When Rafa was in his twenties winning The French Open his game was a lot more reactive than it is now. In the mid 2000s when he was beating Roger it was basically a war of attrition. "I can stay out here longer and make a lot less errors than you can" He emphasis was more on defense and consistency. Now his game has evolved and he is much more proactive than reactive. He is often inside the baseline these days.jFinishing with is inside out forehand and down the line backhand. Taking the ball earlier on both wings and crushing his groundstrokes. Dominating with his forehand and cutting off floaters at the net. He had 39 winners today vs. Marterer. That's a lot for him. It is going to be very hard to deny him his 11th title if he continues to play this powerful and aggressive style of tennis.
Nuttapong Sansuk from what I can see, Marterer is left handed and so he was able to fight a bit fairly. Nadal has the advantage over most players becuz he plays with his left hand where he can easily make shots on the backhand side of his opponents, + with his strength, keep chasing balls, not giving up, and his signature top spin shots. The ones who are able to tank these with their backhands are Roger, Novak, Wawrinka and a few others. Nadal lost to Shapovalov once since the kid is left-handed and so not so much problem facing nadal's shot, except that Shapovalov have to face Nadal's tenacity and fearsome spirit.
@ A Citizen Not to mention the advantage of a rigged draw, exactly like last year. "Coincidentally", all the players who could hurt Nadal are in the other half, figting 5 setter matches vs. Sasha. After the tough matches vs. Bolelli, Pella, Gasquet, Marterer, now Nadal has to play the 1.70 m high Diego, who fought a 5 setter of his own. But karma is a bitch, remember that.
Vladimir just like last year really? when he swooped the floor with Theim and Wawrinka who everybody was hyping up to beat him are being serious? Also if Schwartzman and Zverev cannot win their matches in straight sets like Nadal does it's not Nadal's problem, the lower half of the draw didn't turn out to be as tough as people were hyping it up really, Djokovic will be playing some unseeded player himself. Also Nadal will have either Del Potro or Cilic both grand slam champions and guys who can defeat anyone on their day, the only grand slam winner left at the bottom half is Djokovic and it's guaranteed he will only play one of Zverev/Theim, imo Djokovic has had the luckiest draw so far this year.
@Gherbi Hicham You are joking, right ? Last year, Nadal played Haase, Basilashvili, Agut, Busta, Thiem (who was drunk I guess judging by his play) and Stanimal, who was exhausted after a 5 setter vs. Andy, the No 1 at the time (and had some 6 hours less to rest than Nadal). And this year - you can watch by yourself. But you are blind, like all the other Nadal fans. Do you think Lajovic could not push Nadal to 5 ? Or Dzumhur, playing like he played against Sasha ? Shameless rigged draws, I tell you. But i'll tell you again: karma is a bitch.
Keith Cross he's only the second after Borg in the history to win more channel slams( the French-Wimbledon double) I think he can be very fresh for Wimbledon if he decides to skip that idiotic 250/500 point grass tournament that comes before it.
His performance at wimbly has been disappointing for years. They keep finding unheard of neophytes with a big serve to play him. They usually disappear soon after they beat him. Kyrios has been dining out on the fact he beat him once at wimbledon ever since. After getting to the final in paris returning those heavy servers in london is a real chore.
Gherbi Hicham We all kno Rafa feels he needs match play to stay in rhythm. But at this stage in his career, I'd agree. He needs to skip Queen's and focus on Wimbledon
Ali Farooqi Good joke! How the hell can he be the greatest athlete of all time? I mean, the guy is one hell of a tennis player, but a great athlete isn't injured that much as Nadal is. Federer, in tennis, for example, is way better as an athlete!
Rick Wiselaar getting injured wise, fed wins no questions. But Rafa is way stronger, faster, and can endure much tougher and longer matches than roger. Both fit in different ways.
Ali Farooqi Well, that May indeed be true, Since Nadal always pushes himself to the point of injury, which is quite a statement considering he is not as naturally talented as Roger or Novak, but he has the mentality to always improve.
