Novak and Rafa Novak and Murray Novak and Roger better Rafa vs ROger was too onesided - Rafa was far better as a whole That's why Novak and Rafa are fighting for the GOAT title and Fed is crying in his own backyard

Novak and roger is nowhere near as good a rivalry as Rafa and fed going at it.

​​@@aswinsrikanth408nadal with his 209 weeks at number one, and federer being better in 4/5 of the big tournaments, not really

@@JoshuaMutsawuLol Nadal destroyed fed pretty much everytime before which Rafa scarcely played in hard and when he played, Roger destroyed him in last few events as roger won 7 out of last 8 against Nadal, out of which 6 were in hard and 1 in grass and 1 in clay(which rafa won). So it was onesided from the start for Rafa and at the end for Roger, so they didn't push the boundaries, whereas Roger-Novak was evenly distributed(except maybe grandslams) and as for Novak-Rafa, it's the single greatest rivalry of tennis history, very evenly distributed 30-29

@@leovogts1999But talking about rivalry, Rafa Roger was not a rivalry. Novak and Rafa, now that’s a rivalry. The number 1 vs 2 of all time. Roger’s just an annoying pest…

What's funny is I used to choose a side. Now that their era is ending, I love all three of them. Not quite the same, but I realize how lucky and graced we all were as spectators of their incredible talent and personality.

I am a Novak fan.

I used to be a Rafa fan. Now I'm a Novak fan. It's the era and the people therein.

I think we both loved and hate these matches. But as time went we fell in love with both players being great

There is still Carlos and Sinner

I’m old enough to remember Sampras/ Agassi era as well.

Always been good times......grew up with Connors/McEnroe Borg.....Becker/Lendl....Sampras/Agassi, now BIG 3 and beyond. It always changes.

New Golden Era: Alcaraz, Rune and Rudd

Never

@@IvanRandomDude Outside of Alcaraz no "new" guy impresses me. At this point.......c'mon US tennis!

Would've been great if it came at US Open 😂

Até estranho não facil chega na final tinha doidos doidas falava que tudo Atp Fórmula Europa tudo comprado vendido $$E visto pra experiência

Djokovic has single handedly destroyed federer-nadal match up consistently for them fans. Hence, they curse him.

@@markwatson3766 Those toxic fans dont deserve a federer-nadal matchup

@@markwatson3766 RG : Rafa - Djok 8-2 USO : Rafa - Djok 2-1 🤭

They need to play for fun after next year. TRUST me - fans will watch them and stop going that the actual games. Well, maybe it would coincide with the games bc i know they both wouldn't want to do that anyway lol

Such good characterizations!

Still thankful after what happened in final?

​@@virat5828 Play a Grand Slam final at the age of 38, almost win it after defeating Nadal in the semis and Djokovic in the final...we can be thankful to saw this man played such an incrdible tennis at this stage of his career 👌

@@flaviencrozier I think most fedfans would be thankful if Federer lost easy rather than getting so close.

@@virat5828 "If if if... doesn't exist". I'm always and still devastated about what happened in the final. But Novak won, even though Roger was better in this final, the serb was more clutch than Fed in the tiebreaks and this is what cost to the Swiss the title. Djokovic deserves it for his mental strength and his capability to stay calm, stay in the match despite the fact that 90% of the crowd was behind his opponent. The sport is sometimes cruel but this is only sport...

@@flaviencrozier u will see moron. What will Novak play and win and what his ranking will be at 38 y.o. we will laugh at federer

It would be better on respective finals, not perfect then mate😢

although RG sucked to play with a lot of wind that made it almost unplayable

@@MgoUmk It's also about who can adapt better though... :D

And the player won on their favoured surface. Rafa won on his beloved clay, Federer won on his beloved grass.

@@lewisf14t18 yeah sadly the seeding didn’t work out that way

Don t forget, after AO he also won Wimbledon

40 - 15

@@Rodolka This 40-15 quip is getting old and there's nothing original about it. Federer not only won AO 17 but defended it the next year.

@@andreihorodniceanu6541 absolutely

He had 2 MP. It was like roulette at the end and 50 to 50%

Piensas que este partido fue mejor que el de Djokovic en Australia 2012 o Djokovic Federer 2015 . 2019 Wimbledon. Pues no has visto nada de Adrenalina. La mejor rivalidad por lejos es Djokovic & Nadal ya que ambos solo tienen 1 año de diferencia. Nadal siempre le ganaba a Federer por el tonto revés que tenía lamentablemente y nadie le ayudó a corregir.

