@@heynow1988 the year right after this he beat roger in the most epic tennis match i've ever seen. sadly after that injuries apparently held him back. when safin was at his best and playing 100% he could beat anyone.
@Eric Estrada i kinda lost interest in tennis these days. i loved it during this period, it was the golden age of tennis with so many charismatic players and epic matches that i honestly don't think will ever be matched again. hewitt, roddick, safin, federer, agassi and sampras still playing great towards the end of their careers, and several others. i watched a few matches recently with a friend and it just didn't excite me the way it did back when i was really into it. first tournament i ever watched was the french open, i think in 2000, maybe 99, and after that i was hooked and watched every major for the next 8-10 years, not sure exactly how many years, but i gradually began to lose interest when what i consider the golden age of tennis came to an end.
@@thebeardedgolfer9819 i can't even watch modern tennis. i watched from like 2000 to maybe 2007 or 08 maybe. i consider that the golden age of tennis that will never be matched again. i don't care if the top 2 or 3 guys are better, there were so many more charismatic players back then and so many exciting matches, matches like this. my favorite match ever is safin vs federer 2005 australian open. i remember watching it live and so badly wanting safin to win because he was my favorite player to watch. it was the most exciting and most stressful match ever for me. i've rewatched it a couple times and it's still stressful every time i watch it. that miraculous match point save by safin in the 4th set was unbelievable.
@@Jack_80 Tough when you have seen the best ever as everything from that point on is less. Same in golf with Tiger, unless another magical unicorn shows up it will always be inferior. Looking forward to when the next Titan shows up in tennis. Alcatraz shows signs but still no. Not sure if even the most seasoned players and spectators fully grasp the level of talent Federer displayed especially with the one handed backhand. Sampras and Becker are close, we haven’t seen anything close to Feds in decades. Dimitrov again showed signs but no. Would love to see Wimbledon speed up the courts and have a racquet size limit and one handed backhand category called Titan and see who dares. Sampras would come out of retirement to teach those who dare a lesson or two.
yeah, during this time he was possibly the strongest player ever mentally. the following year he beat federer and hewitt back to back and in the hewitt match he was down a set and a break and it looked as though hewitt was gonna run right through him, but safin stayed focused and turned it around. in the federer match he pulled off a miraculous point to save a match point. i can't remember if it was the federer match, but in one match i'm pretty sure he saved 3 match points in a row in a tie break, i think 2 of those points on the opponent's serve. i don't think any other player in the world could have pulled all of that off.
I think Marat Safin problem was that he took too much time against players who were great but no in his class. Because if you see Marat he is the most devastating offensive baseliners to ever play the sport. He can hit the ball huge from both wings . A decent Kick Serve and sumblime 1st Serve. If you look at his tactics he should have attacked Andy's backhand . Which was not in the same level with players like Safin Nalbandian Davydenko etc. Please note this was only Andy's comparison with Marat . he is a great player no doubt.
Thanks for the upload! A great match. Center Court looked to being played faster than today, which I like. You can really see the pace these top players have on a faster court. Amazing.
@DS The 2005 Australian Open SF against Hewitt was the last time we had the powerful Roddick. He kind of returned that form in 2009 but just not as powerful.
I think a lot of it was by choice; the game started getting played with a ton of spin and Roddick decided that it was best for him to do the same. Unfortunately his game wasn't really built for more topspin shots and longer rallies so he sort of fell by the wayside as time went on.
@@JimKirk1 The funny thing is that he could sustain longer rallies based on this match and come up with a finishing blow. You can hit pretty flat and penetrating and be consistent as long as your footwork allows it. Problem for Roddick is that he lost a lot of speed as well.
@@SHVideografie Yeah his footspeed wasn't great, which is part of why he suffered a lot against Federer and Nadal; he was just unable to move around well enough.
@@JimKirk1 he moved pretty well in his younger days, but once he lost speed he leaned more and more towards a pushy topspin game. Fatal mistake. I remember Roddick beating Djokovic and Nadal in the same tournament in 2008, thinking that he would finally come back towards his agressive no nonsense powergame, only to become a pusher again😂
@@SHVideografie Also his approach shots. It was almost always a slice approach shot. I remember watching a video of Roddick vs Nadal at the 2010 US Open. Roddick kept slicing approach shots. To Nadal's forehand. And kept getting passed. It kinda hurt to watch.
