ATP Tennis Stars Reveal Their Childhood Idols!
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Who was your favourite player to watch growing up?
Probably, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, and Federer now.
Agassi, Courier, Corretja, Kuerten, Ferrero, Safin, Federer...so many talented players!!
Nadal! And Delpotro too, shame he had so many injuries...
Federer, Baghdatis, Ivanisevic, Ferrer and Nadal
Federer & Sampras when growing up.
But Edberg, Borg are there too in the list.
Zverev: I loved watching highlights of myself when I was younger
In 1997 Instagram and twitter still was starting
@@AlexFortunyLlop How do you not get that this is a joke
Mate , this joke is now clearly overused and irritating
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣nailed it !
@@AlexFortunyLlop bro Zverev wasn’t watching highlights of himself the year he was born
Alex de Minaur shaving his head to be like his balding idol is the most de Minaur thing I’ve ever heard. Just pure commitment to the cause. No matter how self-deprecating 😂
Lmaooo
Better aerodynamics
I thought De Minaur was referring to Davydenko, who lost his hair quite early on.
LOL
I get what youre aiming at, but shaving your head is in no way self-deprecating.... it is only if you are insecure about yourself tbh
Rafa " Love watching my current coach in his prime"
0:31 Who is he?
@@umbertlambert2113 Carlos Moya
1998 French Open champion
@@RobertHurleyJr and finalist of australia open in 1997
@@umbertlambert2113 berretini
@@shadowarcher3966 Thanks
Right from the start when I watched my first tennis match, rafa is my favourite. Not one else have giving me the joy and heartattack like Rafa did in his whole career.
The fact that they always use Nadal as the opponent to show how good a player is tells you how hard it is to play against Nadal.
Current chess generation is somewhat too young. In 10 years a lot of top top tennis players will answer "Nadal" :)
Nadal says Carlos Moya and he is not so interested in handshakes with him😂
whats the story behind this? i dont get it.
@@roman_parker Moya was his mentor at the time, he probably felt bad that Moya lost. Moya was talking about Nadal before anyone, he was saying Nadal was better than him at 14. Nadal just felt bad beating his idol and mentor.
Nadal felt awkward and shy about beating his mentor! He had so much respect and reverence for him that he couldn't even face him after beating him.
Dont be dumb. He was too Young. Didn't have the personality to face him in a Handshake. Sounds increíble but too Young People dont have a steady handshake
Actually he was sad for to beat him ! don't misrepresent the situation...
I started watching tennis in the 80s and my favorite then was Borg, then it was Ivan Lendl, Stephan Edberg, Boris Becker, Agassi and, for the last 17 years, Nadal!
Murray is getting Agassi's hair, lol
Getting??? He already has none lool
So why lol
Murray has hair though?
Without hair, both of them. Lol.
Nadal's choice of idol is very accurate,we can se a lot of Moya in him as well as the opposite,if you play a tennis video game and you can't find Nadal in it,the closest you will get is Moya,and Rublev's idol is Nadal,all that grit to win and agressive game is very accurate,in fact Rublev wants to be so much like Nadal that sometimes for him it's absolutely difficult to accept defeat,that's a champion DNA.
Totally agree
Dislike to lose ,doesn't mean be difficult accept defeat ... get it
Very well said. I love the fact Moya is his coach now
Novak, who is your tennis idol?
Novak: Respect
no humbleness
It was Sampras
Novak:hold my respect and gst out of here
It was PETE
They should have had Nole in this as well, sharing how Pete's clutch under pressure inspired him
0:31 Who is he?
I love Felix's answer, Tsonga was a beast, probably the best player to not win a GS in tennis history, was able to beat prime Novak on hard court and prime Roger on grass, also very competitive on clay
Tsonga was a beast and could beat anyone on his day, but Felix's answer was obviously pretty much based skin tone, it's not really lovely, it's superficial.
Now it's even more said Tsonga lost 1st round cause him and Felix would have met 2nd round. I love Tsonga man and hope he will be able to get some form back
Best player to not win a grand slam is Miroslav Mecir, by far. Robin Soderling is a distant second.
