Couldn’t agree more. Have always thought the same. Quite classy indeed

Roger humilliated himself in that match

his movements allowed him to do so. his movement was electrifying in the 00 decade.

@@h4rder10 Yup. Most players would just be content getting the overhead back. Most would likely hit a slice, some would manage to hit a topspin backhand. Nadal was a different breed. He ran around it for a forehand. Crazy.

@@h4rder10 clay made it possible

@@h4rder10 but some mofos think that 2011-14 was Nadal'd peak on clay 😂😂

Federer was actually playing well in this match which makes the score even more incredible.

Djokovic just beat him sadly tho

@@aidanprentice1807 Yeah, I couldn’t believe it! Once Rafa was in the final I thought it was a done deal, thinking Nadal would pass Federer, I never count Fed out on grass though.

Yes and what about the thrashing Rafa got from Djoko in Aus open finals in 2019 and also in the recent french open semis 😃😃😁😁

Rafa dethroned by New King of all surfaces known. as Djoko the GOAT

Just to be trounced by Djokovic in 2021

2017 against wawrinka was unbeleibble perfotrmance

Nadal in 2008 was super saiyan phase god

Fed did not play well

what's so amazing about Rafa at RG is that we can cite so many matches and/or years there where he might have played better. IMO it very well could be the 2020 final vs. Novak where Rafa was even better. Simply because the way he dismantled Novak in straight sets, which as we know by now is a significantly more formidable opponent for Rafa at this tournament. Roger has played Rafa there what....6 times? And never took more than 1 set off Rafa. Has lost in straight sets 2 of 6 times. Novak can at least claim 2 wins there vs. Rafa, as well as pushing Rafa to the brink in 2013, and 2 other great 4 set matches in 2012 & 2014.

@@innosanto nobody stood a chance against Nadal at the 2008 French Open it does not matter who he faced in the final the result would be the same

........and over time Nadal has become the emperor of tennis,

I realized that too

So what if they won because of the slow courts? Is there a criteria that good players should only be be good on fast courts? By your logic, Federer is the incomplete player because he couldn’t adapt to slow courts like Nadal and Djokovic did. I think they’re all three GOATs, so don’ take this as me hating on Federer, just arguing against your reasoning.

@@marcograsso2740 You just said Nadal isn't a complete player, think about what you just said

If Roger had won Wimbledon 2008 he’d be the only player to win any slam 6 times in a row, it would’ve been an amazing achievement. I think it’s been done before in the 1800s or something, but otherwise he’d stand alone there. Even Rafa at the FO has a streak of 5, & Djoker’s never won AO more than 3 in a row. Sigh if only...

@@helios859 look how many tournaments play on grass and how many tournaments are generally slow ( surface balls and conditions) vs how many are fast. This is not a fair balance and ofcourse defensive players playing the low risk shots have the advantage in this era. I guess rallies are good for tv and grass is too expensive... shame.

He is an attacker. Clay is not for his game period

not very rare, always at 40:15 against Djokovic and always on clay against Nadal.

@@tomasalaxa3489 He "looked" hopeless here. Sure he has lost before but he doesn't usually looked demoralized. It's rare to see Novak demoralized but Nadal has made him look demoralized quite often on clay.

@@gomriria2197 he reached RG final 4 times I believe and the semis 3 or 4 times...but clay isn’t his game lol give me a break

1: Wimbledon Olympics where Andy Murray gave Roger a lesson in grass court tennis. 2: Murray V Federer Shanghai Masters, another schooling. 3: Raonic stuns Federer SW19 in 2016. That last set was incredible.

"''I just really didn't think I was going to win''." ... its called getting crushed . when you are getting crushed and push your hardest with no change, resignation and hopelessness sets in. in the wild, lions will track down antelope and start eating them alive, rear end first. for a little while the antelope will scream as its being eaten alive. but after a little while it stops screaming and just lays there watching itself being eaten.

I wouldn't want to befriend someone who gave me the worst beating of my career.

You are forgetting someone who ended their party and grabbed 18GSs under their noses. Novak is soooo much better than both, imagine starting your career where Fed was winning all hard and grass court GSs and Nadal RG, but yet somehow broke through, simply amazing for me.

@@abrorvalihanov9787 nadal with 21 GS, he is better than DjoCovid

@@abrorvalihanov9787 Actually Djokovic started to win constantly when Federer ended his prime (2003-2009). The only one able to won GS constantly in their prime of both Rafa Nadal.

@@abrorvalihanov9787 Lol, better than both? Oh dear, you must be so delusional. While Nadal and Federer were playing tennis, Djokovic only knew how to imitate the other players and nothing else, he was (and still is) a clown, nothing more. Then all of a sudden in 2011 he plays the best tennis of his life through some sort of "magic". Where was he all those years? Somehow I don't trust anything that man does, he's fake, dishonest and was only able to beat fed and rafa after he started his "magic treatments" that no one knows wtf they are. And don't give me that bull with "he was allergic to gluten" or sum sht like that. Djok is allergic to everything, always injured, yet somehow he is number one? He should be kicked out of all tournaments for being a liar and endangering so many people with his stupid behavior. Novaxx Djocovid. Even if he ends up winning most gs (and he probably will), he will NEVER be the goat, because he doesn't have it in him. Rude, unclassy and obnoxious.