Andy said what's better? Hanging with Brooke or sweaty men on the tennis court lol. Winner on and off the court. Safin's a giant. In person his torso is like a tree trunk. TV hides how big and powerful this dude was
I wish Andy had won a couple more grand slams. When his game was on, he was a tremendous player. His problem was that he overplayed once he hit the semis or the finals.
That very brief moment in time when Andy roddick was the worlds top player and seeded #1 at a Grand Slam. The guy who won here a few days later would take over for many years.
@@thumbsdownbandit You mean like right now? Novak Djokovic turns 34 years old in May 2021 and there's still nobody in the world that can beat him off clay. That is the definition of a weak era. That's beyond weak. That's pathetic.
@@rexdby2984 He switched to an Eastern grip. Lost all of his power and wasn't even consistent. He stopped serving big as well at the end of his career. Tried to change his game in order to beat Federer.
na, impossible... cos in that time came federer. the best in the moment. he won cup masters in 2003 and then started all his tremendous tennis. beating everyone and wining all finals in gs. rodick lost wimbledon 2004 and 05 vs roger. and 2009. but 2004 is the beggining of federer tennis. only safin had a little chance vs federer. like in australian 2005.
Andy was so dynamic earlier on. He became a lot more one dimensional later in his career, kinda crazy. I wonder if Connors had something to do with it, or Stepanki?
Goldfine actually Roddick was always a defensive player. However he used to unload on his shots. Here, you can see in the stats that Roddick's % serve is low. He improved his serve from 2004, but everything else declined (I think his BH was always ok, not great but not bad).
@ted 88 "quickness of the youth" please no, just no. theres a reason why rodfdick lost his speed, his new coach noone else but jimmy connors. roddick made this fatal mistake to make connors to his coach. connors shifted his style to a safer one, beeing more consistent. but also loosing all the danger. roddick would have a very different path if he got a more agressive coach or none at all. to this day i dont understand why he thinks connors would be a good match
I really wish Roddick never decided to fire Brad Gilbert after 2004 and change his forehand under his new coach. His old forehand was so fearsome and made him such a threat when he was in form, blasting winners left and right. I know he wanted to become more consistent and not make as many errors, but it seemed like that switch to a slower and much loopier forehand really lowered his ceiling as a player 😔
Roddick simply couldn’t beat naturally gifted tennis players. He was like Chang or a stich or a Todd Martin rated player. His one major was a very suspect run.
im one of the many followers from Safin, but rodick gave everything in every match, safin is more like kyrgios that some days he had few desires to play and got upset easily making him to give up on the match, if he had been little bit more like rodick he would have won more grand slams
Um. My opinion of roddick and safin changed over the years; i thought roddick was underrated and safin was overrated. I came to the conclusion that anyone can beat Federer, Sampras, Djokovic and Agassi in grand slams is a real champ. Roddick was playing a faaaaar superior talent, even if safin was coming off a massive injury and long matches. Form is temporary, class is permanent. Roddick supposedly untalented is going head to head on his 3rd best slam against a top talent in safin. At the end of the day, roddick has the better serve and forehand. Safin was far better technically in every other department, and safin had a great serve and a very good forehand. I don't think i could compare safin with any sportsman i have seen. Maybe ronaldinho??
I think if Roddick maintained this power game and added his improved variety throughout the years, he might’ve been one of the greatest players ever with 10 plus slams, or at least 5. He lost to Federer in his early years because he lacked variety, and lost to Fed/Rafa/Djoker and many other tough players because he lost SO much power.
I think it's funny that Roddick here is going toe to toe with a much better player, and is matching Safin in terms of power. 6 years later he's getting bullied by fucking Tipsarevic, Lu, Lopez and Ferrer at Wimbledon. Lol.
A powerful match between two warriors! A great era of tennis! 🎾
Mad respect for both players. Love that era
Even a player who doesn't know how to hit a solid back hand?
Safin was the US player killer that tournament, beating Todd Martin, James Blake, Andy Roddick, Andrew Agassi along the way.
cos he was god, only a better god could beat safin and it was roger... so we fine with the situation! hehe
I love Andrew Agassi
@@heynow1988 the year right after this he beat roger in the most epic tennis match i've ever seen. sadly after that injuries apparently held him back. when safin was at his best and playing 100% he could beat anyone.
@@Jack_80 Safin and Nalbandian had Big 3 level when playing at their best.
some kids call this "weak era" 🤣
Safin's backhand is a thing of beauty. I remember hearing it live and thinking it sounded like a gunshot.
Gunshot sounds terrifying how is that a good sound lol
@@allanyang21 I hoped to underscore how powerful his backhand sounded.
