're both still playing incredible tennis. would love to see another one of these soon!
14:26 look at that lethal slice by Federer..
Lmao that was a bad bounce, not Roger’s spin.
That grass court was shit
So awesome to see this in 50fps! Thanks for the upload!
i love the constant background static
What a high quality tennis match.
Grass quality was not good. Bad bounce often.
Federer-Nadal might not go down as one of the most competitive rivalries in tennis but by god was it the most fun and the closest to our childhood hearts!
Rafa playing on grass with Fed on clay was a way greater advantage than vice versa. That topspin on clay is devastating.
*100 years later and they are the best tennis players of all times with Djokovic, the big 3.*
This was the craziest tennis exhibition ever.
When you have so much talent on the court you don't actually care who wins or loses,you juat wanna enjoy the show.
I thought this was just really well edited at first...
Did anyone notice how some of Nadal’s services and top-spin forehands were bouncing funny off the grass?
35 years later Nadal has won his 30th French Open title. How crazy is that!?
Hopefully when they're older, Rafa, Fed, and djoko will all sit down together and enjoy retirement. I wanna see a picture of that.
"Hi, I'm just after a half hour booking on the clay and a half hour on grass court ...at the same time please"
Tennis center: "Hold My Beer"
1:48 - you get to see just how high and far a Fed smash bounces.
It had some kind of sickness the grass
one of the most unique matches in history
That is as close to a draw as possible in tennis. Which is impressive and interesting in itself ^^
The clay had the same advantages as before but the grass few days before the match was worm infested and so even after efforts couldn't retain moisture and was very different from the original, but Roger still won a set and made it so tight match.. Truly the greatest ever... 🙌
So appropriate that the URL ends in "Wow"
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Watching this after 11 years I must say it will be so cool if a grand slam surface is competing based on this🎾
Most enjoyable tennis match to watch
I'm surprised these 2 agreed to this. The grass side is a mess
I thought it was computer animation till about the first 5 seconds. Never got to know about this back in the day!
ありがちな合成のサムネで釣る動画と思いきや
Nadal was,is and will be in our hearts
He's not dead yet 😂 still playing
He just won another slam
Update: he just won his 14 RG
Full Clay or Half Clay, it doesn't matter for Nadal🙌
16 years later and Nadal has won his 15th Roland Garros😍
Really good quality video.
15 years later nadal is still winning roland garros
Man! loads of time and efforts spent in making this video. Kudos to you mate and your hardwork.
The Battle of the Surfaces would be better if the each side of the court had a grass quarter and a clay quarter.
So they would change shoes within the points?.....
Yeah no. They could potentially trip when dashing from clay area to grass area.
That is stupid.. You'll fall on your face while you ball watch n run back n forth in your area
Probably not the safest way to play tennis, yet for us it would be fun to watch.
Dangerous and expensive!
Надаль ты просто чудо,а твой крученный удар на 4:17,просто произведение искуство.благодаря твоей игре полюбила тенис.здоровье и успехов тебе.ყველაზე საუკეთესო ჩოგბურთელი ხარ.
I like Nadal but I know they both are the beauty of the game..
They are legend
2021 still watching
Two Legend's
The result ends the GOAT debate.
A lot of bad bounces on the grass court.
amazing match
Excellent sportsmanship , athleticism and entertainment. Equal GOATS IMHO.
I remember when this happened! I couldn't watch at the time so thanks for posting. The grass carpet side was terrible. In some cases the ball wouldn't even bounce!!! LOL
Sadly, the grass court here just looks like a green clay.
its synthetic grass, trust me its similar
It's the closest thing to grass. Look at the bounce n spin. If it was just green clay it'll be the same bounce
Young Federer and Nadal were so much better. They'd barely lose a set against the current young players.
they should to this again for charity
best of 5
tickets would be hard to come by......
16 years later….. well Federer is retired and Nadal looks close too
This match will go down in history
NADAL is the best player of all times
I am a Rafa fan and will always remain..
Roger is like Messi, pure class, magician, he wins it and wins it comfortably
Not Rafa.. he fights and fights and looses and then fights and fights and wins..
Imagine Roger winning this match
All his fangirls would talk about this upto now
Кто из 2019?
Novak: Where's my hard surface?
even federer on grass cannot stop nadal on clay
It was a carpet and not grass .
Still Federer managed to play a good game.
No one can stop nadal on clay
Off course because nadal has the time to hit his shot as the ball slows up good for him and a good height for him to crush the ball.
Whatever is result but both are GOATS very talented very hardworking and very humble
they changed their rackets on every changeover, cause the stringsw
Who ever came up with this idea is a genius
4:15 was just great! The way Federer returned the shot.......Just Incredible! #TheBattleOfSurfaces
Thanks for making me think I hurt my ear with that ringing
There should be a GS with these kind of surfaces
Ethan istanforCBE nope, not really.
No they need to change the Australian Open to carpet so that way all 4 slams have a different surface
@@taylorpack2839 lmfao carpet
@@benedictly1571 carpet is the 4th surface. They we’re going to do it but Federer and other top players said no because injuries so they kept slow hard court but changed it to blue instead of green.
No one can beat nadal on clay. He is the perfect clay player
Except Djokovic
@@lioneye108 🤔
2020 version: each square foot alternates between clay and grass
Siguen siendo los mejores ! Es una locura !!!!
Still waiting for the rematch...
Thumbs up if you only Found out about this in 2024
I remember when I watched this in 2007, I really wanted Roger to win the march.
For those who didn't know about this match existed, Federer also played against Agassi on a helipad in Dubai.
I've come to realize playing rafa on clay is like a lion trying to figth a shark in the ocean
Tennis is fun. :D
I found out about this video 18 minutes ago :o)
芝の王者と赤土の王者が
半分でやったらどーなるのか
知りたかったんだねきっとw
合成かと思いきや 実際に作ったのね
I am watching this for the first time in 2020
I prefer playing on Hard rather than on Clay or Grass
Krzysztof Wojewoda
That probably have high stamina but low explosive moves
Whoever plays on the clay side has way more advantage.
Because if you're on clay, the ball bounces toward you slower, so you can hit it easier, but in the opposite side, it's grass, so ball you hit will move faster because it's grass.
合成かと思いきや 実際に作ったのね
I think overall Nadal is a better player than Federer
Doesn't look like real grass, carpet or AstroTurf
130 years later these 2 are still winning slams as omipotent cyborg overlords
When you unlock that new weird skin in game
Thumbs up if you and your brother were ball boys at that match... 🤙🏾🤙🏾
最高の発想だけど、クレー側有利ですよねw
サーブもストロークもボレーも相手が取る球は早くなって、自分が取る際は遅くなってくれる
両者遅くなる中での駆け引きがクレーの醍醐味ですからね
サーブ側がグラス、リターン側がクレーとなるとまた変わってくるのかもしれませんね。
本当に面白い発想ですよね
Pirate Rafa times!!!!!
Superb idea the guy who thought about this.
The audio in this video is atrocious... I can't find another comment mentioning it so I'm assuming you guys can't hear high frequencies
Nadal sounds "huaa" "haiuu" it's look like he is trying so hard. But federer plays very casually 👏🏼👏🏼
They should have had a Novak vs Rafael clay vs Australian open hard court match 4/5 years ago.I think Nadal may have been favorite but I also think it would have been a great match just like this match.What will we do when the 3 of them are gone from the game.All the arguments of greatest ever debate is simply a waste of time because I think we'll be lucky to get 1 player like any of them for a long long time.