Good times that’s for sure!

@Sacred Atheist With a weak draw.

Yes he was unbeaten 27 matches until the Beijing final winning Indian Wells Montreal Cincinnati and the Us Open

Sacred Atheist Im from the future, Nadal the champ for uso19

@@masters.1000 Yeah, because Cilic and Berretini (being inside the top 10 as we speak) are weak draws right? 🤦🏽‍♂️

حقا لو كان لديه إرسال قوي لحصد الاخضر واليابس

That's why ppl love him. Watching him play is like you are fighting in a JUNGLE with him. It's always so exciting..

nadal plays better on us open than novak because us open was the slowest besides RG before 2020 period. So naturally nadal thrives well on slow hc's, but still novak put up a valiant fight

unless you cheer for djokovic

@@aswinsrikanth408 Not in the 4th set. He gave up. Not the first time he's done that.

So , today he decides to spin it less or what?

@@martinkirkovactually yes! due to his age and injuries, he eventually became less athletic and speedy. to make points shorter he decided to flatten out his shots more during his renaissance in 2017. It meant that he generally kept up with the rest of the tour but he wouldn’t reach the peaks he once did.

@@martinkirkov Rafa's ground strokes are still alive but one thing that he misses today is his court speed. he has tweaked his overall game to compensate for this loss but nothing much can be done against players like Roger and Novak Where he has to play defense to offense and passing shots so frequently, which he was able to do at the peak of his powers.

Yup....only one man matched him really.....Novak.

True only true fans will realise that that was the most crucial part of the match. The whole momentum of the match rested on those few points, after that game Novak never came back.

He started into the abyss and smiled

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well spotted. that was the game changer. Rafa fought back from 40 love as he always does ^^

Thx sir i came here just to see that part of the match

Very true. I would also add that Djokovic not going up a double break in that set was huge as well. Djokovic's level clearly dropped after 2011 and he was not at a good mental state at the time. When Nole is at his best, he has proven to be better than Nadal's best---Wimby 18, AO 12, AO 19, USO 11, etc.

@@jacobschmidt2709 Nah

@@jacobschmidt2709 Lol. Your ego need for Djokovic to be perceived as better is hilariously revealing of nothing but your own insecurity and irrationality. Rafa at his absolute best beats Djoker, especially on clay. Djoker at his absolute best beats Rafa, especially on hard courts. Djoker is phenomenal but has benefitted from way longer periods of remaining at/close to peak form thanks to being injury free. Rafa's incredible career stats despite having to endlessly battle back from injury put him in a class of his own.

You are absolutely on point, the difference between these 3 (maybe 2 now) and the others is HUGE. They're GOATs and the rest are mere mortals ;)

its something that we wont see again in our lifetime. 3 guys that came in the same era and just dominated tennis the way they have and still do. i just cant get enough of it!

No one has wanted 2 answer that issue; it feels like the Gap has increased the opportunities 4 the Big 3 to grab Slams in bunches; figuratively if not literally; all 3 would do well in against the Lendl, Wilander, Becker, Edberg, Cash, McEnroe era & the Agassi, Sampras, Courier & Rafter period; u toss those guys in w/ the new racket technology, better diet, etc, and things become very interesting; BECKER asked the QUESTION: where's the 3rd guy, or 2 add to that, the 4th , 5th, 6th guy, the new Nadal, Fed, or Novak; seems like there's no 1 on the horizon, but maybe that's when it happens; when u least expect it like Wilander, Becker, and Sampras, but it seems unlikely it'll be a Teen phenom making immediate Grand Slam impact; what's your guess on who b4 or after the Big 3 retire can make something happen, keeping in mind Nadal, & Novak aren't hanging it up anytime soon: Roger will probably Retire 1st

They hit the ball just as hard if not harder in today's game. They kept improving even if they are not at their physical prime.

RudG RudG Djokovic made the mistake not to slam down those slice backhands at 15-40.

@@fredrikdahlin7869 excuses

Other player might surrender at 0-40. But Nadal would not

That 200 kph ace at 30-40, 4-4 in the 3rd to save 3/3 break points and basically the set and the championship was one of the most clutch serves of Rafa's career.

