In terms of pure shotmaking this is probably their best match, but the drama and significance of the Wimbledon 2008 final still makes it a greater match than this one.
@@createyouremotion3831why was it better because federer won 😂😂 two players in their prime against 2017 yeah sure 🤣the semifinal between rafa and verdasco this australian open was even much better than 2017
@@createyouremotion3831 Speaking as a Federer fan, the 2017 final was not an amazing match in terms of the shotmaking. There are only a handful of excellent points that were played, as opposed to Wimby 2008 and this match which had 20+ completely ridiculous extended rallies and winners. The 2017 final is only so great because of the extreme hype surrounding it and the significance the victory had for Federer’s career.
i am always saying - Nadal's backhand is one of the best in tennis history. Everybody is saying how good spin he has on his forehand and how much he can run but his backhand is insane. so many winners and hard balls near the line. abosolutely brilliant
It is one of the best BH in history, no one talks about it because his forehand is arguable the best shot in the history of the game and overshadows every other shot in his repertoire.
Imagine that! A match in which they were both in their primes with one guy in his early 20s and the other in his late 20s is better quality thatn one with both past their primes well into their 30s.
@@josiahbrown7258Is not always that way. Sampras and Agassi played their best match at the US Open when they were both over 30 in 2001 and the same with Nadal against Djokovic, who played that classic in the 2018 Wimbledon semifinals in their early 30s.
@@tano2775 Did I say it is? Sampras and Agassi played in a different time. Courts were faster. Rackets were more primitive and rhe game was not quite as physical. While both were athletic, I think it is safe to say that both Rafa and Roger are better athletes and faster. In 2017 both of them had changed their games greatly to stay competitive as older and not as athletic players. More risks and errors and less running.
Djokovic les a surpassé avec beaucoup de travail acharné. Heureusement que Djokovic était un adolescent ou Federer a profité de l'époque faible entre 2003 et 2007 pour remporter beaucoup de titre sinon Djokovic l'aurait museler
@@mysticnomad89 absolutely...i do not think any version AO Novak can beat this version of Nadal and Federer...Nadal just had so many kneew injuries after 2010 that is why he was no longer competitive at Wimbledon where the ball bounces lower and that hurt the kness even more..it is obvious that Novak was physically way better than Roger and Rafa for shure and that made him last longer ended up with more titles and that is it...but Novak can not muych the brilliance of Rafa and Roger at all..just watch the 2008 or 2010 wimbledon RAFA the way he hit the forehand-backand back then is orgasmic but after knee and wrist injurie he was never the same player after 2013...Novak is great but his shots are nowhere near that level
The greatest warrior in the history of Tennis Rafa 🔥 i have never seen such a comeback from any player when it is 0-40 doesn't matter his mental strength insane level 👌🏻💯
Stunning shot making. Still remember how out of sorts Roger looked when I watched this live. 4-2 Federer first set. That double fault was the end of this match. His nerves were jangling in this match from the first minute. After that moment he never really recovered. I love Federer to death. But dear lord. Against Nole and Nadal, the man lost grand slam matches, he really should have won. He either had all the momentum but couldn't convert. Or he threw away leads. The mental fortitude of Rafa and Novak is why they won more GS.
@@vinayakkolhapure1817 It was always his weakness and once they matured a bit , yeah they exploited it especially Nadal . Just look at this match , like 80 % of his shots going to Fed's backhand , Nadal wasn't stupid to go to Federer's forehand to see if he can match him that way , if he did that he would have lost .
thanks for all your effort in making this, its great. You chose to include just the right amount! I watched the 30min video of the 2008 wimbledon and I barely got to see any tennis, just the tie breaks. Your video I felt like I watched the whole game so thanks again!
Man I have to say Thank you SO much for this highlight quality ! This is one of the greatest matches of all time and never seen such a quality ! just found out about your channel and amazing content! Could you maybe upload if possible of course the same quality highlight as this one for the wimbledon 2008 final?
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The 2011 battles with Djokovic + the brutal 6 hr 2012 Australian open started the decline with Nadal's quickness and speed..He was still elite with decline...Compare Nadal US Open 2010 to 2013 and you can see a noticeable difference..It didn't hurt him vs everyone else except Federer and Djokovic on hard courts post 2013..He was in slump in 2015-16..Then adapted his game to be more aggressive and took off in 2017...I would take peak Nadal 2010 vs any peak version of Federer and Djokovic at 3 of the 4 majors with the exception of Wimbeldon...
@@mysticnomad89 Nadal's game had more reliance on quickness + speed + tenacity than Djokovic and Federer...After Nadal lost a step Djokovic exposed his reliance to having his feet set to rip his looping forehands inside the baseline...Djokovic was the only player that could consitently control Nadal's forehand off the early bounce...Both Nadal and Djokovic had elitencourt coverage...Nadal was a bull..Djokovic was a glider...Less stress on the body hence his longevity...
