@Luchon20082010 Physical peak Rafa was a Monster tho. Especially on clay, made Fed look like he wasn't an all-time clay great (very consistent, lots of clay titles and French open finals/ just usually always lost to Nadal on clay). Also given Nadal wasn't intimidated by Fed, Fed's shots didn't penetrate the court as well/ less easy points on serve on clay, Nadal the best "turning defensive on-the-run tennis into offense" type player ever. Nadal just was basically Fed's kryptonite when he was on, neutralized that aggression and pinned Fed's single handed backhand a lot of the time. That was almost always a battle for Fed, but made for some of the greatest matches Ever, that clash of style. Hard to put into words how exciting it was to see a new Fedal battle, having no idea how it'd turn out
He may not end as the most successful player of all time, but he is definently the best, the most complete and most talented player ever, his prime, as shown in this match, is the highest level of tennis ever whitness.
You're stating the exact opposite of how things are in reality, buddy. Federer may end up as the most successful player of all time because he has the most impressive records in such short span of time which demonstrate his immense success and dominance: 5 consecutive Wimbledon and 5 consecutive US open titles, 237 consecutive weeks at no.1, 36 consecutive appearances at grand slam quarterfinals (or better), and 23 consecutive appearances at grand slam semifinals (or better). On the other hand, Djokovic has his own impressive repertoire of records that cannot be broken; those records are different from Federer's repertoire in the sense that they cement Djokovic's greatness as a very balanced, consistent and complete player on ALL surfaces: double career grand slam, double golden masters, most weeks at no.1, most wins against top-10 players in a single calendar season in history, Novak slam (4 consecutive majors won from 2015 to 2016 with a WTF title included). Federer may be more talented, but Djokovic is more complete as a tennis player. And Federer may be more successful than Djokovic because he has so many incredible records in such a short period of time. When it comes to success on all surfaces, however, it's Djokovic who has the edge.
Finishing bh at 16:34 has to be the greatest bh ever hit! Sure nole , Stan have hit screamers down the line but this shot from that angle and depth seemed impossible 💯
I'm afraid I don't know Blake's rating at the time, but the commentators' implication is that it was pretty high, to explain his frustration, and how stunned he seems. What a dream anyway, what a backhand.
@@vijayendranvijay4538 he's amazing at a young age, at the same age (20) Fed won 0 titles and not even in the top 15. But it's far from his best compared to 2010-2013
Very hard to say, but definitely in the top 10. Roger recently stated that his perfect match was the US Open final 2004 versus Hewitt. p.s. among the possible ones i would put these two for example: ua-cam.com/video/-9n7BuXY5JA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/zAz7IX6oiKk/v-deo.html
This match hides the Blake story, or perhaps illustrates it. Blake beat *everybody* in 2006, beat Nadal couple times, Nalbandian, everybody in his path that year … except Federer. Blake would have been the clear #1, an American #1 in 2006, w nobody else anywhere close since then. Even so, and talent aside, Blake had correctable flaws in his game, that Federer did not. Blake will stop short a step on his one hander bh and then bend at the waste to reach the ball. That’s off balance, and weaker striking position. Same ball to Federer and he uses his feet to get on top of the ball, and strikes earlier. That’s not a talent issue, it’s a refuse to get uncomfortable and change issue. American vs EU tennis, I dunno?
It's infuriatingly cringy to scroll through comments and see so many people have the most hyperbolic praises for Federer here. Don't they realise how much a favourable matchup helps a player reach their best level? If you ever want to have a discussion on real tennis levels, you will find one person in twenty here willing to see any nuances in the topic, here on this kind of channel. Federer will always be my favourite player and ill watch him throughout my life but seriously, this is so disgusting to read over and over again. It's just absolutely criminal how people have this delusional confidence in their sky high assessments of Federer. "bESt tEnNiS peRfOrmANcE oF aNy pLaYEr fRom hUmAN sPeCieS iN aLl oF hIstOrY (and i would know because i happen to be 150 years old and have seen over 50 million tennis matches from all the legends of the last 100 years, I'm definitely not just a twenty year old who only cares about my favourite of the big three!!) Complete and utter echo chamber of circle jerk fandom.