@@mainemceachern1521 No doubt about that. Djokovic, however, returned the favor in FO 2015 quarters, Wimby 2018 semis, AO 19 finals and FO 21 semis. The pendulum has clearly shifted since then.

Rafa is also the only player of the big 3 that has a single win in Australian Open Edit : no longer true since AO 2022

@@Charles-oe6vl The point is surfaces, not specific tournaments. Rafa has multiple slams on hard surface, Roger and Novak don't. He's beaten Novak on hard twice in the finals, and beat Roger on grass in the finals, but neither Novak or Roger have beaten let alone take Rafa to 5 sets in RG finals.

@@breakaway2x Rafa dominates on Clay. Novak on hard and Roger on grass. Each GOAT has their dominant surface in terms of GS. You're completely wrong with saying Nadal domainates on ALL surfacse in GS. French Open wins count for pretty much half of his GS titles, alongside only a single Australian open, two WImbledons, and 4 US opens. I dont think you understand the meaning of the word "dominate". In order for Nadal to dominate in GS on ALL surfaces, he would have to surpass Novak in hard court GS wins, in which Novak has 7 Aus. Opens, 3 US. Then beat Federer in WImbledons, in which Fed has 8.

@@nihilus1626 Did he said Nadal dominates on ALL sutfaces in GS? I just saw he said Rafa achieved multiple GS on clay , grass and hard , wich neither Novak and Roger did that. Winning the Men´s Single French Open is the hardest and most physically demanding task to ever achieve in tennis. Every great player says and agrees to that.

@@Nycku007 ur correct but that's the thing, nafal doesn't have multiple slam wins on every surface. Having one Australian open is not "multiple" last I checked

Really hope Rafa comes back

The king of Tennis.

Very hard because of the age and injuries. Here and in US 2010 he was at an astonishing level! I believe he may win Grand Slams in hard courts like this Australian Open but he will not be above the level of play he showcased in 2010 and 2013. He was 25 and 28 then. That was his prime.

Your wish has come true today.... Vamos rafa🌹🌹

@@RS-eo6hu I wouldn't say we saw the same level of physical ability or ball striking, but we saw a higher level of mental ability and grit. Coming back from 2 sets to love in a grand slam record breaking final is just mid blowing. And to do that against the best hard court player in the world at the moment, there are no words. He is the GOAT, for now

Yes. Australian Open 2022.

Yes Acapulco 2022

why loved wimbledon but not USO? wimbledon is faster (at least used to be...) than the USO, no?

​@@jakehuang3545 Wimbledon changed the type of grass 20 years ago. The surface was extremely fast and the games were very boring. Nowadays Wimbnledon surface is even slower than Roland Garros

@@carlossimancas9867 Yes but why would he be preferring Wimbledon (fast) to USO (slow-medium)? Also kinda weird that he would make it to finals of FO & Wimb 04-08 (slowest & fastest) but get knock out in early rounds at AO & USO by cats like Hewitt, Roddick, and Blake (BLAKE?!?)

@@jakehuang3545 Wimbledon is the cathedral of tennis. Anyone would love to win there... Just told you that playing in Wmb was easier for Rafa, cause the surface was not as fast as in the US Open. And other thing is that since 2004 to 2009 Nadal used to reach his peak of form in spring (May and June), not in September. But he changed all that since 2010, and his body began to adapt to play in NY reaching another physical peak in early September

Prime Novak is 2013, not 2010.

@@andrejmitrovic4958 Nah, Nole was in his physical prime in 2010 (23 at the time) and had won a major (AO 2008), beat Federer in the USO semis that year and before the final, had beaten Nadal in their 3 previous HC meetings. Nadal was clearly the underdog there but was in form, served brilliantly and won fair and square.

Nope, best Nadal ever was, was USOpen 2010. That form of Nadal is the single best tennis player ever.

He's never beaten him on hard courts since so it's a 1 off If he can't back it up or longevity then it's pointless especially given since he's never defended us aus or wimbledon

​@@andrejmitrovic4958no 2011

just your opinion ... and we all know what opinions are worth ...

@@georgeway2092 nah, facts ^^ there are tons of evidence that solidifies nadal as the greatest!