A great match. It must have been devastating for Federer to lose 3 consecutive major finals. Not only did Nadal win on Federer's favorite surface, but on a hard-court. That dispelled any lingering illusion that Nadal was a clay-court specialist. At a time when Federer was almost universally acknowledged as the GOAT, Nadal through these 3 wins cast grave doubts about that. In fact, by this point, it became clear that Nadal was the superior player overall, although many experts still stubbornly believed that Federer deserved to be called the GOAT.
I love how many random incredible points there are. Some matches don’t even have one point as good as 12:55 but in the context of this match no-one even remembers it
I’d argue maybe the best point ever. I have no idea why people put the 2017 rally over it. 2017 rally was good because it was long, but both players were so much slower by then and there really weren’t any crazy shots in it. The 2009 rally had probably 4-5 different crazy shots in a row (Nadal’s first forehand down the line, Federer’s GOATED forehand slice, Nadal retrieving the forehand slice, Nadal defense, then Nadal blasting a forehand down the line from a compromised position).
Yeah the quality of shots in the 2009 final was definitely higher overall. The 2017 was more about the drama/match situation. Federer was older and hadn't won a slam in years, and winning that amazing point gave him break point on Rafa's serve which he capitalized on, and went on to win the match.@@SJ-di5zu
Damn! Federer played great tennis here, but he struggle a lot with the BP, and didn't have the mental strength to overcome the disadvantage in the 5th set as he amazingly did in the 2017 final.
Rafa’s defense and offense are just so unreal in this match. The forehand up the line in critical moments and his ability to save break points. We all know Rafa is fast but his willingness to rip huge groundstrokes in key moments won him this match.
Federer wasted a lot of break points in 3rd set if he had converted them, the result would have been different. Tough chance when you play against Nadal on a slow surface.
@@Luchon20082010No excuses. Nadal played a 5hr SF against Verdasco and had one day fewer rest than Federer did. Federer has no excuse for getting tired in the 5th set. Also Nadal’s third set tiebreak was incredible; he earned that set.
Fed was a genius from the base line but it's not the right strategy against Nadal... This match like many others between them ended up becoming a battle of long rallies and crazy angles from the base line. Nadal is the king of clay, that's totally his game... Fed is an older fast court player, a mix between the serve and volley era and the baseline era. Maybe the slower courts favored this kind of strategy, but against Nadal... really complicated.
At the time, Rafa was at the biggest peak of his career, but not technically at his peak. He was just faster on his feet than at any other time. If his legs had not broken and he had made it to 2010, what would he have performed? Big serve, excellent backhand, strongest forehand, and fastest footwork. I am sure he would have reached a level he had never reached before.
Hello, do you think you can upload the Shanghai 2012 final between Djokovic and Murray ? It's impossible to find this match on UA-cam (with a great quality and more than a 20 minutes video).
Errr what? 2005-2009, 1 hard court slam win and no other hard court slam finals, versus 2011-2014, 1 hard court slam win and 3 hard court slam finals. Plus he never reached ATP Final from 2005-2009 but he did in 2013
No he wasn’t you bozo Nadal only beat Federer by virtue of his fluke matchup advantage If he was better why did he only win one hard court slam between 05 - 09?
@@saikatsarkar288 Djoker have 23 slams beating weak era players in finals...nothing spectacular...rafa in his prime beat any version of Novak..a good example is the 2010 us open final and 2013 us open final..2 victories for Rafa in Grand slam final both in hard court surface and both players where on their prime...why call him claydal ?? pff you idiot friend..and do not forget that Federer choked against prime Novak 2 time in us 2011 and wimby 2019 when Federer had match points
why does all the footage from this tournament look like its recorded on vhs? I keep trying to find decent footage of the Nadal vs Verdasco match and that one also looks off. I would have assumed they'd have digital recordings : /
Crazy to think about how tennis peaked with these two legends, and Djokovic a little bit later on. Yeah, now we have Alcaraz, and he's amazing in his own right. But who the fuck else do we have other than him? Some insane prospects and talents oughta show up real quick, or else this turns into as open as a field like women's tennis.
This is the greatest Federer performance in defeat. He played a fantastic match all throughout. Rafa's consistency and penetrating shots to Roger's backhand was the differentiator!
The 2019 Wimbledon Final against Djokovic was the greatest match and grandslam final I have ever watched. Roger at 38 years of age beat that man in every aspect of that match, but just couldn't close the deal. Novak was extremely lucky on that day. Roger Federer is the greatest tennis player of all time regardless of what the stats say.
@@phillosopher_official2120 2019 Wimbledon final wasn't as good as this 2009 AO final quality and endurance wise. Novak was so so in that final and yes should have lost. But he found a way when it mattered the most. The match points saved and 5th set tie breaker make the match special. Quality wise it's not even in the top 5 matches all time!