Dude, Blake had beaten Nadal and Nalbandian multiple times during his 2006 season. He would've been the top player, at least in 2006, if not for Roger Federer. As for your matchup point, I don't know where that nuance go when we talk about Roger-Rafa matchup, huh? As for Blake, he did defeat Roger at the most crucial time preventing him to win a gold at 2008 Olympics. So yes, his matchup wasn't any different than any other player to Roger. He was thrashed as well as any other decent player during that era. If matchup was the only answer, then Roger would've had unfavourable results with other player and ehih he clearly didn't. So there goes your argument. As for the above performance, I don't think it's his best but definitely among the best. As for who played the greatest match ever? Well that is a wing question with no metric to gauge. One player's strength is other player's weakness.
As good as the Fed and his BH were in this match, Blake was hardly a match for him, all through their careers. Then again, Fed could only play those who made it through...and Blake came through some tough opposition. Also, Fed beat Nadal in the semis with some great tennis! IMO, what's more impressive than this single match is Fed's entire 2006 season. Right after an incredible 81-4 season (that was hampered by an injury towards the end and that saw him lose the final to Nalby in a thriller) which really _should_ have been 82-3, Fed goes and pulls off this 92-5 (!) season, with 4 losses to Nadal and 1 to Murray. In those 4 losses to Nadal, Fed won more points in 2 of them and had MPs in the best match of them all, Roma 2006. Then, *nine* years after doing this, 33-34 y.o Fed goes 3-5 against Djokovic in 2015, with Djoko playing some of the best tennis of his life. No matter where you look and what you look at, Fed's there...with the incredible consistency of mosquitoes in the evening shade. Truly remarkable.
Federer when he plays his best, takes the game away from opponent from so fast that it looks like he was playing against weaker opponent. He applies pressure that way.. court IQ is very good
this is the highest level of tennis ever played by the human species. Scary thing is how effortless it looked. Scary also how every set the level got higher by Federer he didn't get tired at all. This is know as 'The day Federer had two forehands'
Finally a highlights of this match that isn’t the same old rallies, but actually something new. I remember this match, I felt like I could do anything with the ball on that day. Probably my best one ever along with the USO 04 Hewitt. Retirement’s fucking boring. All I have left are these youtube highlights and memories...
Tennis Masters Cup 2006 Final Highlights
Backhand God Day
Match request
Without mp due to cr, return error by Blake
This version of Federer is the peak form of tennis, the best anybody has ever played the sport.
Yes and Nadal at RG
I agree, maybe Nadal RG 2008 too his level there was utterly absurd
Highest level a player could ever reach...
Yup! Roger's prime will never be touched for a LONG LONG while, maybe ever.
The Federer game of tennis is almost unthinkable, the fine control of angle on the wrist and hand is and will be unparalleled perhaps for ever!
This is Roger at his absolute peak, an amazing match to finish an amazing season. One of the most complete performances of his career.
Funny thing is he struggled a lot against Nadal but he came out playing such a god mode even for his standards
@Luchon20082010 Physical peak Rafa was a Monster tho. Especially on clay, made Fed look like he wasn't an all-time clay great (very consistent, lots of clay titles and French open finals/ just usually always lost to Nadal on clay). Also given Nadal wasn't intimidated by Fed, Fed's shots didn't penetrate the court as well/ less easy points on serve on clay, Nadal the best "turning defensive on-the-run tennis into offense" type player ever. Nadal just was basically Fed's kryptonite when he was on, neutralized that aggression and pinned Fed's single handed backhand a lot of the time. That was almost always a battle for Fed, but made for some of the greatest matches Ever, that clash of style. Hard to put into words how exciting it was to see a new Fedal battle, having no idea how it'd turn out
when your opponent hits hard constantly, it's easier to rebound winners
He moved like a jaguar, shot like a cannon, and was calm like the peaceful ocean. He's the peak tennis player.
he was the peak of the all tennis players
He may not end as the most successful player of all time, but he is definently the best, the most complete and most talented player ever, his prime, as shown in this match, is the highest level of tennis ever whitness.
Totally agree.
Totally agree, too!
Bro are you kidding me😅..103 Atp titles..not successful ??