He was also flying last Sunday against Djokovic, but his strategy didn't fly

@@Brandespada 😀😀

@@Brandespada He's half the mover he was in 2008, tbh.

@@CalebPereiraTheUnheralded Yup. this version of Nadal would whoop 2021 french open Nadal. Pretty much 0 unforced errors in this match.

@@Brandespada No he wasn't unlike Djokovic at the 2010 & 2013 US Open where Nadal whooped his ass

Ooo this did not age well

@@commondirtbagz7130 I mean, only because he lost against Djokovic it doesn't mean Nadal isn't the king on clay

@@rodriguerra3639 you can’t actually think nadal isn’t the king of clay because of this loss do you?

Djoko is the king of all the surface including clay

@@devendrajoshi4634 you clearly drunk.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC number 1position

@Jose Manuel Martínez hahahaha in my dreams and NOVAK DJOKOVIC is number 1position last 10 years constantly.... information is free on Google... weeks number one record 320 NOVAK DJOKOVIC from Serbia 😅😅😅 .... NBA MVP this season also another Serbia NIKOLA JOKIC.... o my God what power coming from this tiny country unbelievable to understand

@Jose Manuel Martínez number 1 in history already in weeks number one record 320 ..... this record will be broken down maybe in 22 century... but maybe 😅

@Jose Manuel Martínez your tennis knowledge is very low level.... NOVAK DJOKOVIC become number 1 position in 2011 and constantly is number 1 last 10 years... and you talking about Roger Federer retirement ahhhahahahahaha.... your statement is like I'm talking with 7 years old kids

@Avinash Anand this boy Jose Manuel English language is very disappointing level.... I think he not understand what he write about

Djokovic just beat him sadly

@@aidanprentice1807 true but nadal the greatest clay court player ever

@@aidanprentice1807 djockovic will not win 13 roland garros never😂

@@accio_happinessss jajajaja ok but they are not 13😂

@@aleeseguraa he's still playing, duhh! 🤭 Let's see how many more he'll win!

No wonder Fed burst into tears at the '09 AO awards ceremony. Rafa had "de facto" ended his prime.

@@danbotez1307 So true... The level of play from Rafa was incredible... How he was able to beat Roger in the final despite having less recovery time after his phenomenal match against Verdasco is something insane! 🔥

Thanks buddy ❤️

I love you man ❤️

"Recovered" it doesn't mean he's back to his peak years (2004-2007). 2008 was his worst year after he recovered from mono. Lose to no one like Blake in olympics 08'

@@felixy23 well Nadal still whopped him in 2006 and 2007. Doesn't make a difference.

@@max7even284 Not on grass

@@mosemobuckland4287 Fed won in 5 sets. That's not domination.

Nadal always had answers to Federer at any surface. Here, like you said, Roger's serve and volleying tactics was least effective against a hardcore baseliner like Nadal. He should have resorted to the same kind of play which he displayed in the past two finals. At least he could have lost in a better way (even in straight sets without getting a bagel and a breadstick).

Federer had mental block it was mostly him not playing that day to show this score

@@innosanto no offence man but Rafa is 14-2 vs Roger on clay. It's not 2008 mental block, it's just Federer can't play Rafa on clay at all.

Don't allow injections for his foot.onlt sprays then see

@@user-mt2jm7vy6i efectivamente, el problema q veo yo n este video, és q Federer quiere jugar igual q juega n hierba contra Nadal n arcilla i eso és imposible, Nadal n cada superficie q juega sabe amoldarse d q forma debe jugar, prò Federer, "i mira q Federer me gusta mucho" no sabe amoldarse al juego n arcilla i menos jugar así contra Nadal, por eso núnca le ha ganado ningúna final a Nadal n Roland Garros

That's a nice statement.

Nadal is the king of emperor of clay, what do you expect, no less than bagel in finals.

Glad you enjoy it, thank you! ❤️

Djokovic got some redemption for the 2020 loss this year though

Nadal was healthy in 2011 and went 69-9 against everyone other than Djokovic. Djokovic was 6-0 against Nadal in two Grand Slam finals and four Masters finals.

@@johngalt3118 You're right. Djokovic waas almost unbeatable in 2011

so thats what it is to live in a parralel FEDAL universe/reality with no Djokovic

Not so fast. Djokovic solved his physical problems in 2011 and has owned Nadal since.

@@Milan1502 he is saying 2008 not 2011

@@Milan1502 21

he still is in 2022 ;)

@@Milan1502 LMAO with the pathetic delusion right here! 21! UPS! HAAHAHAHFD and counting!! roland garros coming!! tic tac tic tac

But at least Nadal would win.....again!

And we would all fall asleep just like the norm in every nadal match.

@@abbey810g Lol your salt level is through the roof 🤣

@@abbey810g i’m guessing you found Bjorn Borg boring too, huh?

@@strummercash5601 random.

