Us Open 2011 Too

​@@SAM098.2 match points on his racket & Federer blew it

And then Novak lost to Carlos. What goes around comes around.

@@garrusv lol

From a Federer fan's point of view, for sure. Objectively, it is a monumental moment in the history of sports, a shining example of perseverence and mental strength from Djokovic. And no, Federer didn't deserve it, if he had 2 match points and failed to take advantage of them on his own serve. Whats even more hilarious is that in the same match Djokovic had 2 match points also and won them both 🤣

Karma is a b*tch, watch Novak end his career in heartbreak, Federer will put a curse on him!

Well, we must all agree on most of the things you wrote above. But in one I disagree. And thats the fact you cant see nobody making those, or better results at age 38. If there is a legal way to make a bet, I would like to offer you 2:1 odds in your favour, that Djokovic will win a slam at age of 38. Or even better, lets make it two slams. 😉

@@tomaskopolia1031 I would bet with you for sure if i knew you in real life. Novak might achieve what roger achieved at that age but for sure no slam. cmon man. we we will see anyway 🙂

@@tomaskopolia1031 Novak is phenomenal no doubt...but imo his game is too physical and you really feel that body aging at 30+...at 38 its hard to see him competing with 20 something year olds in 5 set matches with his game (hes already losing right now to younger guys, as is Rafa)...what allowed Fed to win is his offensive game, short points, and feel/skill...I don't think a physical/defensive game has a shot at a slam at 38

@@rm1626 physical? Not at all. His serve is amazing. And the game is elevated to highest possible level, what you could see in Israel and Astana. And talking about the body, there is no other sportsman with the discipline of Novak Djokovic. We are talking about, vegetarian diet, yoga, constant day by day exercise. Anyway, I would like to place a bet on my words. 2 slams in one year, two years from now, for Novak Djokovic.

If he would have won the final of wimbly, that year would be considered one of the best along with 2005,2006,2007,2012, etc

It really sucks so much that his knee surgery in 2020 was an absolute disaster

I agree! Beating Nadal in 4 sets at Wimbledon was a great achievement. Fed's play in that match was just superb.

2019 is an underrated year in general. Nadal, Thiem, Djokovic, Federer and Medvedev all played at a really high level, but people call it weak era because “big 3 old”.

@@SJ-di5zu I agree 2019 was a lot of elite tennis. I don’t think 2020-2022 have been a great era for the Men’s game. ‘21 was especially down.

He is the most elegant tennis player of all time

yes, but his time has come and gone, tennis is a sport for young, unless you're Novak.

Yes. Federer is absolutely the GOAT of men’s tennis. He is the only men’s player to transcend the game like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods did for their sports. While stats are an important factor, they certainly do not tell the complete story.

yes, he is the most elegant tennis player of all time. But not the best and GOAT either, we still have a active guy and he is better than Roger almost every area. you know who is the guy i am taking about alright

True, he almost lost against Milman and Sandgren. It was a miracle that he saved those matches, at the same time, he was a little lucky as those guys missed easy chances of closing the match. I think the knee has been bothering him right at the beginning of the tournament, but he didn't want to give up. I wish he did, maybe the injury wouldn't be that bad and he might go on a top 5 level until the end of 2021. US Open, was a great chance for another slam, as Djokovic was not in the finals, also in Wimbledon 2021, Djokovic didn't look as strong as 2018 or 19. Even if he wouldn't win a slam, I believe that he would break Connors record of wins and maybe his title record, as he would most likely play the 2022 as his last season and could grab smaller titles.

Fed had that abdominal pull suffered from his prior two matches and didn't really want to play but decided to do it for the fans. Joker actually thanked Fed for not withdrawing from the match because he had that same injury before and it was unplayable. How much of the pull was a compensation for his knee is speculation because Fed never discusses his injuries and only gives you vague details. But he announced soon afterwards that after the exhibition in So. Africa with Rafa, he would have to undergo another knee surgery. Then everything went south.

He had injured both his abdominal and his knee. He repeated the mistake of going to tour the world at the end of 2019, instead of resting.

Yeah Djokovic even said after their match that Roger wasn't playing 100%

well... even a 100% federer cant beat djokovic in australia

That’s how good he was. He beat the world number one easily at nearly 39 and was moving better than the world number one at 39.