He lost the match because he failed to convert all his break points in the 3rd set. His problem was more mental than his backhand or the speed of the surface. If I'm not mistaken about the match as a whole, Roger won more points but still lost the match. Roger is slightly below Rafa and Novak in terms of mental strength.
@@richerlouis3391 Clearly in this match Federer was struggling to penetrate the court with his backhand. Nadal was attacking his backhand the entire match. With the power from the new racquet, Nadal would be toast here. It just shows how much Federer had to adapt to play in so many different generations. From S&V to 2019 baseline grinding tennis. Nadal did well to save the break points in the third but Federer in general had to work way harder to win points due to his lower racquet power. Nadal was basically just looping to Federer's backhand the entire match and Federer constantly had to find solutions. Mental strength doesn't just mean saving break points. Ultimately Nadal was just a bad matchup for Federer during this period. He didn't lose to Nadal outside of clay after 2014.
@@spiritlance364 Roger has a better forehand than Nadal (on a fast surface), a better backhand, a better first serve and a better volleying game. Nadal's second serve and slice are unworthy of a top 20 player. Roger won more points than Nadal in this final but lost the match. --- in 2009--- But despite all these arguments, you still think that the mental aspect didn't make the difference in this final? If you still don't believe me and want to watch another match in which Roger is on the whole better than his opponent but finds a way to lose the match because of his mind, I invite you to watch the final of the 2015 US Open, where we also wonder how he lost the match.
Como un arcillero pudo ganarle a un experto en canchas rapidas, ese dia supe q federer no terminaria como el mas ganador de torneos grandes , hoy en dia es Federer el indiscutido 3 del big 3
He lost the match because he failed to convert all his break points in the 3rd set. His problem was more mental than his backhand or the speed of the surface. If I'm not mistaken about the match as a whole, Roger won more points but still lost the match. Roger is slightly below Rafa and Novak in terms of mental strength.
The courts were so slow jfc. No wonder Fed never came to net (which is highly abnormal). Nadal had so much time to prep for shots. He still won fair in square though. Just eating at Feds backhand with high bouncing shots.
The courts in 2017 were faster and they still had a 5 setter with Nadal leading 3-1 in the fifth before his serve stopped working properly. On that high level it's not just the surface, it's their confidence primarily and who has slightly better nerves.
Even so, he vastly outplayed Nadal big (many more winners and points), it was just that he ran out of gas in the 5th set and only had many shots of brilliance but that was it
@@NLLeFa Yet you noted the courts were faster in 2017. It plays a factor. Maybe look at the 14 French Opens Nadal has won and the 8 Wimbledon titles Federer has one. LMFAO
@@NLLeFa they went to 5 sets in 2017 but don't forget that fed was 35 and not in his prime like in 2009. Secondly, Nadal's game had also evolved to a more aggressive style which allowed him to perform better on fast courts. He also made the Shanghai final that year on the fastest court of the season, something he wouldn't have done back in 2009. Well to put things in a clearer way, Nadal did make the Shanghai final in 2009, but note 2 important factors : -surface wasn't as fast as in 2017. -Nadal benefitted from 2 withdrawals in a row against ljiubicic and Lopez in the QF and SF. So that final was basically a fluke.
Unfortunately for nadal, he started beating Federrer on Grass and Hardcourts but got injured just after that which led to emergence of Djoko. Otherwise he would have won 35 slams by now.
Remember he struggled a lot the previous match vs Roddick and then he played such a great match against Nadal (tons of insane and humiliating winners) It looked he kept all of his energy for this match
He didn't struggle against Roddick, he beat him in straight sets. He struggled against Berdych in the fourth round where he was lead 2 sets to love, and finally beat him in 5 sets.
@@tennislover8660 if he played flawless against roddick i don’t know how you would describe his ultimate version against del potro (by far one of his best match, if not the best along with blakes match in Shanghai 2006 of all time easily)
Australian Open has always been slow. The green surface before it was even slower, rated at 3 for medium speed by the ITF, while this blue surface is rated at 4 for medium-fast. Nadal was just the better player that day.
I mean look at feds backhand when the ball doesnt bounce as high with when ir does. Nadal gets a short ball from feds backhand all to often to hit a winner Fed took too much time to counter nadals strategy
at some point in his career ,, success gets to his head (Roger), otherwise he would have achieved 25+ slams. He could not go beyond a certain level. And that's the difference Djokovic has made . Novak always admit that he learn so much from rafaa and Roger . But Roger couldn't learn from Djokovic that time has changed u need to be more mentally skilled , and that's the biggest difference between Novak and other players
remember federer didnt have a coach for 2 years if im not wrong, that makes me think bc he felt superior and then rafa and novak started to get better and better but federer stayed the same and as you said he didnt learn anything from them prolly he was thinking hes too good for them
All three are mental giants to win as much as they did … we must appreciate all three. It was the greatest time ever in sports when we had these battles.