@Eric Estrada i kinda lost interest in tennis these days. i loved it during this period, it was the golden age of tennis with so many charismatic players and epic matches that i honestly don't think will ever be matched again. hewitt, roddick, safin, federer, agassi and sampras still playing great towards the end of their careers, and several others.
i watched a few matches recently with a friend and it just didn't excite me the way it did back when i was really into it. first tournament i ever watched was the french open, i think in 2000, maybe 99, and after that i was hooked and watched every major for the next 8-10 years, not sure exactly how many years, but i gradually began to lose interest when what i consider the golden age of tennis came to an end.
and here is one of the few cases where you can say that Roddick has met an opponent who serves as well as him
Slowing the courts down has changed the game these guys were amazing
Why on earth did they slow the courts down? This brings down the athleticism of tennis???
@@MUFCXI It actually increased the athleticism, but it does take down the importance of precision and placement.
Courts in Australia aren't slower now than they were during this period. Only during that brief 2010-2012 spell.
@@meshalsinnen5917 Yeah just from the eye test, they don't look any slower to be honest.
@@abhireddy2552it increased the fitness not athleticism
More I watch Andy, more respect I have for him.
Now I can realized Andy Roddick played unbelievable, what a serve. Really nice to see videos of Andy playing good tennis.
Don't forget that Andy was No.1 in this period. Plus it was first decent tournament from Marat after some slump due to injuries.
Man these guys are crushing the ball….relentless ground strokes
And Djk and Nadal fans call this the week era. Pretty much the monster era, never to be seen again.
@@thebeardedgolfer9819 i can't even watch modern tennis. i watched from like 2000 to maybe 2007 or 08 maybe. i consider that the golden age of tennis that will never be matched again. i don't care if the top 2 or 3 guys are better, there were so many more charismatic players back then and so many exciting matches, matches like this.
my favorite match ever is safin vs federer 2005 australian open. i remember watching it live and so badly wanting safin to win because he was my favorite player to watch. it was the most exciting and most stressful match ever for me. i've rewatched it a couple times and it's still stressful every time i watch it. that miraculous match point save by safin in the 4th set was unbelievable.
@@Jack_80 Tough when you have seen the best ever as everything from that point on is less. Same in golf with Tiger, unless another magical unicorn shows up it will always be inferior.
Looking forward to when the next Titan shows up in tennis. Alcatraz shows signs but still no.
Not sure if even the most seasoned players and spectators fully grasp the level of talent Federer displayed especially with the one handed backhand.
Sampras and Becker are close, we haven’t seen anything close to Feds in decades. Dimitrov again showed signs but no.
Would love to see Wimbledon speed up the courts and have a racquet size limit and one handed backhand category called Titan and see who dares. Sampras would come out of retirement to teach those who dare a lesson or two.
@@thebeardedgolfer9819 It's honestly hilarious seeing how out of touch you guys are with your delusions.
This is what I call mental strength on the part of Marat Safin, something that many of the new tennis players of today lack. IMHO! 😉👌🏻💯🎾
yeah, during this time he was possibly the strongest player ever mentally. the following year he beat federer and hewitt back to back and in the hewitt match he was down a set and a break and it looked as though hewitt was gonna run right through him, but safin stayed focused and turned it around. in the federer match he pulled off a miraculous point to save a match point. i can't remember if it was the federer match, but in one match i'm pretty sure he saved 3 match points in a row in a tie break, i think 2 of those points on the opponent's serve. i don't think any other player in the world could have pulled all of that off.
Underrated match
I think Marat Safin problem was that he took too much time against players who were great but no in his class. Because if you see Marat he is the most devastating offensive baseliners to ever play the sport. He can hit the ball huge from both wings . A decent Kick Serve and sumblime 1st Serve.
If you look at his tactics he should have attacked Andy's backhand . Which was not in the same level with players like Safin Nalbandian Davydenko etc.
Please note this was only Andy's comparison with Marat . he is a great player no doubt.
Thanks for the upload! A great match. Center Court looked to being played faster than today, which I like. You can really see the pace these top players have on a faster court. Amazing.
What a player Roddick was, especially on this period
I miss Marat to this day
Great match from Safin!
两个人的精神力量都非常强，论当时的实力的确还是应该萨芬赢。感谢二人的精彩比赛。
Muy buen partido esa era del tenis era muy buena la de ahora algo
Roddick was insane 2004 why did he change it
He lost his hair
so true! i don't remember him hitting it this well?