@@hymansahak181 Fed last beat Novak in a slam when Fed was still only 30, over 10 years before Fed retired. Last win in a knockout format was in 2015 in Cinci, over 7 years before Fed retired. This in 2019 was the last win of any sort but only in a round robin match. Fed last won 3 slams in his best season aged 25/26 and one of those slam finals was against Baghdatis, an unseeded slam finalist who spent a career total of 2 months in the Top 10. Djokovic is still winning 3 slams a season aged 36.

@@huzcer it was Gonzalez, not Baghdatis... that was 06 (Baghdatis in AO, Nadal in Wimbledon, Roddick in the USO) and he also won 3 in 07. Gonzalez, Nadal & Djokovic in the finals of AO, Wimby and USO.

It’s the footwork man, it’s like he’s dancing out there.

Wdym they're both squeaking

10000 languages in the world and you chose to speak facts

Couldn't say it better.

There can be only one: Novak Djokovic

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Good point. 40-15 from here😮❤

He literally had 2 match points. It was so devastatingly disappointing. 😢

Unbearable. I can’t think about it. We were already celebrating at 40-15 screaming and shouting and with tears of joy. Then total disbelief and shock when Novak won. It’s the worst loss of his career I’m sure. There are four or five really painful Federer losses where he lost a seemingly winning position but Wimbledon 2019 is horrendous. But at almost 38 and playing the world no 1, it’s an amazing run but still it will haunt him and his fans forever. He may have lost more to Rafa but Novak has inflicted the most painful losses on him. I actually think Roger is a better player and has more skill and creativity and variety and artistry but Novak is stronger mentally and he plays that wall like attritional defence that players just don’t get past often. It’s about stamina and belief. Roger hadn’t quite got the mental tenacity to deal with that. Only Rafa can deal with Novaks mental strength.

@@yesungjongmyangel that too on his own serve you need to mention that as well not like it was on opponents serve and djoker served his way out

@@wilf18 I agree with everything you said

@@sunny455759 Yes I know right?!! Like it’s the most devastating thing ever! We fans and he will be haunted forever I think.

instead, he ate a bagel on Wimbledon center court

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Novak Had another plans!!! 👏👍👋👍👏👍👋👍👏 👍👏👍

​@@user-vw7bk4ez3iI don't think he planned to lose that Nitto finals?

Not injuries There's something called age😂

At least he only had serious injuries at the end of his career. Players like Nadal had to deal with serious injuries throughout their whole career which makes Nadals achievements even more impressive in a way. The amount of time and tournaments he lost due to injuries

@@bowiththeflow7123 Nadal fakes and overrate his injuries. One match is playing crazy good nad then when he struggles against other players suddenly he is "injured" . Next month you see him playing again

@@bowiththeflow7123 That´s actually not correct. Federer had to fight many back injuries beginning from 2008 throughout his career end.

Whatever that helps you keep going😂

@@brunofernandez2906 it’s true though man. Fed is the GOAT, and I say this as a Serbian

I am also Serbian and Fed is the goat of "tennis IQ" and "footwork". I believe his next career will be as a professional dancer

I totally share your view regarding Federer's greatness. Hands down, his shotmaking, explosive forays on the court, on the spot serving, and his frequent ability to turn a game around with amazing bravery and skill, just breathtaking. Then, he outdoes anyone with his smashes and overhead lobs.

Agreed. I think Djokovic is a better tennis athlete, but Federer a better tennis player-everything about his play-style represents what the sport, to me, is supposed to be.

@@travisbickle5279 Against a limping Federer who was playing on basically 1 leg. That's only how novax can take revenge 😂. If it was djoko who was injured, he'd have thrown in the towel before the match even started, but Federer is not a selfish quitter like novak, he played the match & completed it & gave audience atleast something so they can have their tickets worth!

@@peterparker01 Wimbledon 2019 cry

@@jeremyneiderhoff Wimbledon 2012 cry me a river novaktard

@Peter Parker 1-3 vs Novak at his "best" tournament. Cope

@@jeremyneiderhoff Yeah & all those 3 wins coming after a massive labour like struggle against a grandpa Federer way out of his prime 😂 2 of them being 5 setters going down to the wire & in 2019 grandpa was a 1 swing away from winning infact he lead in every stat of the match & was by far the better player. Have some shame in you 😂

Unfortunately he didn't trust his backhand and missed the FH half volley.

He was exhausted.

God jinxed him, look closely at his mum praying on that pendent, around her neck, it clearly worked, no co-incidence, God robbed Federer, Umpire should see this, as evidence, and take that trophy away, and give it to Federer.