Nadal was winning most of the rallies. Federer had no clue to cut short the rallies. Why Federer was weeping in ceromancy after thoroughly screwed by Nadal. Pete Sampras was enjoying Serve & Volley game till Lytton Hewitt & Marat Safin pushed him to base line to play rallies. Pete Sampras suddenly faced new tennis players & announced his retirement after winning US open 2002 Pete Sampras, once the greatest, and Champion till 2000 became unseeded player in 2002 after loosing 2001 4th round.
It was after this match that I (as a Federer fan) had to face the uncomfortable truth that Nadal was truly better than him, and was going to surpass him in many ways.
@@chriswilliamson7694 Humble comments are diplomatic. They are either non-answers or inconclusive. But Nadal was genuinely telling the truth with as much clarity as possible. You can believe what you want though.
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In terms of pure shotmaking this is probably their best match, but the drama and significance of the Wimbledon 2008 final still makes it a greater match than this one.
@@createyouremotion3831why was it better because federer won 😂😂 two players in their prime against 2017 yeah sure 🤣the semifinal between rafa and verdasco this australian open was even much better than 2017
@@createyouremotion3831 Speaking as a Federer fan, the 2017 final was not an amazing match in terms of the shotmaking. There are only a handful of excellent points that were played, as opposed to Wimby 2008 and this match which had 20+ completely ridiculous extended rallies and winners. The 2017 final is only so great because of the extreme hype surrounding it and the significance the victory had for Federer’s career.
Agreed
If only Federer had the back hand he had during later stages of his career at that time Nadal wouldn’t be able to beat him at all
@@HILAL19564i agree, rogers improvement of his backhand made his 2017 matches his best
i am always saying - Nadal's backhand is one of the best in tennis history. Everybody is saying how good spin he has on his forehand and how much he can run but his backhand is insane. so many winners and hard balls near the line. abosolutely brilliant
It is one of the best BH in history, no one talks about it because his forehand is arguable the best shot in the history of the game and overshadows every other shot in his repertoire.
Criminally underrated BH
if he used ANY other racquet than that dumbass babolat, it wouldn't have been nearly as good, that's a pure fact
Rubbish lol
It's good but he could never hit many down the line shots
@@QueArghSpoken like someone who has watched a total of 2 Rafa matches
I don't care if Federer lost, just enjoying his beautiful shots , simply the best tennis player
This match was a far better match than their 2017 final. The shot making by both was far more spectacular in this one!
Imagine that! A match in which they were both in their primes with one guy in his early 20s and the other in his late 20s is better quality thatn one with both past their primes well into their 30s.
@@josiahbrown7258Is not always that way.
Sampras and Agassi played their best match at the US Open when they were both over 30 in 2001 and the same with Nadal against Djokovic, who played that classic in the 2018 Wimbledon semifinals in their early 30s.
@@tano2775 Did I say it is? Sampras and Agassi played in a different time. Courts were faster. Rackets were more primitive and rhe game was not quite as physical. While both were athletic, I think it is safe to say that both Rafa and Roger are better athletes and faster. In 2017 both of them had changed their games greatly to stay competitive as older and not as athletic players. More risks and errors and less running.
@@tano2775AO2012 was a bit better than Wimbledon 2018 but I see your point
The shot making from these 2 legends.. both at their prime is just unmatchable! They made tennis so intense and interesting!
Djokovic les a surpassé avec beaucoup de travail acharné. Heureusement que Djokovic était un adolescent ou Federer a profité de l'époque faible entre 2003 et 2007 pour remporter beaucoup de titre sinon Djokovic l'aurait museler
@@dimalagiannis8740surpassed them after they got old and no longer in peak form😂
@@mysticnomad89 absolutely...i do not think any version AO Novak can beat this version of Nadal and Federer...Nadal just had so many kneew injuries after 2010 that is why he was no longer competitive at Wimbledon where the ball bounces lower and that hurt the kness even more..it is obvious that Novak was physically way better than Roger and Rafa for shure and that made him last longer ended up with more titles and that is it...but Novak can not muych the brilliance of Rafa and Roger at all..just watch the 2008 or 2010 wimbledon RAFA the way he hit the forehand-backand back then is orgasmic but after knee and wrist injurie he was never the same player after 2013...Novak is great but his shots are nowhere near that level
@@mysticnomad89Nadal is not even 1 year older than Djokovic.But what else can I expect.Excuses are in DNA of Nadal fans.😂
@@dimitrissle6508 2019 AO Nadal didn't drop a set till finals.Everyone has a plan until they face Djokovic.
The greatest match of all time
The greatest warrior in the history of Tennis Rafa 🔥 i have never seen such a comeback from any player when it is 0-40 doesn't matter his mental strength insane level 👌🏻💯
Underrated match.
Incredible rallies and sick angles from both players
Stunning shot making. Still remember how out of sorts Roger looked when I watched this live. 4-2 Federer first set. That double fault was the end of this match. His nerves were jangling in this match from the first minute. After that moment he never really recovered. I love Federer to death. But dear lord. Against Nole and Nadal, the man lost grand slam matches, he really should have won. He either had all the momentum but couldn't convert. Or he threw away leads. The mental fortitude of Rafa and Novak is why they won more GS.