His forehand got shitty
His new coach changed his game. Made him into a baseline pusher, which didn't suit Roddick's style.
@DS The 2005 Australian Open SF against Hewitt was the last time we had the powerful Roddick. He kind of returned that form in 2009 but just not as powerful.
It's crazy how much speed and power Roddick lost over the years.
I think a lot of it was by choice; the game started getting played with a ton of spin and Roddick decided that it was best for him to do the same. Unfortunately his game wasn't really built for more topspin shots and longer rallies so he sort of fell by the wayside as time went on.
@@JimKirk1 The funny thing is that he could sustain longer rallies based on this match and come up with a finishing blow. You can hit pretty flat and penetrating and be consistent as long as your footwork allows it. Problem for Roddick is that he lost a lot of speed as well.
@@SHVideografie Yeah his footspeed wasn't great, which is part of why he suffered a lot against Federer and Nadal; he was just unable to move around well enough.
@@JimKirk1 he moved pretty well in his younger days, but once he lost speed he leaned more and more towards a pushy topspin game. Fatal mistake. I remember Roddick beating Djokovic and Nadal in the same tournament in 2008, thinking that he would finally come back towards his agressive no nonsense powergame, only to become a pusher again😂
@@SHVideografie Also his approach shots. It was almost always a slice approach shot.
I remember watching a video of Roddick vs Nadal at the 2010 US Open. Roddick kept slicing approach shots. To Nadal's forehand. And kept getting passed. It kinda hurt to watch.
wow. Who hits the hardest?
This was the only major that Andy entered as seed number 1, since at that time he spent a short period as first in the world ranking.
Andy said what's better? Hanging with Brooke or sweaty men on the tennis court lol. Winner on and off the court. Safin's a giant. In person his torso is like a tree trunk. TV hides how big and powerful this dude was
Best match I ever attended
Супер матч! 👍👍👍 жалко Энди Роддика 😂. Марат Сафин - молодец. 👏
I wish Andy had won a couple more grand slams. When his game was on, he was a tremendous player. His problem was that he overplayed once he hit the semis or the finals.
safin was also nearly unbeatable when playing at his best, but he just didn't play at his best nearly as often as i wish he would have.
No the problem was that he was facing Federer every tournaments in the semis or finals!
Safin 🔥🔥🔥
That very brief moment in time when Andy roddick was the worlds top player and seeded #1 at a Grand Slam. The guy who won here a few days later would take over for many years.
@Rex Dby - So true.
Yeah, the shitty era aka. the dark years.
@@thumbsdownbandit Flat earther spotted.
@@thumbsdownbandit actually the shitty era was now. No elite prospect from the next gen. Zverev might retired first before Djokovic does lmao.
@@thumbsdownbandit You mean like right now? Novak Djokovic turns 34 years old in May 2021 and there's still nobody in the world that can beat him off clay. That is the definition of a weak era. That's beyond weak. That's pathetic.
Roddick’s backhand was way above the average this match. If he kept that consistence….
Roddicks forehand looking good, too bad he changed it
Right? I never understood why/how he lost that forehand. It was a cannon. After that, he was just a big serve.
It would break down and he'd lose over time to players who could keep the ball in. They added more loopy spin. It's an awesome finishing shot though.
dariusd2003 would you also say that it also took a lot out of him to hit these forehand...and got him gassed by the end of match
@@grospipo20 that too. I noticed the longer the matches went on those 5 setters... He'd end up losing. It was heart breaking.
@@rexdby2984 He switched to an Eastern grip. Lost all of his power and wasn't even consistent. He stopped serving big as well at the end of his career. Tried to change his game in order to beat Federer.
And no annoying screaming OMG, two MEN on the court
Spot on
Close match, both played pretty well..
Pretty well? Lol this match is a piece of beauty
This was an amazing tennis era, very important for the tennis.
Everybody only talling about the big 3, but these playere wete very good, too. Very entertaining match with dynamic and aggressive playing style :D
Safin was a US killer in AO 2004.
Браво Марат!
two of the most handsome men to ever play tennis.
Safin is a beefcake but let's not get carried away with Roddick, he hid under his cap and his face wasn't pretty. lol
@@dinh5532 i think he’s handsome during his prime.
11:43 that was a Federer-like shot from Safin. Slice backhand lob for a winner.