@@SuperJourneyer Nope look at Felix's game and you'll see he likes Tsonga's game becuase he plays like Jo-Wilfred too and yes seeing people who look like you with a similar background be good at tennis players makes the difference . there havent been that many very good mixed or black male tennis players to look up too. Tsonga , Monfils , Blake ,Malvai Washington ,Yannick Noah ,Arthur Ashe. Felix would have been too young to see the others player so Tsonga and Monfils were the only ones he saw play.
@@SuperJourneyer how the hell is it superficial? It's hella inspiring to see a person of colour reach the very highest level in a sport like tennis where their representation is incredibly low
Thank goodness for De Minaur. Davydenko is so underrated.
Yeah, he was class
True, always loved watching Davydenko. De Minaur is very similar to Davydenko in a lot of ways. Probably not an accident, if this video is anything to go by!
Agreed. He was very good.
For a year or two, he was consistently up in the pants of the top 3 and beati g most of the top 10.
Amazing ball striker. Hit it so early. Maybe needed to be taller for a better serve
Rublev sounded so sad at 5:31 when talking about Marat's retirement, it was so precious and cute🥰
Niko ne reče Novak, mada me ne čudi.
I like the fact that Nishikori said Arazi, because I used to love watching him play, too.
Zverev: I'll put myself in there maybe. I really looked up to me when I was young.
Jokes aside: I actually liked his answer. You feel he's kind of in love with Roger and his style of play.
Too bad he does not play anything like that himself, that defensive style of play is not really suitable for his physique
@@trulaila8560 its a bit difficult to play and move like roger being 6ft6 dont you think?
@@bodzarnpertrvick2869 I also think, that he can use his serve better and should improve his net game, life will be much more easy then. He is 6'6 and still prefers running on a baseline, so...
@@trulaila8560 thats the way tennis is played today. Medvedev is also 6ft6 and is a baseline player. Players change, today 6ft4-6ft7 is a good height for a tennis player and all of the top guys except of course the big 3 are in that region. Here, hurkacz is playing against roger rn and see how well hes doing. He NEEDS to improve his second serve. And ive seen his serve video and the problem could that his using a grip thats going more towards an eastern one than the normal continental. That causes problems with the pronation and adding spin to the ball in general.
0:31 Who is he?
Novak Fan here. Federer is absolutely the greatest icon this sport has ever had, and the number of kids he has inspired is evidence of this. I have nothing but respect and admiration for him.
Exactly! I'm a Rafa fan but it goes without saying that Federer has been the face of Tennis for almost two decades now. His style is effortless and classy. #Legend
You are not a Novak fan ..😂😂
Cause Novak is the best player this sport has ever seen ..🔥
@@messithegoat9636 lol but not as Iconic as Fedal
@@messithegoat9636 If only you could read you'd know that he was talking about being iconic and not the best.
@@messithegoat9636 and you are just toxic you clown
Hearing the name of Hicham Arazi as a Moroccan makes me very proud, besides of course Younes El Aynaoui
Same, when I heard his name I was shocked but it makes me very proud as well!
Both were marvelous players!
Who the fook are those guys
Arazi and Aynaoui are our moroccan legends and pride ❤️
Both were very good and entertaining.
All the first ones said federer. He's done huge things. Not only for himself but also for others.
Davydenko isn't out there, the guy won 21 titles and was in the top 10 for nearly 5 years.
Exactly. He's up there with the best to not win a serve. Another player who had they had a bigger serve would have won slams
The first tournament I saw was Bercy 2006 and let me tell you... I was not happy with who ended up being in the final for that match......
My only time I watched Federer live was at the ATP Tour Finals semi finals 2009, I was excited to see Roger whoop some Russian dude called Davydenko. Turned out Davydenko beat Roger that day.
@@A_friendwithoutbenefits He was fun to watch. They played 20 times. Rodger won 18.
But against Nadal Davydenko won 6 out of 11.
No way is Dimitrov's idol not Federer, given that his strokes look exactly like Federer's
Dimitrov is Walmart federer
@@bryanwang05 Walmart would of won at least couple grandslams.
He was called "Baby Federer" for a while so...
@@multifandomperson8703 sure but he didn't give himself that nickname
Yeah, no. Dimitrov didn't choose that or his nickname. Dimitrov was already watching tennis before Federer turned pro, he already had his favourite
I really miss Stan Wawrinka as one of the childhood Idols for Someone.