Nadal should have won the 2017 final but he choked.
Federer backhand slowly turned out to be his weakness. And they both exploited it to maximum
@@tano2775excuses
@@vinayakkolhapure1817 It was always his weakness and once they matured a bit , yeah they exploited it especially Nadal . Just look at this match , like 80 % of his shots going to Fed's backhand , Nadal wasn't stupid to go to Federer's forehand to see if he can match him that way , if he did that he would have lost .
Backhand was so on Fire from Nadal.
thanks for all your effort in making this, its great. You chose to include just the right amount! I watched the 30min video of the 2008 wimbledon and I barely got to see any tennis, just the tie breaks. Your video I felt like I watched the whole game so thanks again!
Greatest first set of all time! Simply wow! Had more highlight reels than entire matches!
Man I have to say Thank you SO much for this highlight quality ! This is one of the greatest matches of all time and never seen such a quality ! just found out about your channel and amazing content! Could you maybe upload if possible of course the same quality highlight as this one for the wimbledon 2008 final?
You're welcome. Added to requests. But it takes me a lot of time to make highlights in this quality. But if the video will be blocked due to copyrights I will post a link to the video. Thanks for understanding!
The sheer quality of the rallies in this match in unsurpassed and unmatched, imo. These guys were on another plane.
This version of Nadal is faster than Djokovic but the injuries he suffered made him way slower these days
He's the fastest player in the world before 2010
The 2011 battles with Djokovic + the brutal 6 hr 2012 Australian open started the decline with Nadal's quickness and speed..He was still elite with decline...Compare Nadal US Open 2010 to 2013 and you can see a noticeable difference..It didn't hurt him vs everyone else except Federer and Djokovic on hard courts post 2013..He was in slump in 2015-16..Then adapted his game to be more aggressive and took off in 2017...I would take peak Nadal 2010 vs any peak version of Federer and Djokovic at 3 of the 4 majors with the exception of Wimbeldon...
@@kevr8482true. Djokovic’s impressive vegan diet along with Yoga made him look the same even after 10 years
@@mysticnomad89 Nadal's game had more reliance on quickness + speed + tenacity than Djokovic and Federer...After Nadal lost a step Djokovic exposed his reliance to having his feet set to rip his looping forehands inside the baseline...Djokovic was the only player that could consitently control Nadal's forehand off the early bounce...Both Nadal and Djokovic had elitencourt coverage...Nadal was a bull..Djokovic was a glider...Less stress on the body hence his longevity...
Actually Fastest Nadal is only 0.15mph faster than fastest Djokovic, so it's negligible
Probably the most beautiful tennis match ever to be played. Can’t think of a more stimulating one.
A great match. It must have been devastating for Federer to lose 3 consecutive major finals. Not only did Nadal win on Federer's favorite surface, but on a hard-court. That dispelled any lingering illusion that Nadal was a clay-court specialist. At a time when Federer was almost universally acknowledged as the GOAT, Nadal through these 3 wins cast grave doubts about that. In fact, by this point, it became clear that Nadal was the superior player overall, although many experts still stubbornly believed that Federer deserved to be called the GOAT.
Miracle in Melbourne after 13 years will always be unforgettable ❤
Simplesmente incrível. Que jogo!
What a dramatic match! Memories from the golden era …
It's amazing that 8 years later, Federer won the first set and it was also a 5 setter thrilller.
One of the highest quality matches ever
I love how many random incredible points there are. Some matches don’t even have one point as good as 12:55 but in the context of this match no-one even remembers it
22:25 is another one
One of the best Classic legend match in tennis history 👊
This should really be considered as their greatest match.
Imo the best match ever
For some reason, this is my favorite match in their rivalry.
I think it’s the highest level tennis out of any of their matches. Wimbledon 2008 always gonna be my favourite tho.
34:15 is one of the best points ever
It’s like a mirror of 2017, this time winning Nadal, and also nailing that backhand so hard all through the match, just as Fed did in 2017
Jesus....you're right...that was insane
I’d argue maybe the best point ever. I have no idea why people put the 2017 rally over it. 2017 rally was good because it was long, but both players were so much slower by then and there really weren’t any crazy shots in it. The 2009 rally had probably 4-5 different crazy shots in a row (Nadal’s first forehand down the line, Federer’s GOATED forehand slice, Nadal retrieving the forehand slice, Nadal defense, then Nadal blasting a forehand down the line from a compromised position).
Yeah the quality of shots in the 2009 final was definitely higher overall. The 2017 was more about the drama/match situation. Federer was older and hadn't won a slam in years, and winning that amazing point gave him break point on Rafa's serve which he capitalized on, and went on to win the match.@@SJ-di5zu
Damn! Federer played great tennis here, but he struggle a lot with the BP, and didn't have the mental strength to overcome the disadvantage in the 5th set as he amazingly did in the 2017 final.