He got lucky at 2all

@@xidiamond6851 Yep he has been lucky for more than a century

@@xidiamond6851 dumb people everywhere....

Nadal is not the king of clay, he is the king of tennis

@@oommcc Not the best in Wimbledon, and by far and not even close to Djoko in Australia

I remember hearing Fed said he actually didn’t believe he could win this match. In his mind it was over before it started.

@Sasook: Or an excuse to explain why he got thoroughly trashed by Rafa.. 🤣

@@archied777 How is knowing you won’t win a match an excuse? That’s pretty much the exact opposite of an excuse.

@@sasook My bad. I thought he meant he didn’t believe he could win the match because he was not at his best. I haven’t watched the rest of his statement so I’m not sure if he gave credit to Rafa for being at his best or blaming his past illness for his loss. Hope it was the former. ✌🏻

@@archied777 Oh, no worries. Yeah no I think it was just that he didn’t believe he could win, period.

I think you need to update your comment now

@@ashishpanchal1332 well Thanos was defeated by Iron Man...

Q

And the all world sports...King of the Kings 🎖

What the fuck you're talking about? Novak has beaten Nadal in straight sets at 2015, Roland Garros Quarter Finals: 75 63 61. Go check it.

@@prash175 he only transcribed commentator's words said live in 2008,so before 2015. Wake up

@@prash175 The comentator also says "So far", so yeah, go check it, if you can stop crying of course.

@@prash175 Dumb 2015 was the year Nada back from injuries. Every top 20 players beaten him on clay that year

@@prash175 I think he meant in the finals. Novak beat nadal in the QUARTER finals.

not a mental defeat. rafa was so much better than roger on clay led roger to believe that. if he went in with a stronger belief he might have won a few more games, thats all.

@@h4rder10 you aren't very aware of the dynamics to rhe rivalry. Federer had many chances in some of their FO clashes, but his own mental state of lack of belief held him back.

Dejaya8 Ahora true, and Federer also lost a very close masters final in Hamburg to Nadal a few weeks before this match which may have shattered his confidence - he lost the first set of that match 5-7 from a 5-1 lead and went on to lose it in 3 sets

@@Rad1antCypher indeed. Rafa got into his head. Although Roger has been beating Nadal on all surfaces, Their Roland Garros meetings are usually awful to watch.

@@pawshands9706 it's normal he lacked belief since he was always losing to Nadal on Clay.

but Djoko wins 5 ATP final, the tournament at the end of the year with the 8 best players. Nadal ?

this comment didnt age very well

Yes, indeed. Right now Fed is either #2 or # 3 all time. How can a player be considered all-time best when he has been dominated by one of his contemporaries. LOL

The king of dirt lol

@@merzeporgoher Nope. Rafa is the king of the tennis masters' surface.

@@danbotez1307 more like the king of poking his ass before each serve lol

@@danbotez1307 well, fed has done this multiple times against both djokovic and rafa so i think ur argument stands for fed being #1 and u aint wrong

Djokovic is still playing

22...GOAT

Djpkovic probably would have gotten like 2 games against Rafa this day...

@@neokotrystel5352 he took him to a tiebreak a few days earlier.

@@neokotrystel5352 Lol no , 2008 Nadal was probably better than 2020 Rafa who destroyed Djokovic....

@@neokotrystel5352 then you didn't watch their semi final that year.

@@neokotrystel5352 Lol. Djokovic actually played this Rafa in semi finals and even got one set to tie break. You guys are delusional to think Federer can do more against Rafa on clay than Novak.

gotta be the most underrated glow up in tennis history tbh

Prime Goaterer from 2004 to 2010 January

Mostly cause Rafa was in a bad form , the same reason egy Federer and Djokovic even has 1 RG

That's true, but what's also true is that Federer basically gave that Wimbledon match away by not asserting hisself on key points in that match!

It really helped Rafa beat Roger in further non clay finals for some time. But Roger being I'll earlier that year is worth remembering (fitness ..much 😉)

Rafa was beating him since he was 20 in RG ..and 22 yeras old in Wimbledon. DJOKOVIC started to beat him when he was 22..US 21 year.old Del Petro beat him,US 24 year old Andy beat him,Olympics. Federer was dominant in the weak era.

honestly he wasn't playing bad here at all. he has been more off his game and beat opponents multiple times. This is more about Nadal then Fed. Fed hit some crazy good shots in this match, yet Nadal was able to not only return them but return them in a way that put Fed on the back foot. I think thats why Fed got obviously down on himself as the match went on. Its one thing to be getting beat when you are making mistakes or not playing well, you always feel like if you just get it together you can get back in the match. Its a whole other thing if you feel like you are playing pretty well, yet your opponent isn't even stressed.

Or Rafa played so well, so strong and didn't allow other's to stand a chance to play well..

This is Roger's peak at clay. Pathetic but true nonetheless

@@Kidgloves1984 I mean Fed made 4 unforced errors in the first game. Taking nothing from rafa but that's poor.

@@rafailbaldal6062 his worst not his peak. He was way better in the other three finals.

@@jeffreykaufmann2867 No, this is Roger's peak, this is also Nadal's peak which explains Roger's complete destruction.