This Marterer has a great story of his own coming from one of the most depressing run of losses ever ( 14 first round losses in a row ! ) to finally find his footing this year with some great wins over many notable players, what a way to come of age .. always love a great turnaround story of such dramatic proportion, what a survivor !
Marterer is a pretty good opponent, almost a threat. It’s pity that a lots of good rallys are not in this highlight, it is an awesome game!!! Vamos Rafa!!!
Isaac Rosales My friend, they say: “Rafa is the goat currently” But don’t forget my friend, they are saying that because they thinks rafael is playing as same as at the other grand slams like Roland Garros. And they forgot it is fucking clay. So, don’t worry man. THE GOAT IS FEDERER for sure.
All fan Tennis Like to watch Goat rafa play Tennis While Federer the boring wins weak player by Serve . 1. Goat rafa .2 Djokovic 3. Federer ( weak era king )
This is my prefered surface to watch because the ball moves slower meaning no boring aces or quick points for big servers. And you can actually see more rallys and tennis being played.
and the ball bounces irregularly so there is a greater variety of shots and postures so you really need to have great footwork and readjust, not like the one trick poneys that get used to the same robotically learnt forehand that is so suited for hard indoors
Nadal has a process called "start slow, figure out your opponent later" An expert in finding solutions when it matters. Young Materer got martyred tonight. Diego don't mess with the beast, your time@RG is done at the Qtrs. Vamos!
Donkey Kong bro stop talking about Federer and dicks, its always Federer and big dicks with you, stop trying to display your gayness on social media its fuckin disgusting
Any good player knows it's very hard to play a bad player or a lower level player because eventually they drag your game down to their level.... and you have to pull yourself out of that drag.... last set was the perfect demonstration of this reality....
This win is Nadal's 900th career match win.He needs 30 more to move above Vilas into 4th place.Its also his 234th GS match win putting him in 3rd place above Connors who has 233.Only Djokovich and Federer have more.
Nadal’s way to the final is paved like no others while the other half of the draw are killing each other, come one Delpo and cilic shouldn’t e be facing each other and maybe he should’ve faced one of them at least, can’t deny he’s the best on clay still but we need some competition here :/
For those who were crying all over youtube about how federer was having weak competition at the start of the year, tell me, what legends nadal is facing in RG now?
I was supposed to say that yesterday... But I've been too lazy ;-; June... 03... Happy Birthday to Nadal :3 My birthday is on the same day as his ;-; By the way, I know the game was on another day but as it was posted today... ;-;
Jeffrey Kaufmann It's true! From 2006 till now, Djokovic, only at one French Open edition lost before the quater final stage! It was in 2009 against Kohlschreiber in a third round match!
Hang on the guy broke Nadal's serve and led 2-1 but there was no notable highlight of that? I refused to believe Nadal would give away his serve at Roland Garros lol
Nadal really needs to get his act together at the start of matches. Playing catch-up against seeded players isn't going to be as fruitful as it may be against young players.
As much as i want see Nadal losing in this tournament bearing injury woes there’s none in the draw that can get close to beat him, the man is a best and unstoppable,he seems to thrive and play his best in Roland Garros.
His draw is a joke so far. He won't really face any challenge (maybe) until the semis in Cilic or Del Potro, they could make it interesting. Still, Nadal is definitely the heavy favorite to win the championship.
Roland Garros should be changed to Rafael Nadal if he wins the French open after this year, or maybe the French open should be renamed The Rafael Nadal Open. Jajaja
It's a wonder players don't use the drop shot more often against Nadal on clay. Obviously you have to be selective with it but it beats getting in to brutal baseline exchanges with him the whole time.
Taking Nadal to the tiebreak is an achievement these day.
Bolelli too.
and breaking him
When Rafa was in his twenties winning The French Open his game was a lot more reactive than it is now. In the mid 2000s when he was beating Roger it was basically a war of attrition. "I can stay out here longer and make a lot less errors than you can" He emphasis was more on defense and consistency. Now his game has evolved and he is much more proactive than reactive. He is often inside the baseline these days.jFinishing with is inside out forehand and down the line backhand. Taking the ball earlier on both wings and crushing his groundstrokes. Dominating with his forehand and cutting off floaters at the net. He had 39 winners today vs. Marterer. That's a lot for him. It is going to be very hard to deny him his 11th title if he continues to play this powerful and aggressive style of tennis.
