From Roland Garros 08' until Australian Open 2010, Fed was in 8 Grand slams finals in a row (being second in the record tanking which is also his having been 10 times from Wimbledon 05' to Us Open 07' in a row recahing the final); he won 4 out of these 8 finals, plus he ended up the year as world #1 in 09'. Do not really get the point of the ones who say that Federer's ass was kicked from 08' on; dude, loosing a couple of finals do not make you be a loser. In fact, coming back from that and still keep breaking records makes you an even better and more epic player. Roger has shown during all of his career that he deserves to be called the greatest player of all time. In terms of titles, techniques, dominance, and endurance.
Claudio Vera Del Canto Exactly. Federer is just too good for tennis, and he's made a huge mess by dominating the sport. So many delusional Federer fans and irrational haters out there now in the tennis community. 1000+ match wins with the most slams + weeks at #1 + other ridiculous Tennis titles. I stop reading when people even try to insinuate that Federer wasn't good, or that he played in a weak era, or other bullshit. They clearly don't know anything about Tennis.
yeah, better not even pay attention to those guys. I don't like it either when they diminish Nadal's or Nole's achievements. People are so overdetermined by their likes that they lack of objectivity. Facts are facts, and the records I mentioned plus the ones you mentioned and some others show that the guy is the best ever (of course that doesnt mean other players are not good, because they are, and in the very deep sense of the expression). Cheers!
Geograf yet people prefer to watch him followed by Nadal. His matches are the ones with highest viewership rates. This year’s viewership rate dropped by 47% in 1st week of US Open since he and Nadal weren’t there.
Damn, didn't he used to be so light on his feet? He moves so effortlessly here. I think at this very US Open in 2006 the late David Foster Wallace who was an amateur tennis player himself, wrote an op-ed piece in the NewYork Times titled "Roger Federer as a Religious experience". Anybody who doubts Federer's place as the greatest of all time should read it. Its a brilliant piece of essay written by one of the greatest contemporary writers on the greatest contemporary tennis player.
+DaSnarky Remarky Why would reading an opinion piece convince anyone who doesnt already think so that Roger is the greatest? If anything it is more reflective of the cult like status with which people revere Federer and will scare away and alienate those who do not think he is the best. That being said... if you do like Federer, its a brilliant piece which soothes the ego of any fans perturbed by Nadal and Djokovik's substantial challenges to Federers seat on the tennis throne
@@TheSaxophoneMan16 yeah I mean I am just lost for words. Not only was federer clearly better at the 2015 us open than he was here, but there is literally no evidence that 06 fed would be able to get anywhere near peak Novak😂😂 Blake in the qfs who he dropped a set to, davydenko in the semis, and Roddick in the final who he dropped a set to😂 none of those players come anywhere near peak Novak, so what reason is there to believe that 06 uso fed would beat 2015 novak😂😂 it is literally laughable.
i can understand the 2006 agenda if he was beating Blake and Roddick 6-2 6-2 6-1 but he's getting pushed. He was beating better opponents more easily in 2015
That overpowering forehand is one of the vital elements missing from his game nowadays. He could just use it to blast through basically anything. I'm not saying Federer has declined in all aspects of his game, but compared to both 2006 and 2009 respectively, I do believe Federer has gone downhill.
Never understood why Federer changed that forehand swing. It was the most destructive forehand in the game: deep, consistent, penetrating and extremely accurate. Nowadays it drops so short and he is shanking it so much.
Federer in his prime on much faster courts and tennis balls. To say that Roger is moving the same in 2015-16, just proves that even experienced ex pros and commentators only live in the 'now'. Plexicushion has also done so much to help Djokovic and Nadal. Remember Federer still beats them both on the rare occasions they play on courts that are fast and not the blue clay dead courts.
+Fontsman I do of course understand what you meant, but living in the now is the most important tool any person can learn in their life. Living in the past or future is the surest way to unhappiness. I don't think anyone is arguing that Federer's current movement is the same as it was during his prime, none of the top commentators are that delusional. I think what a lot of ex-pros say about Federer is that his movement is light years beyond where most players are during the late stages of their careers.
Really is. I think Federer uses a low swing weight racket but puts a lot of power with his forearm (looks like popeye's haha). That's an absurd to do with a 90 square inches frame...