Greatest rivalry in tennis history hands down 🔥🔥🔥
Une symphonie de tennis 🎾
Fedal final... Best tennis matchup forever.
Beautiful.
it is nice to see them bump elbows sometimes, good friends for life
Two genius players in great match. 5 hours of magic.
Rafa’s defense and offense are just so unreal in this match. The forehand up the line in critical moments and his ability to save break points. We all know Rafa is fast but his willingness to rip huge groundstrokes in key moments won him this match.
i just feel sad that i was too small to understand such legendary stuff in 2009.
The Swiss Maestro vs El Toro De Mallorca 🎾😃 2 greatest ever.
Federer wasted a lot of break points in 3rd set if he had converted them, the result would have been different. Tough chance when you play against Nadal on a slow surface.
If, would have, could have, …
He had this match: overpowered nadal with ease but struggled in the last due to the huge effort in the 4 sets
@@Luchon20082010No excuses. Nadal played a 5hr SF against Verdasco and had one day fewer rest than Federer did. Federer has no excuse for getting tired in the 5th set. Also Nadal’s third set tiebreak was incredible; he earned that set.
Probably top 3 match ever played (with 08 wimb and 19 wimb finals)
Fed was a genius from the base line but it's not the right strategy against Nadal... This match like many others between them ended up becoming a battle of long rallies and crazy angles from the base line. Nadal is the king of clay, that's totally his game... Fed is an older fast court player, a mix between the serve and volley era and the baseline era. Maybe the slower courts favored this kind of strategy, but against Nadal... really complicated.
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Aside from a few Federer chokes, this was just an unreal match
At the time, Rafa was at the biggest peak of his career, but not technically at his peak. He was just faster on his feet than at any other time.
If his legs had not broken and he had made it to 2010, what would he have performed?
Big serve, excellent backhand, strongest forehand, and fastest footwork. I am sure he would have reached a level he had never reached before.
Come gioco e simpatia io sono x Nadal anche se in questo momento perde❤👍🎾
Hello, do you think you can upload the Shanghai 2012 final between Djokovic and Murray ? It's impossible to find this match on UA-cam (with a great quality and more than a 20 minutes video).
Added to requests. But if they are blocked I will post a link to the video. Thanks for understanding!
Thank you guys for the nice & wonderful tennis. Good to live in the world together with you guys. 최고의 테니스를 보여주셔서 고맙습니다. 같은 시대에 살고 있다는 사실에 감사드립니다.
People forget Nadal was a better hard court player in Federer's prime than he was in Djokovic's prime (aside from 2013) and its honestly hilarious.
Errr what? 2005-2009, 1 hard court slam win and no other hard court slam finals, versus 2011-2014, 1 hard court slam win and 3 hard court slam finals. Plus he never reached ATP Final from 2005-2009 but he did in 2013
No he wasn’t you bozo
Nadal only beat Federer by virtue of his fluke matchup advantage
If he was better why did he only win one hard court slam between 05 - 09?
Hoje n tem jogos trocados assim
There's never been a match that produces shots with crazier angles. Case in point 17:54, 23:09
Nadal federer match are most intense and entertaining.
this Rafa would topple any version of Novak at Australia. That’s why Rafa is Goat
Ha ha ha ha ha ha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂....
23>22..
Cladyal belongs to mud...
@@saikatsarkar288 Djoker have 23 slams beating weak era players in finals...nothing spectacular...rafa in his prime beat any version of Novak..a good example is the 2010 us open final and 2013 us open final..2 victories for Rafa in Grand slam final both in hard court surface and both players where on their prime...why call him claydal ?? pff you idiot friend..and do not forget that Federer choked against prime Novak 2 time in us 2011 and wimby 2019 when Federer had match points
Absolutely agree. Rafa was a demigod in this tournament.
Without a doubt. This version of federer also. Djokovic is overrated and a cheater
2012 Rafa was better and Djokovic beat him lmao
why does all the footage from this tournament look like its recorded on vhs? I keep trying to find decent footage of the Nadal vs Verdasco match and that one also looks off. I would have assumed they'd have digital recordings : /
Rafa won this twice and both matches are unforgettable epic clashes
Crazy to think about how tennis peaked with these two legends, and Djokovic a little bit later on. Yeah, now we have Alcaraz, and he's amazing in his own right. But who the fuck else do we have other than him? Some insane prospects and talents oughta show up real quick, or else this turns into as open as a field like women's tennis.
SHEEEESHHHH
This is the greatest Federer performance in defeat. He played a fantastic match all throughout. Rafa's consistency and penetrating shots to Roger's backhand was the differentiator!