Damn u see the future
Marterer played far better than most of players in this round. Unfortunately, he had to play with the king.
Nuttapong Sansuk from what I can see, Marterer is left handed and so he was able to fight a bit fairly. Nadal has the advantage over most players becuz he plays with his left hand where he can easily make shots on the backhand side of his opponents, + with his strength, keep chasing balls, not giving up, and his signature top spin shots.
The ones who are able to tank these with their backhands are Roger, Novak, Wawrinka and a few others.
Nadal lost to Shapovalov once since the kid is left-handed and so not so much problem facing nadal's shot, except that Shapovalov have to face Nadal's tenacity and fearsome spirit.
@ A Citizen Not to mention the advantage of a rigged draw, exactly like last year. "Coincidentally", all the players who could hurt Nadal are in the other half, figting 5 setter matches vs. Sasha. After the tough matches vs. Bolelli, Pella, Gasquet, Marterer, now Nadal has to play the 1.70 m high Diego, who fought a 5 setter of his own. But karma is a bitch, remember that.
Vladimir just like last year really? when he swooped the floor with Theim and Wawrinka who everybody was hyping up to beat him are being serious? Also if Schwartzman and Zverev cannot win their matches in straight sets like Nadal does it's not Nadal's problem, the lower half of the draw didn't turn out to be as tough as people were hyping it up really, Djokovic will be playing some unseeded player himself.
Also Nadal will have either Del Potro or Cilic both grand slam champions and guys who can defeat anyone on their day, the only grand slam winner left at the bottom half is Djokovic and it's guaranteed he will only play one of Zverev/Theim, imo Djokovic has had the luckiest draw so far this year.
@Gherbi Hicham You are joking, right ? Last year, Nadal played Haase, Basilashvili, Agut, Busta, Thiem (who was drunk I guess judging by his play) and Stanimal, who was exhausted after a 5 setter vs. Andy, the No 1 at the time (and had some 6 hours less to rest than Nadal). And this year - you can watch by yourself. But you are blind, like all the other Nadal fans. Do you think Lajovic could not push Nadal to 5 ? Or Dzumhur, playing like he played against Sasha ?
Shameless rigged draws, I tell you. But i'll tell you again: karma is a bitch.
Vladimir Stanescu After winning his 10th FO he shouldn't even have to play any matches apart from the final.
Really honored to play with Rafa, definitely learned a lot.
Congratulations champ on 900 career victories, and being the only player male or female to win at least 400 matches on both hard courts and clay.
he has done very well. It is a pity wimbledon happens right after RG. Not much recovery time.
Keith Cross he's only the second after Borg in the history to win more channel slams( the French-Wimbledon double) I think he can be very fresh for Wimbledon if he decides to skip that idiotic 250/500 point grass tournament that comes before it.
His performance at wimbly has been disappointing for years. They keep finding unheard of neophytes with a big serve to play him. They usually disappear soon after they beat him. Kyrios has been dining out on the fact he beat him once at wimbledon ever since. After getting to the final in paris returning those heavy servers in london is a real chore.
Gherbi Hicham We all kno Rafa feels he needs match play to stay in rhythm. But at this stage in his career, I'd agree. He needs to skip Queen's and focus on Wimbledon
Trevor Longley where are those morons who still claim he is only a clay court player?? #GOAT
Marterer is getting better and better. Im pretty sure hes gonna be a steady top 30 top 20 player.
Top 10 i guess
Raimo MW Nah
Maybe he will be the next tsonga
@@raimomw164 lol weird comparison
Marterer was not bad :) keep up the work.
Well played Marterer. Germany is producing some talents
Bibil Af indeed
Amazing player , so much respect for Nadal.
Anything that ends with -rer, Nadal destroys brutally!