??? I said that he MIGHT not end as the MOST successful player of ALL TIME, I never said that he wasn’t successful, which is nonsense
You're stating the exact opposite of how things are in reality, buddy. Federer may end up as the most successful player of all time because he has the most impressive records in such short span of time which demonstrate his immense success and dominance: 5 consecutive Wimbledon and 5 consecutive US open titles, 237 consecutive weeks at no.1, 36 consecutive appearances at grand slam quarterfinals (or better), and 23 consecutive appearances at grand slam semifinals (or better).
On the other hand, Djokovic has his own impressive repertoire of records that cannot be broken; those records are different from Federer's repertoire in the sense that they cement Djokovic's greatness as a very balanced, consistent and complete player on ALL surfaces: double career grand slam, double golden masters, most weeks at no.1, most wins against top-10 players in a single calendar season in history, Novak slam (4 consecutive majors won from 2015 to 2016 with a WTF title included).
Federer may be more talented, but Djokovic is more complete as a tennis player. And Federer may be more successful than Djokovic because he has so many incredible records in such a short period of time. When it comes to success on all surfaces, however, it's Djokovic who has the edge.
Federer was SO good during his prime years and made the game look SO easy, I thought this was a normal thing.
The day his backhand was the best it ever was in his prime and pre-2017!
Finishing bh at 16:34 has to be the greatest bh ever hit! Sure nole , Stan have hit screamers down the line but this shot from that angle and depth seemed impossible 💯
The movement was so delicate. He looked so effortless. Made It look so Easy.
I'm afraid I don't know Blake's rating at the time, but the commentators' implication is that it was pretty high, to explain his frustration, and how stunned he seems. What a dream anyway, what a backhand.
Consider that to reach the final he had beaten Nadal, Nalbandian and Davydenko.
@@peRFecttennistbf nadal wasnt that good on hc in 2006
Maybe, but is ever Nadal...
@@NamTran-xc2ip he beat roger in dubai 2006 and was so close in beating him in miami 2005
@@vijayendranvijay4538 he's amazing at a young age, at the same age (20) Fed won 0 titles and not even in the top 15.
But it's far from his best compared to 2010-2013
The day God took control of feds backhand 🔥🔥
The talent of Roger Federer is simply unmatched..
I wish you had kept the handshake at the end where JB actually said "Thank you" to RF for serving up this incredible tennis lesson 😊
Peak Roger was unstoppable...true genius... went for a lot more big shots than the second half of his career, by far...
That version of Federer is almost unbeatable
Can't believe this is the same Federer that would become the biggest choker in tennis.
Federer never became the biggest choker in tennis, so the whole premise of this comment is wrong
YES FINALLY THIS MATCH!!! 🔥
I think this is the match where Federer reached the highest level of his career.
This was the highest peak of any tennis player ever...
Here Federer was virtually untouchable.
Roger just killed Blake's spirit in this match.
I don't care what the specs say, that red PS90 was better than any of the other PS90s...
More solid and precise...
The peak
talk about opening a can. and blake was no joke either.
Probably his best match ever along with 2010 ao final
Very hard to say, but definitely in the top 10.
Roger recently stated that his perfect match was the US Open final 2004 versus Hewitt.
p.s. among the possible ones i would put these two for example:
ua-cam.com/video/-9n7BuXY5JA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/zAz7IX6oiKk/v-deo.html
This fed , AO2007 , IW2017 are peakest feds
This Fed is essentially the AO 2007 Fed
8:20 insane
To me that's the greatest backhand ever. Running half volley downtheline backhand.
None else has ever done that but him
Pls full match🙏
Sorry but i delete file after making highlights.
This match hides the Blake story, or perhaps illustrates it. Blake beat *everybody* in 2006, beat Nadal couple times, Nalbandian, everybody in his path that year … except Federer. Blake would have been the clear #1, an American #1 in 2006, w nobody else anywhere close since then.
Even so, and talent aside, Blake had correctable flaws in his game, that Federer did not. Blake will stop short a step on his one hander bh and then bend at the waste to reach the ball. That’s off balance, and weaker striking position. Same ball to Federer and he uses his feet to get on top of the ball, and strikes earlier. That’s not a talent issue, it’s a refuse to get uncomfortable and change issue. American vs EU tennis, I dunno?
It's infuriatingly cringy to scroll through comments and see so many people have the most hyperbolic praises for Federer here. Don't they realise how much a favourable matchup helps a player reach their best level? If you ever want to have a discussion on real tennis levels, you will find one person in twenty here willing to see any nuances in the topic, here on this kind of channel. Federer will always be my favourite player and ill watch him throughout my life but seriously, this is so disgusting to read over and over again.