+Pedro Poyares in a way I feel that the larger frame has cost him his forehand at the expensive of defending his bh. Without a penetrating forehand it is hard to get past a defensive player. I just can't help but wonder what Wimbledon '14 would've been with the old pro staff. 2013 was just a bad year with a back injury. Sure he was shanking more shots by the end of '12 but with this frame lots of his wide open routine forehands are sailing long.
I see, you mean this is a frame that helps him play at the baseline, mostly penetrating shots. I think the 90 sq/inches frame costs more physical resistance and stamina. I like that frame, but I gotta say you must have a really strong swing. I think 2013 was a bad year for Roger but that's not because of the old pro staff. Some injury maybe as you said..
Five years ago, at 29, Roger was winning aussie open with his dark and red blx and then in 2012, he was winning Indian Wells, Rotterdam, Cincinatti, Wimbledon etc. So, at 30 yo he reached the top momentum in his career. The tendency from now on is all the guys like Nadal, Djokovic start to reach their limits, physically. Racket and equipment change would help them to get a better performance on court, but it would take years to get yourself used to a new frame, you just can't perform the same way with a new equipment. And there's no much time for that, I would say 30 years old would be the limit to be one the best tennis players in the world ATP nowadays.
Even though Nadal and Djokovic were not present, you can clearly tell that every opponent Roger played threw the kitchen sink at him. And he "somehow" came up at top. Tell me again that his competition wasn't strong. Bullshit.
Well let's take Roddick and Davydenko. The former has a positive h2h against Djokovic and the latter has a positive h2h with Nadal. Yeah, weak era for sure.
I m a Sampras fan too I was a kid and Sampras was my hero and in my early teens RF got to no 1 and I started likin him. Federer broke Sampras all major records including weeks at no 1 wtf titles and slams. these 3 things are the most important. even if nadal gets 18 slams but only has 160 weeks at no 1 and 0 wtf titles Federer will still be the goat after slams weeks at no 1 holds the most weight u can win a slam in 2 weeks but to become no 1 u have to perform well whole year and that's huge.
Seeing videos like this just makes you realise how cautious Roger's become nowadays, more conscious of his weaknesses and less willing to go for broke. In particular I feel like he doesn't take risks on his topspin backhand any more, probably as a result of having to take Rafa's ridiculous topspin to that corner again and again.
Federer's game started decreased in 2007, first sign was his backhand back then..He started to play more slices, without flat, precise shots anymore from backhand..from then, through the years he was capable to back his backhand in some tournament, which he won..look at 2017, when his backhand is dangerous, you just cannot compete with him..my opinion is that he is unbeatable with this game from 2006..maybe he would not be so dominant with nadal and djokovic alongside, but he would be better than both of them in most of big tournaments..
I try not to just take H2H into account, but I think the debate is a strange phenomenon. All that I can really say is that Federer is the greatest and Nadal is better than Federer, but Nadal is not the greatest. I can't explain it, but when you stand back and look at it, it makes sense.
The discussion between Nadal and Federer-Fans don`t brings something at the moment. When Roger, Rafa and Nole are retired, we will see, who the best of them was.
yeah this roddick has winning record against djokovic and davydenko has winning record against Rafa so yeah they were very tough players it was RF who made them look like average...
yeah really if some1 makes there opponents look average or task easy that doesn't mean its easy its credit to the guy who makes it look easy so this was the case with RF these new 15-16 years old kids doesn't know shit about what RF was between 04-07. he was on different level we saw it we were there so we know we watched his matches we experienced it and im glad we experienced that becoz we will never see anything like that again.
SomeHoboProductions So Murray is better than Roger as well? Andy has a positive H2H against Roger. I understand where you're coming from but you can't really say that one player is better than the other based only on H2H. Tennis as a sport is way more complicated than that.
Feel so sad after viewing the comments. Why does this fantastic video have anything to do with Nadull the pusher? Assume Nadull takes a draw with Blake, Davydenko, Roddick, he's probably already blasted back to Mallorca fishing uncountable times. Every time Federer won a slam, dulltards: what if nadull is in the final, he will blah blah. These pathetic dreamers living in the world of IFs.