Andy might have a few more grand slam if he stay with coach Brad
na, impossible... cos in that time came federer. the best in the moment. he won cup masters in 2003 and then started all his tremendous tennis. beating everyone and wining all finals in gs. rodick lost wimbledon 2004 and 05 vs roger. and 2009. but 2004 is the beggining of federer tennis. only safin had a little chance vs federer. like in australian 2005.
I can only hear Gunshots.
7:08 Deadstar's Deeper Water is playing at the background
Close match. Safin was just much more comfortable at net than Roddick.
Beautyful channel ... allez !
ps: by a PRO Tennis Trainer
Dont forget, safin was suffering lots of injuries
Andy was so dynamic earlier on. He became a lot more one dimensional later in his career, kinda crazy. I wonder if Connors had something to do with it, or Stepanki?
Goldfine actually
Roddick was always a defensive player. However he used to unload on his shots. Here, you can see in the stats that Roddick's % serve is low. He improved his serve from 2004, but everything else declined (I think his BH was always ok, not great but not bad).
@@usefulidiot9896 his decline was inevitable with the start of slower hardcourts baseline era.
Stefanki actually revived his career somewhat and gave him a last hope.
Andy had a quickness in his youth that he lost by his early mid twenties.
@ted 88 "quickness of the youth" please no, just no. theres a reason why rodfdick lost his speed, his new coach noone else but jimmy connors.
roddick made this fatal mistake to make connors to his coach. connors shifted his style to a safer one, beeing more consistent.
but also loosing all the danger. roddick would have a very different path if he got a more agressive coach or none at all.
to this day i dont understand why he thinks connors would be a good match
@@woswasdenni1914 Yup. Just look at how much Roddick's forehand changed.
I really wish Roddick never decided to fire Brad Gilbert after 2004 and change his forehand under his new coach. His old forehand was so fearsome and made him such a threat when he was in form, blasting winners left and right. I know he wanted to become more consistent and not make as many errors, but it seemed like that switch to a slower and much loopier forehand really lowered his ceiling as a player 😔
he had an injury that forced him to change his forehand
both were hot
Oh hell yea 🥵🥵🥵🥵lol
Marat is still hot.
Safin tho >>>>>> like, my goodness.
サフィンのバック綺麗だよね
These 2 guys retired so early, unfortunate. Another one Mark Philliposis
Roddick simply couldn’t beat naturally gifted tennis players. He was like Chang or a stich or a Todd Martin rated player. His one major was a very suspect run.
Reebok roddick was the best.
I had Roddick's reebok trucker hat and it cost me $20 at tennis warehouse. When he moved to Lacoste I bought that one and it was $75. 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️💩
That's why LaCoste Cost a lot.
Who’s says this was the weak erA? These guys can hangout with almost anyone today.
im one of the many followers from Safin, but rodick gave everything in every match, safin is more like kyrgios that some days he had few desires to play and got upset easily making him to give up on the match, if he had been little bit more like rodick he would have won more grand slams
Whose kryhoes
"Weak era" my ass...
Needed to throw in some drop shot to mix it up
Um. My opinion of roddick and safin changed over the years; i thought roddick was underrated and safin was overrated.
I came to the conclusion that anyone can beat Federer, Sampras, Djokovic and Agassi in grand slams is a real champ.
Roddick was playing a faaaaar superior talent, even if safin was coming off a massive injury and long matches. Form is temporary, class is permanent.
Roddick supposedly untalented is going head to head on his 3rd best slam against a top talent in safin.
At the end of the day, roddick has the better serve and forehand. Safin was far better technically in every other department, and safin had a great serve and a very good forehand.
I don't think i could compare safin with any sportsman i have seen. Maybe ronaldinho??
I think if Roddick maintained this power game and added his improved variety throughout the years, he might’ve been one of the greatest players ever with 10 plus slams, or at least 5. He lost to Federer in his early years because he lacked variety, and lost to Fed/Rafa/Djoker and many other tough players because he lost SO much power.
Agreed. He lost that aggression. ESP the forehand 🤦🏾♂️
safin the smart
Hola
The weak era that people keep talking about
Such nonsense right? Tennis was wayyyy more exciting, energetic, creative, tense and competitive back than.. Give me back Safin days anytime pls!
I think it's funny that Roddick here is going toe to toe with a much better player, and is matching Safin in terms of power. 6 years later he's getting bullied by fucking Tipsarevic, Lu, Lopez and Ferrer at Wimbledon. Lol.
Mexican tennis
ussr vs usa
Distorted aspect ratio, sound offset by a large fraction of a second... the match gets a like but the video a down.
Andy"the loser"Roddick