It's just absolutely criminal how people have this delusional confidence in their sky high assessments of Federer. "bESt tEnNiS peRfOrmANcE oF aNy pLaYEr fRom hUmAN sPeCieS iN aLl oF hIstOrY (and i would know because i happen to be 150 years old and have seen over 50 million tennis matches from all the legends of the last 100 years, I'm definitely not just a twenty year old who only cares about my favourite of the big three!!)
Complete and utter echo chamber of circle jerk fandom.
Dude, Blake had beaten Nadal and Nalbandian multiple times during his 2006 season. He would've been the top player, at least in 2006, if not for Roger Federer. As for your matchup point, I don't know where that nuance go when we talk about Roger-Rafa matchup, huh? As for Blake, he did defeat Roger at the most crucial time preventing him to win a gold at 2008 Olympics. So yes, his matchup wasn't any different than any other player to Roger. He was thrashed as well as any other decent player during that era. If matchup was the only answer, then Roger would've had unfavourable results with other player and ehih he clearly didn't. So there goes your argument. As for the above performance, I don't think it's his best but definitely among the best. As for who played the greatest match ever? Well that is a wing question with no metric to gauge. One player's strength is other player's weakness.
A-rod came very close to winning a match against Fed in this tournament, but other than that it was a Federer whitewash on everyone..
Then Roddick got thrashed in AO 2007 in the most brutal beatdown I have ever seen apart from Fed's own in 2008 RG final
This shit is not fair lmfao
🤍🌈
Air Lats detected.
When "god like performances" Are mentioned, this has to be up there
As good as the Fed and his BH were in this match, Blake was hardly a match for him, all through their careers. Then again, Fed could only play those who made it through...and Blake came through some tough opposition. Also, Fed beat Nadal in the semis with some great tennis!
IMO, what's more impressive than this single match is Fed's entire 2006 season. Right after an incredible 81-4 season (that was hampered by an injury towards the end and that saw him lose the final to Nalby in a thriller) which really _should_ have been 82-3, Fed goes and pulls off this 92-5 (!) season, with 4 losses to Nadal and 1 to Murray. In those 4 losses to Nadal, Fed won more points in 2 of them and had MPs in the best match of them all, Roma 2006.
Then, *nine* years after doing this, 33-34 y.o Fed goes 3-5 against Djokovic in 2015, with Djoko playing some of the best tennis of his life.
No matter where you look and what you look at, Fed's there...with the incredible consistency of mosquitoes in the evening shade. Truly remarkable.
Federer when he plays his best, takes the game away from opponent from so fast that it looks like he was playing against weaker opponent. He applies pressure that way.. court IQ is very good
Federer at his absolute best. 2006 is probably his best season of his career.
this is the highest level of tennis ever played by the human species. Scary thing is how effortless it looked. Scary also how every set the level got higher by Federer he didn't get tired at all. This is know as 'The day Federer had two forehands'
Blake looks like amateur against Roger
Outside of clay, 2006 Federer would've dominated any player Nadal, Djokovic or Murray on any surface. He truly was on a different planet skill wise.
wow prime federer!!!!
Sir Roger federer golden legend in universal love you so much miss you so much teniss history best player ❤❤❤
Whilst Djokovic is the most successful and complete player we've seen, he doesn't make me want to play tennis the way Federer does.
Poor Blake.. He ws good enough to beat Nadal on hard courts.
Federer is real class he lifted graph of the tennis game
Blake before this match: "I'll just hit it to his backhand!"
Ese Federer era un capo en 2006. Yo lo empece a ver en 2007
Blake lost completely in the entire matches. Frustration took a better of Blake.
Come on Roger! Bravo! 😊👍👍👍
I found Waldo!
clinic
1:27 love how the ball just casually has enough sidespin to swing in on such an awkward (but beautiful) return.
Finally a highlights of this match that isn’t the same old rallies, but actually something new. I remember this match, I felt like I could do anything with the ball on that day. Probably my best one ever along with the USO 04 Hewitt. Retirement’s fucking boring. All I have left are these youtube highlights and memories...
Thank you "Roger"! :D
❤
Thanks!
You're welcome! ;)