Novak has most of all the records he only does not have the most majors but as of today he has 21 slams and is getting closer and closer to Nadal's 22 being one year younger. And also Novak has had the hardest path to his grand slams out of all the big 3

Nadal is the king of tennis despite all the injuries he has and has had throughout his tennis career due to the implausible mentality that has led him to be one of the most competitive athletes in the history of the sport. I am truly convinced that he will be the tennis player with the highest number of grand slams and that history will remember him as the greatest tennis player of all time.

Indeed ! Undisputed Goat 🐐

If the other two didn't exist, the one left would have 50 Grand slams.

​@@johngalt6838only novak would have 50 or more rafa has made 30 slams all up at best he wins 28 or 29 outside of that his injuries are a part of his crucifying his body to win

@@achillesviolaris1053 Oh....if any of them were not in the picture the other ones would have more majors. They are all top of the crop trading blows.

@@achillesviolaris1053 All those losses to Novak in finals would have been his. Same for Roger.

@@johngalt6838 That's true, but imo they would be much lesser players even tho their slam count is higher. They needed each other to keep raising the bar.. I'd say Djokovic, needed Nadal more since he was the chaser. Without Nadal and Federer, you wouldn't see the Djokovic you see today. Without Djokovic, I'd say Nadal may still have had a similar trajectory (although Djokovic did make him improve)

Ronaldo

Si, por supuesto 💪💪

Well, Novak is the GOAT so......

Cwm368 7 majors outside favourite surface 12 for roger 6 Novak I believe

He is very comfortable with the ball bounce on hard courts, and his footwork does the rest.

Doxa Addow feds favourite surface is a actually indoor hard

Djokovic is the best all court players though tbf he has many hard court titles and 5 Wimbledon’s along with 9 clay masters and 5 wtf indoors and 4 paris titles.

@@LordCaedus-bl7wi he's the best. No doubt

could had 5, if he played 2020 US open he was in great form in that year.

Indeed... And I predict he will tie Fed when he wins 2022 US Open

@@ishurockstar Great form in 2020. Are you kidding me 🤣🤣🤣. He lost AO in QF and Rome in SF. He only won RG in October

@@RFazor lol

His brilliance is his kindness, his benevolence the way he seems to spread happiness @ himself making it contagious + his 1 of a kind athleticism

He only lost because of Novak, or Federer....the same goes for the other two.

This was the last time Claydal took A SINGLE SET off Novak on hardcourts! LOL.. also, the last time he beat Novak off clay (and even there he lost to Novak).. great clay player, no doubt.

​@@mambi74 If we are talking about hard courts, only Djokovic (14), Federer (11) and Sampras (7) won more GS than Nadal. Nadal is maybe the 3th best hard courter ever because he had to compete with the two best hard court tennis players in history and despite this he won 6 GS.

Not necessarily, but great comment! 👍🏼

Ruthless enough to get straight setted by someone like Darcis in the first round of Wimbledon

@@thomasbrunkle8389 Players do go through bad patches,nobody does well all the time.In his prime he beat Federer in the same tournament

Nah,2013 rafa used more topspin,since Moya came he has reduced his topspin and he is hitting flatter shots and not trying to extend rallies all that long.Its working well against other guys,just not against Fed and Novak.

@Feed me a hammer and I will crap out nails. Rafa wasn't as Ruthless in AO 2019 as in 2013.....are u crazy???? RAFA IS A PLAYER THAT SUFFERS ON HARD COURTS WITH HIS BACKHAND.....IN AO FINAL HIS BACKHAND WAS TOO BAD AND EVEN HIS FOREHAND WASN'T EFFECTIVE.....IN 2013 HE DOESN'T MAKE TOO MANY UNFORCED ERRORS WITH HIS BACKHAND.....MUCH MORE CONFIDENT WITH HIS GROUNDSROKES......IN THAT MATCH WE HAVE SEEN THAT IF RAFAS BACKHAND WORKS HE HAS NO WEAKNESSES.....

Feed me a hammer and I will crap out nails. Ahahahaha good joke

This is what happened in Nadal's win over Medvedev in the AO2022 Final

This Nadal would destroy any of today's young gen in Straight Sets including Medvedev.