Roddick Blake and Davydenko hahaahahahaahahahah you're hilarious , that's why Federer could never be considered more than an overachiever he basically dominated talentless mugs , atleast Nadal and Djokovic had some competition
Charlie Fan moonballing pusher ,hahahahaahah is that the same guy Federer gets an ass kicking every time he plays him and who practically a winning h2h against every major rival he's ever had? Nadal only lost to those mugs because he was far from his prime years and met them on his least favourite surface thay all got an ass kicking after that ....Cheers
Gherbi Hicham Every time? Federer beat that moonball pusher 10 times. Feel sorry for your severe Alzheimer. While I have to admit Federer can't beat a doping moonballing pusher, but it's not his fault.
federer is the best fast court player ever, they had to slow down pretty much everything to make the tour competitive because federer was owning everyone (and because there were more baseline grinders/claycourters coming up). kind of like golf where they 'tiger-proofed' their courses, or basketball with the 'jordan rules'... the us open is still fast but i don't think it's this fast any more
ATP rankings, december 2006 : Blake #4, Davydenko #3, Roddick #6. All hard courts specialists. Players inside top 10 met by Murray at Wimby this year : none. Top 20 ? Janowicz, accustomed to Grand Slam pressure (lol). Top 30 ? Robredo (grass court specialist as everybody knows...), Youzhny (calm as as rock) and Verdasco (same remark as for Robredo). So tell me now why don't you keep your silly comments for you ?
rafa is for sure better regarding head to head scores. Roger didnt have to play rafa many times, because rafa get eliminated by weaker opponents so how is that better? :) You cant just compare H2H scores. When Rafa will get 17 slams, we can call him the better player.
His footwork has declined massively, way too much errors and most importantly a serious bloody mental block against Novak. Now if he wins against him in a slam it would be no more less than magic. Not to mention Novak gets extremely fuelled when playing against him.
if u dnt measure some1 on basis on h2h that's good then on what u measure no of slams weeks at no 1 wtf titles, consecutive slam semi's record against the top 10. I think these are the most important stats in tennis and in all of the above Federer leads right now Nadal is way short at the moment in future that can change Rafa is goat of clay already if he can get 18 slams, 303 weeks at no1. 7 wtf titles then it will change until then RF the goat nadal goat of clay and that's a fact have fun.
If you took out nadals best surface out of the equation, and rogers best surface out of the equation the H2H would only be 9-6 in favour of Nadal, which really isnt that bad. I'd say hardcourt is a "neutral surface". The fact is that there are way more clay court tournaments which both of them contested - and as history shows, Nadal is a freak on Clay - good on him (winning like 13 encounters), Federer himself is no doubt one of the greatest on clay too considering he made plenty of RG finals. Additionally, i feel like the courts have slowed significantly compared to the 2006 days. If we again take Nadals H2H against Federer on hardcourt - 8 of nadals wins came outside - where courts seem to be slower. If we move inside however, we find that roger leads 4-1 in that department..and wouldnt you know it....indoor courts are faster...the facts speak for themselves. :) BOTH are freaks of nature - may they both keep playing and provide us with an awesome rivalry for years to come. Still waiting for Fedal US Open final - one day perhaps.
dude u serious ur saying fed is better now than 04-07 u on drugs on something lols. Federer had 13-7 with djoko till 2010 and still is 16-13. nadal was there since 05 they both were facing same competition from last 8 years and on clay nadal leads on other surfaces Federer leads there h2h. against murray Federer is 3-0 in slam finals murray has winning h2h against Federer but he defeated him in masters and 500 in 2013 aus open and last year Olympics were his big wins against fed.
Just to throw in my two cents, I'm not biased for Rafa nor Roger, but we must take into consideration that at slams, Roger is almost a sure winner if he doesn't have to play Rafa. If Roger is playing a match, you should bet on him unless he's playing Rafa. Roger has been dominant for a number of years and was able to keep his #1 ranking due to his slam results, but a lot of those were thanks to him not having to play Rafa. My way of putting it: Roger is the goat, but Rafa is better than Roger.
before u call Roddick,nalbandian Hewitt scrubs rod n Hewitt were no 1 and slam winners. nalbandian a former top 5 blake has winning h2h against nadal, davydenko has winning h2h against nadal, safin has winning record against murray they all were talented and great players reached multiple slam finals won slams guys like u who bring past players down are losers and who think just this era is toughest since 2011 when djoko became no 1. have knowledge about tennis ur too deep inside djoko come out
For some reason I feel like tennis commentators are just not as good as those of other sports. All they say is oh yes. It's obvious they cannot play the shots Federer plays but they can definitely critically analyze them. 90 percent of the video all they do is laugh and say oh yes.