Nope... The best was in 2019 against Djoko at Wimbledon final. 🙂
The 2019 Wimbledon Final against Djokovic was the greatest match and grandslam final I have ever watched. Roger at 38 years of age beat that man in every aspect of that match, but just couldn't close the deal. Novak was extremely lucky on that day. Roger Federer is the greatest tennis player of all time regardless of what the stats say.
@@phillosopher_official2120 2019 Wimbledon final wasn't as good as this 2009 AO final quality and endurance wise. Novak was so so in that final and yes should have lost. But he found a way when it mattered the most. The match points saved and 5th set tie breaker make the match special. Quality wise it's not even in the top 5 matches all time!
@@phillosopher_official2120nope that Federer was not even close to this level here especially from the baseline. Djokovic fan spotted
@@shane5723please dont be salty, he has done the same thing twice before, and actually was a break up in the 5th. Dont let fanboyism blinds you
Give this Federer a bigger racquet
He lost the match because he failed to convert all his break points in the 3rd set. His problem was more mental than his backhand or the speed of the surface. If I'm not mistaken about the match as a whole, Roger won more points but still lost the match.
Roger is slightly below Rafa and Novak in terms of mental strength.
@@richerlouis3391 Clearly in this match Federer was struggling to penetrate the court with his backhand. Nadal was attacking his backhand the entire match. With the power from the new racquet, Nadal would be toast here. It just shows how much Federer had to adapt to play in so many different generations. From S&V to 2019 baseline grinding tennis.
Nadal did well to save the break points in the third but Federer in general had to work way harder to win points due to his lower racquet power. Nadal was basically just looping to Federer's backhand the entire match and Federer constantly had to find solutions. Mental strength doesn't just mean saving break points. Ultimately Nadal was just a bad matchup for Federer during this period. He didn't lose to Nadal outside of clay after 2014.
@@spiritlance364 Roger has a better forehand than Nadal (on a fast surface), a better backhand, a better first serve and a better volleying game. Nadal's second serve and slice are unworthy of a top 20 player. Roger won more points than Nadal in this final but lost the match. --- in 2009---
But despite all these arguments, you still think that the mental aspect didn't make the difference in this final?
If you still don't believe me and want to watch another match in which Roger is on the whole better than his opponent but finds a way to lose the match because of his mind, I invite you to watch the final of the 2015 US Open, where we also wonder how he lost the match.
@@spiritlance364 good analysis
@@richerlouis3391’federer has a better backhand’, this is enough to realise you dont know what you’re talking about
Como un arcillero pudo ganarle a un experto en canchas rapidas, ese dia supe q federer no terminaria como el mas ganador de torneos grandes , hoy en dia es Federer el indiscutido 3 del big 3
Interestingly ,Federer played four grand salm final in 2009 and won 2of them
Goat ... Rf
If federer hit his backhand in 2009 like he did in 2017 he would have won straight sets.
Backhand cost Roger the match
Not at all, it was just not as good as his forehand, which was easily at his best mode in this match by far
He lost the match because he failed to convert all his break points in the 3rd set. His problem was more mental than his backhand or the speed of the surface. If I'm not mistaken about the match as a whole, Roger won more points but still lost the match.
Roger is slightly below Rafa and Novak in terms of mental strength.
Second and third the best in history! Amazing players!😊❤
For me NAdal is the goat
Federer not winning 28 slams is a tragedy.
Simply the best match in the history. Prime federer and prime nadal…
The courts were so slow jfc. No wonder Fed never came to net (which is highly abnormal). Nadal had so much time to prep for shots. He still won fair in square though. Just eating at Feds backhand with high bouncing shots.
The courts in 2017 were faster and they still had a 5 setter with Nadal leading 3-1 in the fifth before his serve stopped working properly. On that high level it's not just the surface, it's their confidence primarily and who has slightly better nerves.
Even so, he vastly outplayed Nadal big (many more winners and points), it was just that he ran out of gas in the 5th set and only had many shots of brilliance but that was it
@@Luchon20082010 yeah in his later years you go really see Federer get gassed out if matches went pass a 3rd set.
@@NLLeFa Yet you noted the courts were faster in 2017. It plays a factor. Maybe look at the 14 French Opens Nadal has won and the 8 Wimbledon titles Federer has one. LMFAO
@@NLLeFa they went to 5 sets in 2017 but don't forget that fed was 35 and not in his prime like in 2009. Secondly, Nadal's game had also evolved to a more aggressive style which allowed him to perform better on fast courts. He also made the Shanghai final that year on the fastest court of the season, something he wouldn't have done back in 2009.
Well to put things in a clearer way, Nadal did make the Shanghai final in 2009, but note 2 important factors :
-surface wasn't as fast as in 2017.
-Nadal benefitted from 2 withdrawals in a row against ljiubicic and Lopez in the QF and SF. So that final was basically a fluke.