For me, he is!
Wawrinka on his day was untouchable! Such beauty and power. Just a shame he struggled mentally and always allowed Federer too much respect (even though I love RF)!
He is!!!
Stop lying. You only started idiolising him after he started winning slams😂
@@Adi-qj6ci why I will lie?, He is worth mentioning, and I love his play. Whether he is winning slams and all is not my expertise. 😊
@@Adi-qj6ci why I will lie?, Whether he is winning slams and all is not my expertise. He is worth mentioning, and I love his play. 😊
I love the non-traditional choices like Tsonga, Davydenko and Hisham
Hicham Arazi! He was super talented! His matches with Marcelo Rios were crazy.
Our moroccan pride. Also Younes El Aynaoui. His match against Roddick in AO 🥵
what is he up to nowadays?
@@roter13 He is the director of moroccan ATP 250 tournament in Marrakesh: Hassan 2 Tennis Grand Prix
@@deepulse9752 That is my favourite match ever! Younes and Hicham were both incredible.
Goran
Arazi, Alami and El aynaoui were great shot makers, terrific personalities and polyglots, all 3 could speak 6 - 7 languages.
Alami was my most favourite among the trio
So glad Wawrinka and Nishikori mentioned Rafter and Arazi. I always enjoyed watching them play
06:48 what a shot!
dud W T F was that dayum
it’s so satisfying i had to keep replaying
Fabulous shot.
I started watching tennis in the early 90's. I loved to watch Agassi, he was clearly the number one for me. Also like to watch Pat Rafter because of his serve and volley game was unique. Kuerten and Rios were also players I followed closely. Later on when Roger started to play I was immeadiately a big fan. No1 makes tennis look so effortless and elegant. I respect Rafa and Djoko aswell but for me there's no question who is the best player of all times. Prime Federer in mid to late 2000's was untouchable, clearly the most dominant player ever and seemingly he didnt even had to try 99% of the games. He raised the level of tennis to where it is now, im not sure whether Djoko and Rafa would have became this good if they didnt have Roger there to overtake.
Andrey is like, I hate life please don't bother me 😅
And now, they are our Idols! Lots of love and best wishes to all! You people are great!❤😊🙏🏿
Nah they are not
Tsonga has the best victory celebration and such a great person
Also tsonga is a player of color, I've just found out...
My most memorable childhood experience was when Goran Ivanisevic won Wimbledon in 2001. Before I actually enjoyed watching Boris Becker and Justin Henin (still the best one handed backhand in tennis hostory in my opinion). After that - even though if it's boring - it's Roger until this day. I really enjoyed watching Wawrinka as well, basically most one handed backhand players, probably because I have a one handed backhand myself.
I love Justine! She was my fav and I miss her
Marcos Bagdhatis was an inspiration to a few guys.
Why didnt you show Marat Safin’s fragment??
I was thinking the same...
Because they don't own the Australian Open rights
Because they can't show Safin banging three broads after the AO which were among the top highlights of his career
Jokes apart, fav player.
He will always be the best. Tennis will not be the same without Roger and Rafa!!
Marat Safin for me. When he was at the top of the game, nobody at that time could beat him on a hard court. Nobody. He beat peak Federer at AO 2005, which says it all.
If he could have been more committed and consistent he would have achieved so much more
Incredible freestyle rap from Andy Murray
6:01
Listen to him with 1.25
Lol
Omg so funny!
So many idols from the 90s..Juan-Carlos Ferrero, Kuerten, Kafelnikov...kinda sad that there is no similar video for ladies, but Martina Hingis (her doubles with Anna Kournikova was just out of this world, when Kournikova managed to get her serve in 🤣), Marie Pierce, Justine Henin and Kim..ah..late 90s-early 00s were just so great
We have similar tastes. Ferrero and Kuerten were my faves.
back in a certain time growing up i feel like agassi put tennis back on the map, as a cultural force, a bigger than life personality. and then just his story, the comeback, the agony & ecstasy of it.... i am just surprised that so few players named him.