Me too. Tennis isn't tennis without him.

if federer had started winning grand slams at the same age that nadal started winning grand slams federer would be at like 30 now

federer didn't care about winning and didn't have any focus and fire till around age 23

@@alexanderkennedy2969 what a brainless comment

@@alexanderkennedy2969 Sure

Well, thanks to you we now know Roger is the goat of "tennis IQ" and "footwork". That's an interesting one 😂

He also would of won more if they didn’t slow down all the surfaces courts.

Something i say all the time to djoker fans. My man is literally from the serve and volley era, adapted to baseliners, dominated, 2000s is his prime decade, but still dominated into the 2010s against twohanded baseline monsters like djokovic.

Yes. Federer is absolutely the GOAT of men’s tennis. He is the only men’s player to transcend the game like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods did for their sports. While stats are an important factor, they certainly do not tell the complete story.

If Fed had lost this, to rub more salt in the wound, he would have probably turned atheist, and/or committed suicide in shock!

​@@pauljohnson6019Why would've he done that? He has lost enough share of match against his big rivals to think about that?

Would you say the same about Nadal in 18 months ? Djokovic a year after ?

@@somebody888 I think djoker is more better than fedal in 30s so far ,but let's see how he gonna perform in later years.

@@divyanshrai3113 30+ Djoker didn't face same competition which 30+ Federer faced. Get your head out of ur ass.

My pleasure!

You mean he felt his injury while serving for the win ?

Maybe, but he still won this match comprehensively, he still won Basel some weeks before, and he still made a slam final that year that he should've won in 4 sets max. Not sure about all this retrospective injury talk I'm seeing amongst Fed fans in the wake of Fed's retirement.

Ghost of Wimbledon 2019 has a company. Wimbledon 2023😂

@@initialise21 Winning GS tournaments is very circumstantial. When a tennis player hits 29/30 YO and another younger great comes on the scene it’s usually the nail in the coffin for the older player. So which younger rival was there challenging Nole from 29-35 years old? Thiem/ Dimitrov then more recentlyTsitsipas/ Zverev and Medvedev? Grand total of 2 GS between then all. No coincidence that Nole won most of his slams during this period. Now compare that to Federer reaching 29YO and facing Nole and Nadal for the rest of his tennis career.. laughable

@@initialise21 noletards like you are so funny

@@initialise21 Federer and Nadal are above your boyfriend. Djokovic will win 35 GS he will never be the GOAT.

@@initialise21 Nadal has the best grand slam record against Federer and Joker :)

@@stuewz Whatever that helps you keep going😂

🙏

Maybe because their personalities are not pleasant to him 🙂.

​@@dnangel4277i think they were hard to beat for him. He also celebrated his wins against Nadal like this.

I was there live for this match and was so pumped for Fed winning I remember some Serbs next to me giving me looks for screaming after every Fed point lol. I think the reason the Wimby 2019 loss is hard to take is not just because it was so close but also a rare case where the better player on the day lost.. Novak just survived and credit to him he played incredible defensively in the tiebreaks but Fed was in control throughout the whole match and let it slip. The fact its had such a big impact historically on the slam count etc is the other reason its hard to take. Fed has had some incredibly unfortunate but also self inflicted losses throughout his career such as the two us opens against novak and also the US open final against Del Po

@@R3L1KZ For me why is it so hard to take is not because of slam count (20 or 21, who cares). But because it was his chance to end his career with a great victory, beating both Nadal and Djokovic for the first time ever in his career to win a GS, when he was almost 38. And it was one point away. Damn.

@@miroslavjanecek9993 yep good point that is also another good reason. Its so cruel that that was his last rea chance to win a slam. I know people will think its wild to say but Fed is actually an under achiever in terms of the numbers he couldve and shouldve had if he didnt mentally implode in some matches. Whereas Rafa and Novak have maximised absolutely everything. That shows how insane Feds talent is that hes still right up there with them despite these losses.