Unfortunately for nadal, he started beating Federrer on Grass and Hardcourts but got injured just after that which led to emergence of Djoko. Otherwise he would have won 35 slams by now.
final ao 2009>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>final ao 2017
Rogers backhand was little weak , thats why he lost most big match from nadal .
beastmode nadal
Remember he struggled a lot the previous match vs Roddick and then he played such a great match against Nadal (tons of insane and humiliating winners)
It looked he kept all of his energy for this match
He didn't struggle against Roddick, he beat him in straight sets. He struggled against Berdych in the fourth round where he was lead 2 sets to love, and finally beat him in 5 sets.
@@flaviencrozier if he didn’t struggle against Roddick, how would you call del potro horrendous humiliation (double bagel)???
@@Luchon20082010 A dominance (6/3 6/0 6/0) ! But it has nothing to do with the semi-final against Roddick...
He played flawless versus Roddick and handed Del Potro a double bagle in de quarters. Served horrible in the final.
@@tennislover8660 if he played flawless against roddick i don’t know how you would describe his ultimate version against del potro (by far one of his best match, if not the best along with blakes match in Shanghai 2006 of all time easily)
The mono did Federer dirty during this tournament. Look how gassed out he is at the end.
Mono was 2008
Mono was always Fedex lost 😅
that nadal was imposible to beat wen 100%
I don't see any shot in federer game that is truly lethal to nadal.. he is powerless , its marked on his face...
Lol…look at the fh winners from fed and rethink ur statement
The rally at 16:12 shows the what playing more than 3 shots to fed fh can do. The weak link for fed is his bh in this matchup ( until 2017)
This is some really high quality tennis from both. Same level. Rafa 1% better but soo good
Rafa vs Fed = unfair matchup of backhands
6:14 how could federer guess the serves's direction
AO court feels so slow, they basically ruined it for fed's game and favored the likes nadal/djokovic from this point onwards.
Australian Open has always been slow. The green surface before it was even slower, rated at 3 for medium speed by the ITF, while this blue surface is rated at 4 for medium-fast. Nadal was just the better player that day.
Both player were impotent against Djokovic in the last 15 years in AO speaks a volume
yeah chokovid is a weak era champion move on 🥱
@@mysticnomad89 you are probably right compare to Djokovic these two look vulnerable and weak
@@fg92626 cry more. chokovid not goat 🥱
@@mysticnomad89 you are probably right he is more than GOAT . GMT Grand Master of Tennis
@@fg92626grand master dopovic weak era goat
I mean look at feds backhand when the ball doesnt bounce as high with when ir does.
Nadal gets a short ball from feds backhand all to often to hit a winner
Fed took too much time to counter nadals strategy
This AO court was so slow. Like watching clay
Even the GOAT loses some
15:10
The unprofessional bias for Federer from the commentators was so obvious. They sounded so depressed at the end lmao.
At what time is nadals running down the line winner
Other galaxy
6:17
I'm sorry but even thou Djokovic has more slams I still in love with these two 😊😊😊
at some point in his career ,, success gets to his head (Roger), otherwise he would have achieved 25+ slams. He could not go beyond a certain level. And that's the difference Djokovic has made . Novak always admit that he learn so much from rafaa and Roger . But Roger couldn't learn from Djokovic that time has changed u need to be more mentally skilled , and that's the biggest difference between Novak and other players
remember federer didnt have a coach for 2 years if im not wrong, that makes me think bc he felt superior and then rafa and novak started to get better and better but federer stayed the same and as you said he didnt learn anything from them prolly he was thinking hes too good for them
All three are mental giants to win as much as they did … we must appreciate all three. It was the greatest time ever in sports when we had these battles.
90% of rafa's shots going to the Backhand and he barely won it anyway.
you would swear federer won this match lol they only showed winners from him
Nadal was winning most of the rallies.
Federer had no clue to cut short the rallies.
Why Federer was weeping in ceromancy after thoroughly screwed by Nadal.
Pete Sampras was enjoying Serve & Volley game till Lytton Hewitt & Marat Safin pushed him to base line to play rallies.
Pete Sampras suddenly faced new tennis players & announced his retirement after winning US open 2002
Pete Sampras, once the greatest, and Champion till 2000 became unseeded player in 2002 after loosing 2001 4th round.
Losing not loosing
Federer lost this match between his ears
This was before Novak
gg
الله اكبر
It was after this match that I (as a Federer fan) had to face the uncomfortable truth that Nadal was truly better than him, and was going to surpass him in many ways.
Lol. Nadal himself said next year that if anyone says he (Nadal) is a better player than Federer then he has no knowledge of tennis.
@@msaw504 , so what? That's called being humble. Just like I can point you to interviews or Federer saying he doesn't consider himself the greatest.
@@chriswilliamson7694 Humble comments are diplomatic. They are either non-answers or inconclusive. But Nadal was genuinely telling the truth with as much clarity as possible. You can believe what you want though.
@@msaw504It's overwhelmingly obvious that Djokovic>Nadal
@@msaw504 , yeah I'll believe that Nadal dominated their head to head even when Federer was in his prime and ended up winning more Slams than him.