Representation is key in sports. Players were inspired by veteran who look like them
Stan was either drunk or hungover.
and rubalev was depressed
I was pretty sure someone was going to say Hewitt. His fire and feisty nature was a level above
Roger has inspired many.. and when they start to play tennis, they'd feel "it looked easy"
Love hearing nishikori mention arazi. One of my favorites growing up as well. Amazing hands on the guy
As a young kid playing with your idol and beating him the way Andrey did is quite legendary. So proud of him he's gonna be a big name years later and i'm sure there are already many kids who want to play tennis because of Andrey. He's a great athlete and a great human being which is much more important. That's why I believe he's going to be a role model for the next generations
Djokovic: Respect
Djokovic wasn’t in this video 😂
@@random.tennis His presence will always be heard
😂😂
And his respect will always be felt
Gustavo Kuerten!!! One of the best backhands in tennis... Also a great and funny guy..
Really nice to see stan, even though this was probably recorded awhile ago. Miss him on tour
What about Andy Roddick? Loved watching this guy play growing up ! Then it was Federer :)
The Stan's english accent is a French accent
coz his native language is French
@@vanditkhanna7477 it's not Swiss German?
@@benparsons4979 Nooo, Actually, 62% people speak Swiss German(in East,North and Central) as first language in Switzerland and then 23% speak French(in West Switzerland) as their first language, and around 10% speak Swiss-Italian(in South) as their first language in Switzerland.......Wawrinka comes from the French speaking region in the West Switzerland, whereas Federer comes from the German Speaking Region in the North Switzerland
Yeah, because he is from Laussane, a mostly French-speaking city in Switzerland.
Who knew a Grand Slam Champion Andy Murray wears masks that are WAY too big.
you are 4th
😄😄😄😄😄
He probably wears this mask just for the interview because it has his sponsor on it.
@@Fr0gSplashh Castore couldn't make AMC masks that fit for Andy Murray/AM
To accomodate his British teeth. I'll let myself out now...
These guys are really lucky, their idols are still on the tour and they could challenge those guys with their game, it must be dream come true especially for Zverev who even revealed how he got an autograph from Roger in the young days and then he went on to defeat his idol, that must be something incredilble... same goes for Rafa and Carlos Moya, Roger with Sampras..
Ohh great sleeper pick by Nishikori. Hicham Arazi was such a great show man and shot maker.
Unsurprisingly a strong synergy between the nationality of the player and their favourite player.
I fall in love with tennis watching Marcelo Rios, so talented!
It's great to have Hicham Arazi among the ones who inspire generations! Just wonderful
I like the shoutout to Arazi at the end. Watching him play Rios was like seeing the globe trotters of tennis.
hicham arazi was a fun and entertaining player
It's interesting that no1 had a Novak as an Idol. Maybe cuz he started to play brilliant from 2011, and most of the players from here were grown up already. It would be interesting to hear a kids 8-16 years who do they look up to. Is it Roger, Rafa, or Novak.
Borg, Connors and McEnroe had some epic matches between them. The latter was and still is my fav/sporting hero (yes, I have that streak in me when I feel there has been an injustice against me)
Andre Agassi has always been my Tennis hero. That era of Tennis will always be the best to me.
Marcelo Rios was my favourite as a young lad. Cheers!
I have 3 players! My first was Andre Agassi, just loved his power game, my second was Pete Sampras, he played his best tennis on grass at Wimbledon. His serve is my favourite of all time. My all time favourite player though is good ol Roger. When he beat Pete Sampras I knew he was going to be one of the greats.
Agassi was mines from childhood, then during adulthood when he retired I love watching the Williams sisters, Fed, Nadal and Roddick
I live how they all mention Icons like Sampras and Agassi except...
Tsitsipas with that Greek Guy🤣
Zverev:definitely myself.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The older guys had really good thoughtful anwsers!
Haha true.. but for the younger guys Roger was old enough to be their idol. So most of them answered Roger 😄
@@narmadagopal7965 no wonder they're all mentally weak and prone to losses vs Nole and Rafa. Lol
I like that this Question is not Asked to Novak...
Novak is a Different Mind Player... He didn't Grow up Idolising anyone... Cuz he knew from the Start he had a Different Background (The Serbian War) and everything...
The Circumstances weren't just the Same
Probably i never Heard Novak saying this Guy is My Idol...