I would generalize to -er, like Kohlschreiber (15-1 H2H).
Mò Vi Mento sometimes, sometimes not, for example the last year, if you know what i mean ;)
Yeah that's why he's hiding and skip the clay fear to be destroyed by the bulldozer Nadal... chicken kwakwakwakwa
Isaac Rosales we are talking about the majority of times in an entire career and not only against your idol federer so relax !!!
BeautifulSoul Federer cant play clay because the surface will injure his knee because he’s old, u never research huh?
Even when he has a day off, Rafa manages to hit 39 winners, it's impressive!! Good luck further, Rafa, you have our unconditional support! 😎
He never has a day off, he practiced on his birthday. Same routine. Professional all the time.
Keith Cross A day off today, he wasn't at 100%, but he played amazingly in the crucial points 😎
today he played well as in his other matches, but not perfectly. A few errors he needs to avoid for the rest of the tournament.
Vamos Rafa! The greatest athlete of all time!
kunvar khanna Peyton Manning is barely even a top 5 QB much less better than Nadal.
Ali Farooqi Good joke! How the hell can he be the greatest athlete of all time? I mean, the guy is one hell of a tennis player, but a great athlete isn't injured that much as Nadal is. Federer, in tennis, for example, is way better as an athlete!
What a stupid statement. Some players are simply injury prone no matter how much they try to take care of their body.
Rick Wiselaar getting injured wise, fed wins no questions. But Rafa is way stronger, faster, and can endure much tougher and longer matches than roger. Both fit in different ways.
Ali Farooqi Well, that May indeed be true, Since Nadal always pushes himself to the point of injury, which is quite a statement considering he is not as naturally talented as Roger or Novak, but he has the mentality to always improve.
Maximilian Marterer looks like a pretty good player with some potential, really troubled Nadal in the 3rd set.
Why don't you foulmouthed guys get lost.
Tom Deverson what's up with Donkey Kong's attacks on you? he's certainly going all out here
Wilbert Tandanu "22 or 25"
what
This Marterer has a great story of his own coming from one of the most depressing run of losses ever ( 14 first round losses in a row ! ) to finally find his footing this year with some great wins over many notable players, what a way to come of age .. always love a great turnaround story of such dramatic proportion, what a survivor !
Agreed. I think Rafa complimented him at the end
That Nadal blue clothes style is dope!!
well played Marterer
Marterer is a pretty good opponent, almost a threat. It’s pity that a lots of good rallys are not in this highlight, it is an awesome game!!! Vamos Rafa!!!
*VAMOS RAFA! THE KING OF CLAY!* 👑🇪🇸🎾
Zhass Sagyndykov
Del potro va a violar a tu nadal
Rafa the Goat . FO11 is coming
Ethan istanforCBE HAHAHAHA, he will have to wait until the year 2503 to be right.
Isaac Rosales My friend, they say: “Rafa is the goat currently” But don’t forget my friend, they are saying that because they thinks rafael is playing as same as at the other grand slams like Roland Garros. And they forgot it is fucking clay. So, don’t worry man. THE GOAT IS FEDERER for sure.
Fedtards at it again 😅
Chris M yeah those "Fedtards" saying the truth again...
All fan Tennis Like to watch Goat rafa play Tennis While Federer the boring wins weak player by Serve . 1. Goat rafa .2 Djokovic 3. Federer ( weak era king )
Nice sportsmanship at the end with Nadal giving his younger opponent some encouraging words!
Omg clay Court looks like Nadal Court and this highlights looks like nadal's Highlights.
Kik Bokser it's the same thing bro
This is my prefered surface to watch because the ball moves slower meaning no boring aces or quick points for big servers. And you can actually see more rallys and tennis being played.
and the ball bounces irregularly so there is a greater variety of shots and postures so you really need to have great footwork and readjust, not like the one trick poneys that get used to the same robotically learnt forehand that is so suited for hard indoors
Give him the 11 already
hahaha, a friend of mine says they should just name the main court after Nadal, build a statue of him and ban him from playing the tournament anymore
Nadal has a process called "start slow, figure out your opponent later" An expert in finding solutions when it matters. Young Materer got martyred tonight. Diego don't mess with the beast, your time@RG is done at the Qtrs. Vamos!