I am looking for this comment. I am not Rafa's fan, but Federer missed too many important points. No wonder he is behind Novak and Rafa in the GOAT race.

Federer is the most iconic tennis player. Nadal is the greatest clay player. Djokovic is the greatest tennis player lf all time.

​@Hristijan Dimitrovski always a Djoko fan...

@@marzieli os there something wrong?? And btw, I'm fan of all these guys because all of 3 of them are incredible players. But I'm just realistic

Roger has played the best tennis ever seen. No other player is able to get to that level. Not Even defensive Djoko.

for Fedal fans.

I never expected Roger to go past 17 Slams going into the 2017 Australian Open, so to get to 20 was sweet. But losing the final was devastating, I kind of expected that it was his last shot at the time but to lose 3 tiebreak sets and 2 match points on a day when his serve was so dominant really hurt. It wasn't the fact of the loss as it was Novak, it was getting so close.

It's fine, the man was like 38. Novak right now (Apr 2023) is 35. He's more than amazing.

The 11 most dominant players in open era(1968 to 2023) as world no 1 are 1.Novak Djokovic=382 weeks 2.Roger Federer=310 weeks 3.Pete Sampras=286 weeks 4. Ivan Lendl=270 weeks 5.Jimmy Connors=268 weeks 6. Rafael Nadal=209 weeks 7.John McEnroe=170 weeks 8. Bjorn Borg=109 weeks 9.Andre Agassi=101 weeks 10.Llytton Hewitt=80 weeks 11.Stephan Edberg=72 weeks

Stephan Edberg is among the best and greatest 🎾 player in open era. He won everything except French open title but he reached French open finals 1 time which was close and intense match against Chang actually

Not only Stephan Edberg but Ivan lendl also reached Wimbledon finals 2 Times and lost to Boris Becker and pat cash in straight sets also Ivan Lendl is best 3/4 surfaces also (Red clay,Hard courts and Carpets)

i STILL MISS FEDERER.

Stan Novak was great

Well for me Rafa and Nole’s rivalry is greater overall. They’ve literally played the most amount of matches against each other in the history of tennis and sport man, one more meeting and it will be 60 meetings! That’s crazy, but because their H2H is closer as well currently being 30-29 to Nole, and they are only one year apart in age, so for me their rivalry is undoubtedly the greatest in the history of any sport.

@@thelegacy1083 the shot making was slightly more of a slog though, need that one-hander aesthetic

@@stefanlosty444 In your opinion. Any style of tennis is subjective. I prefer gruelling gladiatorial matches which Rafa and Nole were the best at providing.

@@thelegacy1083 gruelling is correct. The op's comment was about shbh vs dhbh rivalries

That is actually a wimby tradition, both the players are supposed to walk out of the court together after the game, no special gesture here

Nadal's backhand is his biggest weakness and is one of the worst among elite players

@@dimitrism.1814 get a brain

Since 2016 Nadal's forehand has been the most overrated shot in tennis, he makes so many errors on that side now. Federer worked this out and attacked Nadal's forehand and won 6 of their last 7 matches, from 2016 to this one in 2019.

@@Pearcewreck I can't believe what I'm reading. People would say anything for a bit of originality right?

@@Pearcewreck from 2015 actually.

And lies probably told therein unfortunately. Still great athletes

And to beating the NextGens too 😄

Stamina and consistency? Please... Maximum topspin to the backhand, no?

​@@jooohanFederer has been better than Nadal overall. Only not on clay

@@ChristiaanRoest79 Define better. Their H2H is heavily one-sided (yes, it's like 6-1 for Fed since 2017 AO final). Has Fed won more majors on grass and hard? Yes, he has. Does not matter much who's better now. In their stratosphere, it's the GOAT that counts. Neither of the two - Fed, Rafa - is or will be that.

@@jooohan Much better. More grand slams titles other than Roland Garros. He also won the last two grand slam matches at Australia and Wimbledon. Other than clay he is definitely better and a more complete player. H2h says nothing.

No

Nah Rafa, Nole is greater imo.

No

GOAT won the whole thing

Pour le coup là c'était une demi-finale (le dernier match entre les deux). Ils se sont tout de même affrontés 3 fois en finale (2006, 2007 et 2008) ce qui reste un record à Wimbledon (partagé avec la rivalité Edberg Becker en 1988, 89 et 90, et la rivalité Federer Djokovic en 2014, 2015 et 2019).

@@flaviencrozier Et Roddick vs Federer

yeah sure, after Nadal's latest comments on Djokovic we all know how 'down to earth and kind' he is.