As a 10 Old Kid he have an Interview that he will be someday No.1... That what make him to achieve all that
When I was very young I liked Jim Courier. And then when I saw Sampras at around 9 or 10 and he just became my favourite. I watched a lot of badminton growing up and Sampras just smashed and destroyed the ball like a badminton shuttle.
Davidenko sure is a f***in legend
I feel Tsitsipas always gives weird answers on purpose. i understand his national player was his fav but can not accept that he did not look up to any other top-ranked player while growing up.
actually he said multiple times that his idol was Federer when he was a kid, but maybe they cut it because everybody just named him 😂
I would have at least expected Baghdatis
Maybe he and Federer are not "close" right now. Tsitsipas doesn't mention him anymore...
Dudeeeee....agreed, whenever questions are asked to him like friend on tour and something else.... he always names his brother, when technically he(his bro) has never played on his own on atp level....
and today also, not naming any other player and giving a weird answer
I think he does it because he wants to be different from the rest
Glad someone gave Davydenko some credit. That guy was a beast!
Roger 🥰🥰🥰
6:45 ive never seen that shot before holy fuck. This channel has been forcing federers and nadals shots so much and never included this one.
Who's that
@@muhammadajiwiyuda4888 hicham arazi
I started watching tennis in 2010. I heard Roger and to lesser extent Rafa were treated like gods, and there was a third wheel who was 3rd for 3 years, but always a good sport who would mimic others for crowd even after losing. Then, he broke the wheel in 2011, and I have been a fan.
4:16 I just started to like de Minaur more :)
This explains alot on how they play. They have something in common in their idols
aw i love felix's response, it was so sweet! im so glad that he can be considered as one of the men of color in tennis that a lot of people look up to - he's so kind and talented
Yes, Stan. Yes. 👏🏽👍🏽
Tennis tv:who is your idol when you were younger?
Zverev:myself😂
Sampras, Djokovic, Gasquet and Nishikori are my favorites!
Hicham Arazi is a throwback name. Wonder what he is up to now.
Hitcham Arazi was an underated legend of the game. Baby Fed no mention Roger?
He has said it was modelled after Sampras before. So was Federer, so maybe the new technology made it similar
Lendl, Edberg, Becker are my trinity!
Then Agassi, Chang, Connors, Rafter, Henman
Sampras & Agassi for sure!
I used to like watching McEnroe lose his shit. So funny. And my favourites were Edberg, Becker and Lendl. Always supported single backhands!
i was actually super-surprised that nobody said edburg and that so few said agassi.
I was surprised no one said Becker being the youngest Wimbledon champion
@@DanielBoonelight Because most of the guys with exception of Murray, Nadal and Stan were born in the late 90s, they wouldn't have watched Edberg, Becker and Lendl when they started picking up a racquet. Take Mevdev and Roblev as examples they were born in 96 and 97, Edberg retired in 96, Roblev wasn't even born at that time. For pro born in early 80s like Federer, Becker, Edberg and Sampras would naturally be the top guys to follow.
Everyone not wearing mask and then Murray comes
Complete nonsence.
....and the mask keeps rolling down his nose 👃
He’s a numpty
Loyal servant to the Scottish Rite.
He kinda loves to virtue signal
I completely forgot about Hicham Arazi, so fun to watch.
With that said i think theres a little bit of davydenko in alex de minaur. Their speed and playing style. Davydenko was around no.4 in the world when i started watching tennis. Such good memories..
rublev is a mood
These fools in the comments criticizing Murray for wearing a mask... It's not hurting you is it? He's only trying to protect the people who are filming him, that's his choice and you're a jerk if you think it's your place to tell him otherwise.
Masks are for sheeps…
@@heitord5539 he’s andy murray. who tf are u?
Legendary moments players
I start watching tenis and felt love with it becouse one and only RAFA ..
6:49 Ayo wtf is that shot? lol ... I need to watch some highlights of Arazi.
Arazi was a beast with a unique aggressive/smooth style. Panache and class :)
Medvedev Voicecrack 5:01 hahahah
Fortpoop kid
Cool video!
thomas muster ! the austrian baseline fighter ! :)
Wawrinka the most humble of them all. Roger Federer even said it...
5:56 Dimitrov pronounces “Borg” the proper Swedish way!
Lol Rafa not being able to look his idol in the eye after defeating him. So funny