@@R3L1KZ No, it's not "wild" at all. It's perfectly true. Fed was the winningest "loser" in tennis history, something that, once again, _only_ he could have managed. I like to think of it as a feather in his cap and further proof that he was sui generis and tennis's "only true genius". - A drubbing of Hewitt in the final of USO 2004, - a lost MP in his SF against Safin in AO 2005, - 2 lost MPs in Roma 2006 in a full 5 sets match against a lossless Rafa on clay (Fed's *greatest* early-career loss perhaps), - a 6-0 drubbing of Djoko in Cincy 2012, - a 6-0 drubbing of Nadal at WTF 2010, - a points dominance of 1.02 in the lost USO 2015 against Djoko, - a win streak of 6 matches (off clay) against Nadal from 2017 onwards, - back to back domination of Nadal and Djoko in Wimbledon 2019 (winning one and losing one, the latter the Fed's *greatest* late-career loss), - an utter domination of Djoko in their knockout match at WTF 2019, - a points won % of 49.4% against Rafa in a 16-24 H2H, - a PD of 1.02, GD of 1.01, and points won % of 50.2% in the 23-27 H2H against the Djoker (the only such anomaly in tennis history, especially over such a large set of matches) ... and so on. *_Every one_** of these, wins and losses, is Fed.* He may have hurt his fans more often than any other great player in any sport, but he played the game like he was tennis incarnated...which I believe he was. A never-before-never-again phenomenon.

Well said ; 👌👌 Ive seen most of the 2019 Wimbledon final and yes Fed was a little unlucky to not pull it off - but then some credit must go to his opponent ; Djokovic has never been an exciting player to watch in my book ; although he has all rudiments of the game sewn up - rock solid everywhere and by 2019 the most consistent winner over 5 sets on all surfaces other than clay As Kyrios described after his loss in the 22" final against him - " hes so composed" unless his oponent can blow him away decisively , Djokovic just stays with them til the bitter end - until somhow he comes out on top ! Its a game of attrition mostly , without a lot of flare or great overpowering shots ; oponent s just seem to wilt against him over the long term . And the 2019 final was a good example of this

Yeah that was first win for Fed against Novak since 2011 so idk about demolishing part😂Djokovic has way more wins against Fed then Fed against Djokovic

​@@serbianwarrior385first since 2011? what?

@@FL2070 Yeah bro check it out

false@@serbianwarrior385 he's beaten him several times since 2011

When the tour changes the surfaces to slow down the game to force longer baseline rallies, all-court players really suffered. Baseline grinders really took advantage of this change. This is why I believe Federer is the GOAT of men’s tennis. He is the only men’s player to transcend the game like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods did for their sports. While stats are an important factor, they certainly do not tell the complete story.

He had to step out of his comfort zone to beat Federer and play more aggressively just as Federer had to step out of his to beat Djokovic. He just wasn't able to do so that day.

Well, he has always been London’s favourite since 2003 - the huge upset at SW19 a few months ago just enforced it (they wanted him to make up for it). A bittersweet ending IMO; he denied Djoko the chance of becoming YE No. 1… but he still failed to win the tournament & ended up finishing the year in 3rd place.

He wanted to exact revenge on the guy who stopped him from winning his 21st major.

Federer didn't outplay Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. *W/UE* *Djokovic - 14/6, 2/10, 9/7, 9/6, 20/23* *Federer - 21/14, 9/4, 13/12, 14/10, 37/22* Interesting... According to this, Djokovic was better player in 1st set (better W/UE ratio, more points - even excluding those two more in TB). Third and fifth sets were pretty close, obviously, Federer had much better W/UE ratio in fifth, but maybe Djokovic decided not to be superactive in Fed's service games (after that rebreak), but to preserve power for his own, and for TB. Maybe even the gamestyle can be a little deceiving. Well, we can speculate, but the result is... as it is. The only important statistic where Fed really outplayed Novak was serve (and return) here. In first 3,5 sets Fed was almost untouchable on serve, lots of easy put away winners etc... And total points won statistic is mostly skewed by that 2nd set that Novak pretty blatantly tanked after getting broken (Fed won 14 more points in that one). *Your judgment is probably clowded by painful loss that you have hard time getting over.* If Novak lost 1st set there is just no way he would have given second the way he did and whole flow of the match would be different. We will never know what would have happened if this or other scenario played out. But Novak held very well and was better when he needed it, that's it. *it might seems to be like an upset for Federer fans but the (hard) truth is Djokovic dominated the match in all the crucial moments.* No player should win a match that they actually don't win.... *what matters is who plays the critical points better, here is where greatness is defined.* No argument here claiming Fed should've won has any real substance behind it.

Pure bullshit Novak has nothing to envy to anyone in indoors

Why so much "if" in your rhetoric ? I mean, with ifs, everyone could win Wimbledon so many times !

@@mickaellandry9726 Yes, he should have won. Should have won the USO 11 SF, too.

He was 38 years old that time.

Don't use injuries as a red herring, yes maybe that was true, but the real injury, was the 'mental one,' that occurred after he didn't convert on match points, that haunted him, and made his physical state deteriorate.