With time they have become more annoying. Even as a Federer fan in some of his matches the way they keep on praising his every shot becomes irritating taking credibility from his actual good shots. I really want some critical assessment on his game but every article or video I find would be either too much praising him or irrelevant faults or things like h2h.
From Roland Garros 08' until Australian Open 2010, Fed was in 8 Grand slams finals in a row (being second in the record tanking which is also his having been 10 times from Wimbledon 05' to Us Open 07' in a row recahing the final); he won 4 out of these 8 finals, plus he ended up the year as world #1 in 09'. Do not really get the point of the ones who say that Federer's ass was kicked from 08' on; dude, loosing a couple of finals do not make you be a loser. In fact, coming back from that and still keep breaking records makes you an even better and more epic player. Roger has shown during all of his career that he deserves to be called the greatest player of all time. In terms of titles, techniques, dominance, and endurance.
Claudio Vera Del Canto Exactly. Federer is just too good for tennis, and he's made a huge mess by dominating the sport. So many delusional Federer fans and irrational haters out there now in the tennis community. 1000+ match wins with the most slams + weeks at #1 + other ridiculous Tennis titles. I stop reading when people even try to insinuate that Federer wasn't good, or that he played in a weak era, or other bullshit. They clearly don't know anything about Tennis.
yeah, better not even pay attention to those guys. I don't like it either when they diminish Nadal's or Nole's achievements. People are so overdetermined by their likes that they lack of objectivity. Facts are facts, and the records I mentioned plus the ones you mentioned and some others show that the guy is the best ever (of course that doesnt mean other players are not good, because they are, and in the very deep sense of the expression). Cheers!
Weak era champ,when nadal and novak came he cant do anything
Geograf yet people prefer to watch him followed by Nadal. His matches are the ones with highest viewership rates. This year’s viewership rate dropped by 47% in 1st week of US Open since he and Nadal weren’t there.
The 2005-2007 model Roger Federer was the greatest tennis player to ever walk the earth.
Include 2004 please 11 titles 3 slams
74-6 in 2004 and wtf I mean bagled the shit out of people.
Man... 2006 Fed was invincible.
Damn, didn't he used to be so light on his feet? He moves so effortlessly here. I think at this very US Open in 2006 the late David Foster Wallace who was an amateur tennis player himself, wrote an op-ed piece in the NewYork Times titled "Roger Federer as a Religious experience". Anybody who doubts Federer's place as the greatest of all time should read it. Its a brilliant piece of essay written by one of the greatest contemporary writers on the greatest contemporary tennis player.
+DaSnarky Remarky Why would reading an opinion piece convince anyone who doesnt already think so that Roger is the greatest? If anything it is more reflective of the cult like status with which people revere Federer and will scare away and alienate those who do not think he is the best. That being said... if you do like Federer, its a brilliant piece which soothes the ego of any fans perturbed by Nadal and Djokovik's substantial challenges to Federers seat on the tennis throne
Look that foot work and forehand... I'd like to see what Djokovic could do against this Federer...
Felipe Queiroga He couldn't do anything, not on this court. He'd become a statistic.
@@TheSaxophoneMan16 yeah I mean I am just lost for words. Not only was federer clearly better at the 2015 us open than he was here, but there is literally no evidence that 06 fed would be able to get anywhere near peak Novak😂😂 Blake in the qfs who he dropped a set to, davydenko in the semis, and Roddick in the final who he dropped a set to😂 none of those players come anywhere near peak Novak, so what reason is there to believe that 06 uso fed would beat 2015 novak😂😂 it is literally laughable.
i can understand the 2006 agenda if he was beating Blake and Roddick 6-2 6-2 6-1 but he's getting pushed. He was beating better opponents more easily in 2015
i don't think so , even in Novak‘s prime in 2011 almost lose fed , his forehand is
better in 2006 then in 2011
Reek 2015 us open fed better than here? You’re fucking delusional.
That overpowering forehand is one of the vital elements missing from his game nowadays. He could just use it to blast through basically anything. I'm not saying Federer has declined in all aspects of his game, but compared to both 2006 and 2009 respectively, I do believe Federer has gone downhill.