Expat Props Mumbai stfu
Expat Props Mumbai don't mess with the who?😆😆
Just give him the trophy already!
I want Nadal-Djokovic final
Andi Il top me too. But I do want Zverev to reach the final too.
Thiem will crush djokovic and zverev
Federer, Nadal and Djokovic fans spotted in 3 wish comments. No Kidding.
Donkey Kong bro stop talking about Federer and dicks, its always Federer and big dicks with you, stop trying to display your gayness on social media its fuckin disgusting
we all want it, no more boring 3sets finals in RG please god
WOW. 39 winners! UNSTOPPABLE
buy yourself a Rafa blow up doll you gonna need it for the grass season
Olly Paton When the GOAT returns right after the clay season, Nadal chickens out, just like last year!
Rick Wiselaar he never chickened out. He lost.
Donkey Kong is gay for Federer and buy yourself a Fed blow up doll you gonna need it for the US tour season on hard courts just like last year.
Could you pls extend the highlights a bit ? 5-8 minutes would be great - you didn‘t even show the sensational 21 shot rally
Rafa- King of Clay
King of Clay actually sounds like an understatement for Nadal nowadays.
What a beast he is...
Nice catch @ 1:21
Sam I know right, I thought no one noticed
Уже всё. Надаль в такой форме!!!💪💪💪💪💪
Vamos Rafa Baby! With all the answers even when they play harder☝️✊💪👍👏🎾💚💚💚💚🤗
Vamos rafa.. 900th victory
Rafaaa love you 💛
Any good player knows it's very hard to play a bad player or a lower level player because eventually they drag your game down to their level.... and you have to pull yourself out of that drag.... last set was the perfect demonstration of this reality....
This win is Nadal's 900th career match win.He needs 30 more to move above Vilas into 4th place.Its also his 234th GS match win putting him in 3rd place above Connors who has 233.Only Djokovich and Federer have more.
I think 99 out of 100 tennis fans guess that Nadal is going to win the title.
That has been the case since 2010, any objective watcher who saw Nadal dominating the clay through out the years will think the same.
dude this guy's going to be big.
happy birthday for a couple days ago. Your present will be a Roland Garros in a couple days time!
Nadal’s way to the final is paved like no others while the other half of the draw are killing each other, come one Delpo and cilic shouldn’t e be facing each other and maybe he should’ve faced one of them at least, can’t deny he’s the best on clay still but we need some competition here :/
Their backhands look really similar
I thought there were 2 Nadals playing
Rafa the goat
Aloo Gobi who?
Aloo Gobi who asked you I mean 😴
For those who were crying all over youtube about how federer was having weak competition at the start of the year, tell me, what legends nadal is facing in RG now?
god naedal
G.O.A.T
0:50 How on earth does a forehand curve like that???
Go rafa you are the king
The title is looking at least 70/30 in Rafa's favour!
Amazing tennis ....Our Champion Rafael Nadal....King of Clay ....Vamos :))
Espectacular
wow marterer plays like nadal. a player to watch on.
They should rename the Court or the Tournament after Nadal.
Didnt show some of the good winners from Marterer.
a q grandes arcilleros vence nadal en su predecible arcilla??
Are they using same racket???
This outfit is on fire 🔥😍
Nadal el rey de tierra batida, Maximilian muy talentoso!!
I was supposed to say that yesterday... But I've been too lazy ;-;
June... 03... Happy Birthday to Nadal
:3
My birthday is on the same day as his ;-;
By the way, I know the game was on another day but as it was posted today...
;-;
Just give him the trophy already.
Más tardado el resumen...