@@pauljohnson6019 lol good joke

@@ZAY109 I'm not joking, take a look at my video analysis of Wimbledon 2019.

@@pauljohnson6019 do you want to go for a long drive 😉😉

@@kikaa1884 If you want punk.

War-torn? Hahaha, it was never war-torn where Djokovic lived. The only thing was a few bomb raids by the US. There was no fighting whatsoever. He wasn't fighting just to live.

Whatever helps you sleep at night

​@@adaa1078Says the guy who was in diapers in 2006.

😊 ha ha , good story!

Nadal was fighting with injuries, Novak fighting with injuries and idiot people. They are motivated to win. Federer was a privileged player, he has the perfect talent and the perfect body.

The goat of "tennis IQ" and "footwork", I read this from a fanboy today and I must say I might agree

2013-2017 is wht did the damage, even if he had won atheist a slam a year, he would be on 25

Nole's levels of plays went up and down, in this game Nole just played his 80%. On the hand Roger always plays the same level, always plays his hardest, I mean, Roger plays a little better at his prime than right now. Nole always tries his hardest but at times he just could not bring out his best, no matter how hard he tries. After the big three were gone forever, will we realize how fortunate we were to witness the Big Three. I'm a Nole fan while I respect Roger and Rafa.

​@@stephensun7909I think prime of Roger and Prime of Nole are very close to each other with just a slight mental edge to Nole. But surely it could be anybody's game. Fir me, Roger is the 2nd Greatest after Nole.

No versions of Federer can beat 2015 Novak

@@NamTran-xc2ip delusional

@@NamTran-xc2ip 34 year old version of Federer beat prime Djokovic 3 times in 2015. And even Wawrinka beat Djoker ass.

@@NamTran-xc2ip 2006 RF says hello!

​@@nelson8r2003, 04, 05, 07, 12 also. Even the 2015 final was actually decided by just a few points here and there although the result looks pretty straight foreward.

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ZZShZoCeqKx5t40.html NUMBERS don’t lie ! Watch and you will se which era was stronger😂 Watch tennis before you put such comment! And what you are talking about Nr1 ? Novak had the most weeks nr1 brake Federer’s record also there and most ending season at nr1? Which excuses Novak fans need? Novak won also more slams over 30than Roger, destroyed Roger 3times on his GS at W😂😂😂 2019 Novak send him to retirement ( where was rogers experience there ? He had everythink fans game EVERTHING he need and STILL LOSE ! )

Bruh are you still crying about that Wimbledon final? Or the fact Fed is not even in a Goat debate anymore since Djoko and Rafa surpassed him in gs titles? :)

@@fakereality5204 but a 38 year old fed beat prime nole 6-3 6-4….what does that tell u?

@@goderer2057 So you admit that 32 years is prime? Then you also admit that Djokovic has beaten prime Federer an insane amount of times and in many, many important finals. Djokovic losing one bo3 final is normal, it happens to literally everyone. It just happened a lot more to prime Federer lmfao.

@@SPZ909 you guys claim its his prime. I dont think thats prime djokovic at all. Prime nole is 2010-2016

He had it in his hands,out rallied Rafa and Novak, only to choke that way,Novak is definitely the lucky one

@@planestuff5027 Lucky, or had divine intervention? I choose the latter, I made a YT reaction video- go watch it.

Yes as per your logic weak era champ is novak coz roger usually beats weak era champs only 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

😅 just ask who Nole best to get his 21GS during 2011-2022 that’s what I call a true weak era champ

Of course, Roger defeated the weakest era champ! Nothing to boast about as such. 😂

@@travisbickle5279 Nadal’s won almost every clay masters from 2005-2010, he won the same amount from 2011-2021 so please stop with your rubbish over prime Nadal facing prime Djokovic. Nole wasn’t regularly facing Fed and Nadal in GS until they were both in their 30s cause he kept losing early on during their primes

@@travisbickle5279 Nole has won far more of his GS against 0 GS winners than Fed did. Nadal is the only player to beat prime Federer. Nole could only do it consistently after Fed was over 30 years old. Let’s see if Nole can beat a top 10 player at 38 years old let alone beat a world no 1..

He was 2-4 vs Nadal and 0-1 against Murray in 2006. So, I'd say he is beatable...it just depends on the right competition as opposed to the Roddick/Baghdatis competition.

I would rather have him lose here than lose there.

Roger figured him out. It was a shame he got injuries afterwards.

for the time being there are 4 :) Tsitsi, Musetti, Shapo, Dimitrov. Hopefully Thiem and Stan join soon.