Never understood why Federer changed that forehand swing. It was the most destructive forehand in the game: deep, consistent, penetrating and extremely accurate. Nowadays it drops so short and he is shanking it so much.
One just have to look at those videos over and over again to understand how trully great this guy is ..
Federer in his prime on much faster courts and tennis balls. To say that Roger is moving the same in 2015-16, just proves that even experienced ex pros and commentators only live in the 'now'. Plexicushion has also done so much to help Djokovic and Nadal. Remember Federer still beats them both on the rare occasions they play on courts that are fast and not the blue clay dead courts.
+Fontsman I do of course understand what you meant, but living in the now is the most important tool any person can learn in their life. Living in the past or future is the surest way to unhappiness.
I don't think anyone is arguing that Federer's current movement is the same as it was during his prime, none of the top commentators are that delusional. I think what a lot of ex-pros say about Federer is that his movement is light years beyond where most players are during the late stages of their careers.
2:05
Did he just say "you're too good"?! oh my goodness!
Racket head speed is ridiculous
Thats pure talent!
Really is. I think Federer uses a low swing weight racket but puts a lot of power with his forearm (looks like popeye's haha). That's an absurd to do with a 90 square inches frame...
+Pedro Poyares in a way I feel that the larger frame has cost him his forehand at the expensive of defending his bh. Without a penetrating forehand it is hard to get past a defensive player. I just can't help but wonder what Wimbledon '14 would've been with the old pro staff. 2013 was just a bad year with a back injury. Sure he was shanking more shots by the end of '12 but with this frame lots of his wide open routine forehands are sailing long.
I see, you mean this is a frame that helps him play at the baseline, mostly penetrating shots. I think the 90 sq/inches frame costs more physical resistance and stamina. I like that frame, but I gotta say you must have a really strong swing. I think 2013 was a bad year for Roger but that's not because of the old pro staff. Some injury maybe as you said..
Five years ago, at 29, Roger was winning aussie open with his dark and red blx and then in 2012, he was winning Indian Wells, Rotterdam, Cincinatti, Wimbledon etc. So, at 30 yo he reached the top momentum in his career. The tendency from now on is all the guys like Nadal, Djokovic start to reach their limits, physically. Racket and equipment change would help them to get a better performance on court, but it would take years to get yourself used to a new frame, you just can't perform the same way with a new equipment. And there's no much time for that, I would say 30 years old would be the limit to be one the best tennis players in the world ATP nowadays.
federer went 92:5 in that year. its incredible
This is, my friends, the best tennis player of ALL TIME
Even though Nadal and Djokovic were not present, you can clearly tell that every opponent Roger played threw the kitchen sink at him. And he "somehow" came up at top. Tell me again that his competition wasn't strong. Bullshit.
unowen7591 They'd throw the kitchen sink, and as Roddick once said, Fed would go and get the Bathtub
@Stanislas Houston Agassi was in his prime? So then I suppose Roger's prime play was in 2017, and this was a weak era.
Well let's take Roddick and Davydenko. The former has a positive h2h against Djokovic and the latter has a positive h2h with Nadal. Yeah, weak era for sure.
look at Fed's movement in that last set against Roddick in the final. He moves like a mad man. If anything has declined it's his fitness and stamina.
The point at 3:02....
I could watch that forever. The last stroke is so... "Just give up man, this point is mine"
Completely outrageous shot.
I m a Sampras fan too I was a kid and Sampras was my hero and in my early teens RF got to no 1 and I started likin him. Federer broke Sampras all major records including weeks at no 1 wtf titles and slams. these 3 things are the most important. even if nadal gets 18 slams but only has 160 weeks at no 1 and 0 wtf titles Federer will still be the goat after slams weeks at no 1 holds the most weight u can win a slam in 2 weeks but to become no 1 u have to perform well whole year and that's huge.
Seeing videos like this just makes you realise how cautious Roger's become nowadays, more conscious of his weaknesses and less willing to go for broke. In particular I feel like he doesn't take risks on his topspin backhand any more, probably as a result of having to take Rafa's ridiculous topspin to that corner again and again.
Federer's game started decreased in 2007, first sign was his backhand back then..He started to play more slices, without flat, precise shots anymore from backhand..from then, through the years he was capable to back his backhand in some tournament, which he won..look at 2017, when his backhand is dangerous, you just cannot compete with him..my opinion is that he is unbeatable with this game from 2006..maybe he would not be so dominant with nadal and djokovic alongside, but he would be better than both of them in most of big tournaments..