Nadal v Thiem final please. I don't feel like Djokovic is ready enough to beat Thiem, but if he does, would be really interesting
Soshi 0805 and djokovic is out now
List of players who have won a set or more against Nadal in their career: Djokovic 7, Soderling 3
Federer 3
Isner 2
Grosjean 1
Puerta 1
Mathieu 1
Hewitt 1
Brands 1
Klizan 1
Ferrer 1
Sock 1
* at Roland Garros
I wonder what the mere mortals say to Nadal at the net after being humbled, too good, good luck?
this is gonna be easiest rg title for nadal.he is going to tottaly destroy djokovic in the final.
i think u mean Dominic Thiem
1:20 that was... ALMOST cool from that guy in the stands
Lol look at rafa's arms on the thumbnail xD the difference
Stolz auf Maxi Marterer, Glückwunsch Rafael Nadal!
I wouldn’t be surprised if Nadal doesn’t make to this years Final? Schwarzman. Is on form
really?
I heard a commentator say that Nadal is now tied with Djokovich for most FO Quarterfinals:12. But that can't be.Djokovich with 12?
I honestly don't know about this but it's possible,djokovic was pretty consistent in rg
Jeffrey Kaufmann It's true! From 2006 till now, Djokovic, only at one French Open edition lost before the quater final stage! It was in 2009 against Kohlschreiber in a third round match!
Rick Wiselaar Wow! Had no idea.He is just as Good as Federer on clay.Fed:5 finals Djokovich 4 finals.
Jeffrey Kaufmann he is better than federer on clay for sure
8 clay masters speak for itself
Ciprian Ghenghea how many clay master's does Federer Have?
Did Marterer really just do 1 worthwhile point all match?
Schwartzman andersooon highliths pleaseee from Argentina!!!!
alesi kmbia tengo todo el dia esperandolo!! El Peque es Grande!!
Gabriel Lopez así es hno y no aparece nada todavía en todo TH-cam,algo insólito,de todas formas gigantesco lo de peque!!!
On. A. Roll.
Hang on the guy broke Nadal's serve and led 2-1 but there was no notable highlight of that? I refused to believe Nadal would give away his serve at Roland Garros lol
Vamossss rafa 💪💪💪
Nadal really needs to get his act together at the start of matches. Playing catch-up against seeded players isn't going to be as fruitful as it may be against young players.
Vammmmmmmos Rafa
Rafa vs alexander in final !
They shud hand to trophy to Rafa...
As much as i want see Nadal losing in this tournament bearing injury woes there’s none in the draw that can get close to beat him, the man is a best and unstoppable,he seems to thrive and play his best in Roland Garros.
His draw is a joke so far. He won't really face any challenge (maybe) until the semis in Cilic or Del Potro, they could make it interesting. Still, Nadal is definitely the heavy favorite to win the championship.
Vamos Nadal.
Nadal
Delpotro
Cecchinato
Thiem
will go to Semifinals.
toughest 4th round opponent ever
Надаль выглядае крыху стомленым я нет абсалютнай ўпэўненасці аб мінулым годзе турбавацца😥
Where is Federer hiding?
Leslie Rosado At his palace, like all Emperors.
Leslie Rosado Just love that. Where is he HIDING. ?
couple weeks and you'll be hiding dude.
Counting his trophies
save yourself some time. Just get rafa straight to the final.
Умничка
Roland Garros should be changed to Rafael Nadal if he wins the French open after this year, or maybe the French open should be renamed The Rafael Nadal Open. Jajaja
I love how Nadal's matches and possibilities to face opponents are totally arranged so that he faces easy players to reach the final.
Rafa just needs a decent player against him....he isn't so perfect. This guy Max almost took a set....a decent player will be trouble.
Famous nadal
あのー
強すぎ
It's a wonder players don't use the drop shot more often against Nadal on clay. Obviously you have to be selective with it but it beats getting in to brutal baseline exchanges with him the whole time.
All this grunting and noise making. Funny how guys only complain about the women's match for this. #doublestandard smh
Again, again, again, and.. again...
Nadal Garros
Nadal Vs Del Potro La Final.
Del Potro and Nadal have to meet in the semi final if they both win.
relatos
eroticos
Is somebody gonna stop him or not?;-). Maybe this boy Cecchinatto..