WELL NADAL HAS NOT BEATEN DJOKOVIC EVER SINCE OUTSIDE CLAY! 10 YEARS OF LOSING AND AVOIDING DJOKOVIC HAHHAHA

novak was not in his best...even murray dominate 1 months before in Wimbledon in straight sets

@@travisbickle5279Novak is only at his best when he wins ? So fed and Djokovic beat injured /not at his best Nadal? Accept that Djokovic couldn't have done anything to stop this Nadal.

@@palaknagori6255 ok...andy murray is for you with djokovic the same level....you say that with you comment..please shut up....

@@travisbickle5279 The difference between their levels in very very small. An inspired Murray can beat Djokovic. Even in 2015-2016 Murray was able to take sets off Djokovic. While Murray is indeed dominated by the big 3 at slams, tennis is a game of small margins, few important points win the game and usually Murray isn't able to raise his game on those points. Also if playing a grand slam final on his best surface doesn't motivate Djokovic, then I don't know how he won those 15 majors. It is impossible to play at your highest peak level every match but you have only yourself to blame. While I do accept peak Djokovic has certain subtle advantages over peak Nadal on hard, he too can lose and is not unbeatable.

palak nagori great comment finally someone

almudena 8 -> commentator got confused, he means: ´she can’t believe how lucky she is to be with that guy’ hahahahaha 😂

Glad you enjoyed it! We'll keep uploading new finals each week

@@usopen Ah very cool! Have you been uploading the final of 2011?

@@lejonas6104 you can see that they haven't, just check the channel.

@@lejonas6104 Keep checking back. More to come

Great showdown btw the two greatest tennis player.

and hasnt beaten novak since on hard courts so ultimate revenge goes to novak passing him in slams and head to head and obliterating him at aus open is straight sets 2019

​@@fivospanayiotouAre you feeling butthurt or something. Get back in your box Novak fanboy.

@@fivospanayiotou yes, indeed he did

Nadal OBLITERATED Djokovic at Roland Garros​@@fivospanayiotou

Pulsivity New Yorkers are known for it.

@@deemariedubois4916 yep, it's been like that for years so crowd is not an excuse for every players

Well Americans are always loud in sports such as hockey, basketball, American football, baseball, etc.

@@dewman7477 they just have no respect

@@georgnicholson8551 maybe tennis is different but in other sports it’s normal can’t stereotype Americans

If Thiem can beat him on hard court now he will edge him at the French he'd have to hope Thiem is not on his half

@@xidiamond6851 that comment is stupid

RG postopned. Wimbledon cancelled. Dunno whut would happen next few months

Xi DIAMOND that makes no sense lmao.. hardcourt Nadal is not Clay Nadal

Rusdayati Idrus He’s not playing, sadly.

And hit him in the face hahahahahahahahahah!

So Djokovic is only at his best when he wins? Aceppt that Djokovic played at his usual level here as well, it's just that Nadal in 2013 was unstoppable on hard courts as he won Canada, Cincinnati and the US Open in a row.

@@jameswalker6864 You are dumb as fuck.Djokovic lost in montreal lmao.

@@jameswalker6864 i dont get how you got upvotes

@@aleksamilosevic8792 idiot

Forehand down the line was used exclusively for break points.

Actually since 2014 as Rafa beat Fed in straights sets in 2014 AO semi finals.

Great observation

In fact he started having serious injuries a bit after that point in time.

22 now

Right on. The backhand vs Thiem french open 19 is way better. He can hit short and flat to take the ball away from the opponent. He has developed a sense of hitting loopy bhs to set up fh wins. 100% better now.

aktake2 Yep I noticed that too he seems to hit a lot more flat shots nowadays. Plays more aggressive and approaches the net more often aswell. It’s a good way to shorten rallies because obviously Nadal is not getting any younger and he’s not as explosive as he once was. I genuinely think Nadal has got a solid chance at winning Wimbledon ‘19 as this kind of approach suits him on grass like last year where he was very unlucky not to reach the final.

He's adapted his game very well over the years. He doesn't move as well, now that he's older. But both of his groundstrokes have gotten much better.

his watch is actually really expensive, i believe that particlar RM is worth north of $200k

@@issayah The commentator said the price which was 690k dollars.