Fantastic compilation :D
It is cool how fast they played here, nowadays it seems so slow.
To Federer in his prime, there was no such thing as a low percentage shot. There was easy and easier.
Yep lol
at that time, no one could beat him..
That forehand at 3:30...even for Federer I was shocked.
I try not to just take H2H into account, but I think the debate is a strange phenomenon. All that I can really say is that Federer is the greatest and Nadal is better than Federer, but Nadal is not the greatest. I can't explain it, but when you stand back and look at it, it makes sense.
Blake knowing Federer is too good is funny.
Thomas Stewart yeah i caught that 👍
The discussion between Nadal and Federer-Fans don`t brings something at the moment. When Roger, Rafa and Nole are retired, we will see, who the best of them was.
We already know Roger is the greatest.
Blake vs. Federer: Beautiful match.
Well said !!
yeah this roddick has winning record against djokovic and davydenko has winning record against Rafa so yeah they were very tough players it was RF who made them look like average...
yeah really if some1 makes there opponents look average or task easy that doesn't mean its easy its credit to the guy who makes it look easy so this was the case with RF these new 15-16 years old kids doesn't know shit about what RF was between 04-07. he was on different level we saw it we were there so we know we watched his matches we experienced it and im glad we experienced that becoz we will never see anything like that again.
3:26 - check out the racquet speed from federer, its a blur.
SomeHoboProductions So Murray is better than Roger as well? Andy has a positive H2H against Roger. I understand where you're coming from but you can't really say that one player is better than the other based only on H2H. Tennis as a sport is way more complicated than that.
Federer completely destroyed Murray in their last meeting
Andy doesn't have a positive h2h wtf.
He used to, a long time ago. Now he doesn't.
Feel so sad after viewing the comments. Why does this fantastic video have anything to do with Nadull the pusher? Assume Nadull takes a draw with Blake, Davydenko, Roddick, he's probably already blasted back to Mallorca fishing uncountable times. Every time Federer won a slam, dulltards: what if nadull is in the final, he will blah blah. These pathetic dreamers living in the world of IFs.
Roddick Blake and Davydenko hahaahahahaahahahah you're hilarious , that's why Federer could never be considered more than an overachiever he basically dominated talentless mugs , atleast Nadal and Djokovic had some competition
Gherbi Hicham Talentless mugs who exposed Nadal as a moonballing pusher over and over again.
Charlie Fan moonballing pusher ,hahahahaahah is that the same guy Federer gets an ass kicking every time he plays him and who practically a winning h2h against every major rival he's ever had?
Nadal only lost to those mugs because he was far from his prime years and met them on his least favourite surface thay all got an ass kicking after that ....Cheers
Gherbi Hicham Every time? Federer beat that moonball pusher 10 times. Feel sorry for your severe Alzheimer. While I have to admit Federer can't beat a doping moonballing pusher, but it's not his fault.
Charlie Fan Yeah 23-10 is basically a rape, and you keep repeating moonballer and pusher lol you mad or what ?... what a moronic fan girl .
federer is the best fast court player ever, they had to slow down pretty much everything to make the tour competitive because federer was owning everyone (and because there were more baseline grinders/claycourters coming up). kind of like golf where they 'tiger-proofed' their courses, or basketball with the 'jordan rules'...
the us open is still fast but i don't think it's this fast any more
No way it's as fast. ao is slow as shit now too
Even grass courts have become slower. Why don’t they convert every court to clay if they want only baseliners to win.
IT's true and check the backhand. Incredible!
you are absolutely right...feds made his competition look weak at his peak
my highlights...
El tenis se tiene que vivir desde cerca
ATP rankings, december 2006 : Blake #4, Davydenko #3, Roddick #6. All hard courts specialists. Players inside top 10 met by Murray at Wimby this year : none. Top 20 ? Janowicz, accustomed to Grand Slam pressure (lol). Top 30 ? Robredo (grass court specialist as everybody knows...), Youzhny (calm as as rock) and Verdasco (same remark as for Robredo).
So tell me now why don't you keep your silly comments for you ?
rafa is for sure better regarding head to head scores. Roger didnt have to play rafa many times, because rafa get eliminated by weaker opponents so how is that better? :) You cant just compare H2H scores. When Rafa will get 17 slams, we can call him the better player.
Win one more slam for your fans roger ... we are dying to see you defeat novak in a slam final
His footwork has declined massively, way too much errors and most importantly a serious bloody mental block against Novak. Now if he wins against him in a slam it would be no more less than magic. Not to mention Novak gets extremely fuelled when playing against him.
If it wasnt for Federer Roddick would've had at least 10 slams
if u dnt measure some1 on basis on h2h that's good then on what u measure no of slams weeks at no 1 wtf titles, consecutive slam semi's record against the top 10. I think these are the most important stats in tennis and in all of the above Federer leads right now Nadal is way short at the moment in future that can change Rafa is goat of clay already if he can get 18 slams, 303 weeks at no1. 7 wtf titles then it will change until then RF the goat nadal goat of clay and that's a fact have fun.
If you took out nadals best surface out of the equation, and rogers best surface out of the equation the H2H would only be 9-6 in favour of Nadal, which really isnt that bad. I'd say hardcourt is a "neutral surface". The fact is that there are way more clay court tournaments which both of them contested - and as history shows, Nadal is a freak on Clay - good on him (winning like 13 encounters), Federer himself is no doubt one of the greatest on clay too considering he made plenty of RG finals. Additionally, i feel like the courts have slowed significantly compared to the 2006 days. If we again take Nadals H2H against Federer on hardcourt - 8 of nadals wins came outside - where courts seem to be slower. If we move inside however, we find that roger leads 4-1 in that department..and wouldnt you know it....indoor courts are faster...the facts speak for themselves. :) BOTH are freaks of nature - may they both keep playing and provide us with an awesome rivalry for years to come. Still waiting for Fedal US Open final - one day perhaps.
Your comment just went invalid last April. Federer now leads the head to head on hard courts 10-9.
yet they don't make french open fast to make it competitive. it's so unfair. why do tennis organizers hate Roger Federer?
Hey, this video is made with a little bit of acceleration, look the referees for exemple. Federer is good and fast but not as fast like this !
ah the good old times when one could slam after slam cus the main obstacles were these magnificent legends like davydenko, blake, roddick LOLLLL.
Esta tampoco me gusta, muy alejada la camara
dude u serious ur saying fed is better now than 04-07 u on drugs on something lols. Federer had 13-7 with djoko till 2010 and still is 16-13. nadal was there since 05 they both were facing same competition from last 8 years and on clay nadal leads on other surfaces Federer leads there h2h. against murray Federer is 3-0 in slam finals murray has winning h2h against Federer but he defeated him in masters and 500 in 2013 aus open and last year Olympics were his big wins against fed.
Just to throw in my two cents, I'm not biased for Rafa nor Roger, but we must take into consideration that at slams, Roger is almost a sure winner if he doesn't have to play Rafa. If Roger is playing a match, you should bet on him unless he's playing Rafa. Roger has been dominant for a number of years and was able to keep his #1 ranking due to his slam results, but a lot of those were thanks to him not having to play Rafa. My way of putting it: Roger is the goat, but Rafa is better than Roger.
before u call Roddick,nalbandian Hewitt scrubs rod n Hewitt were no 1 and slam winners. nalbandian a former top 5 blake has winning h2h against nadal, davydenko has winning h2h against nadal, safin has winning record against murray they all were talented and great players reached multiple slam finals won slams guys like u who bring past players down are losers and who think just this era is toughest since 2011 when djoko became no 1. have knowledge about tennis ur too deep inside djoko come out
One FUCKING Nadal fan doesn't like this peRFect video.
For some reason I feel like tennis commentators are just not as good as those of other sports. All they say is oh yes. It's obvious they cannot play the shots Federer plays but they can definitely critically analyze them. 90 percent of the video all they do is laugh and say oh yes.
With time they have become more annoying. Even as a Federer fan in some of his matches the way they keep on praising his every shot becomes irritating taking credibility from his actual good shots. I really want some critical assessment on his game but every article or video I find would be either too much praising him or irrelevant faults or things like h2h.
Mickey Mouse opponents.
Roman Abramovic Thank you for your opinion.
Now go back to watching football as you will have better predictions there
Who owned Nadal on hc back then😂