That’s how Groth usually plays irregardless of surface, his ground strokes aren’t the most consistent

@@liaocow *regardless

@BLENDABLE serve and volley is exactly what it sounds like: you serve run to the net, and try to volley; Groth did it quite a bit in this match

Djokovic vs Nadal semifinal RG 2021.

@@statistika5372 Djokovic vs Nadal quarterfinal RG 2006 Djokovic vs Nadal semifinal RG 2007 Djokovic vs Nadal semifinal RG 2008 Djokovic vs Nadal final RG 2012 Djokovic vs Nadal semifinal RG 2013 Djokovic vs Nadal final RG 2014 Djokovic vs Nadal final RG 2020 Lol, man's acting like one loss at Roland Garros means Djokovic is a better clay court player XD Just remember, Rafa has 13 RG titles, Djokovic has 2. Even the year where he beat Rafa when Rafa was playing arguably the worst tennis of his career, he still couldn't win against Wawrinka.

@@DonCrimes Only third yet important

@@IzakD8 First: I didn't said that Djoko is better on clay, what l said is that Nadal is definitly beatable Second:Nadal wasn't bad that year, Novak was just much better

Nadal was bad at the fourth set

Hahahaha 😂

Nadal’s quality of tennis was actually very high that year but he wasn’t having the results to show it. I think he would’ve won the French open that year if he was healthy

@@omairkazi3994 I dunno, there was a prime Djoko

@@wave1468 nadal on clay can sweep the floor with djokovic in 2008

@@samuelcastells5061 djoko in 2008 was not his prime 2011 prime time for joker started

@@OTisnochOT Ok but why are you saying that to me

King of clay in general

@zakaria djouzi nah just the king of clay😉

@@michelegavelli2479 God of clay

Its called mind-set, one of the things that made him who he is now.

If he wouldn't, he could loose it. Nothing impossible in tennis

Imagine this year's announcer who has to say 4 more trophies compare to 2016

@@arisklms13 Now 5 lol

I would say that when the announcer finishes with the years Nadal has won the FO , Nadal has already won his opponent. So creepy moment every time

And this is the year Rafa had to withdraw from R3 match of RG cuz of wrist injury.

Djokovic reading your comment: 😂😂😂

@@Pp-kt6bf Like the 2020 RG?

@@Pp-kt6bf also Djokovic on fire is unstoppable don’t get me wrong

@@lorenzocimbelli5896 Hahaha

i mean he doesnt bank EVERYTHING on his serve, he just has a good serve, nadal has a better all court game on clay.

Couldn't have said it better👍🏼👏

Thank you ❤️

Thanks for the recommendation buddy

Yes, Indeed. Rafa had no mercy. He never has😂. I felt somewhat sad for Bashi that day. He's a nice guy tho. But we know, it's a competition and not about making friends.

Rafa Win 6-0 6-1 6-0 !😎

Huge serves don't work on clay. Not against Nadal at least.

Groth played his arse off. Nothing to be ashamed of ...going up against the best.

The serve is not as effective a weapon on the slower red clay especially against one of the greatest clay court grand slam champions in the game. Now if this match had been at Wimbledon on the traditional grass courts that favor the serve that would truly be amazing.

i saw it

he’s always done that. watch any nadal matches

for bounce and marking purpouses...

@@filda2005 he does it on other surfaces as well, it's just a thing he does

@@benparsons4979 superstitious beyond reason, just about everything. Position of his bottles.........

That keeps him aware of the geometry of the court at all times... deep science is there, where fools don’t have a clue 😉

Rafa is not the King of tennis , he has only won 1 Australian Open and when the best 8 players in the world play the end of season championship HE HAS NEVER WON, so he isn't the King of tennis but I will give you the God of clay !!

I could spendi a lot of time on this BUT it's a circular argument , Rafael Nadal was brought up on clay courts and his dominance on them can't be disputed BUT you cherry picking the end of season as just a money making tournament is ridiculous ALL the players have millions and millions of dollars, and if you had watched the level of Nadal's dejection when he lost to Medvedev you would know he wants to win this BUT because the surface is fast he hasnt so far , Rafa is a great competitor and the greatest CLAY court player of all time but on the faster surfaces at Wimbledon Australian Open and End of season he struggles and cant match the win records of Roger or Djokovic, The French is an anomaly and multiple Grand Slam winners couldnt win it because an all court style wont cut it so Sampras Becker Edberg Rafter McEnroe couldnt win it , for Nadal his weight of Grand slams its just clay they said Sampras wasnt the greatest as he never won the Fernch Rafa cant be the greatest because he always wins the French

@@albims3064 He's the greatest cause he has 20 slams.

Weak era of clay players and free use of PEDs for him only. And there is your "King of tennis" that can't even hit a proper forehand.

@@albims3064 there is no goat of tennis but Djokovic and Federer only won 1 RG so that has to be pointed out

Shows how much they screwed the game over. It used to be a man's game where power hitting was rewarded; now it's a chess game

@@S1rWakka And chess is not a "man's game"?

@@S1rWakka Haha! Power is still useful and used. Have you ever watched the game?

@@S1rWakka On the women's side Williams won 23 GS mostly because of power

@@larjkok1184 Numbskull

I've seen Rafa watch lobs go over his head before, sometimes the lob is just too good

He probably thought it was going out but it dropped in because of the heavy topspin

nope, sometimes you just get caught by a good lob, happens to all the big 3

Thanks Margaret, love your name! ❤️

@@WivoRN lol, thank you, why ? 😊

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He was actually a decent player; took a set off Federer at Wimbledon once. That S & V though is reckless on clay.

Thank you ❤️

Well described. Facts that 99% of all tennis players worldwide are looking desperate against Rafa (and Nole too). His appearance, his mindset and intense play makes it looking like that. But it's not fair to give it away. Everyone should fight, even there's Rafa, Roger or Nole on the other side of the net.

and almagro hilariously said out loud during the match paraphrasing heavilly here, just give the french open trophy to nadal, he will win forty. he will still win it when he's sixty years old. i think it was danii medvedev who recently shared a post showing a photoshopped sixty year old nadal speaking after winning his fiftieth rolland garros or something, i really want nadal to win some more wimbledons now though. his form at wimbledon has totally come back. he had that five set semi final that nadal should have won against djokovic, which was just as tight as federers five setter again djokovic in last years wimbledon. nadal also made that semi final, so two semis finals in a row at wimbledon, the latter he lost to federer in four sets, which perfectly balanced out federer's loss to rafa at french open weeks before in the semi final, also in four sets. im hoping at least one more wimbledon for nadal, and the french open won before it, so that's the continental slam. french open and wimbledon are the true tennis courts-the two traditional surfaces that both engage unique skill sets. like on clay the only person who willl beat an uninjured now there is a very solid two handed backhand, because nadal targets the backhand of opponents with unrelenting top spin loopy forehands and the lefty serve to the backhand, which tin henman simply called ;the nadal serve to federers backhand' . nadal has done two continental slams-in 2008, and 2010. hes got enough US opens-four. and im not bothered about him being the first player in open era to win at least two of every slam, by winning a second aussie open. the australian slam is nadal's bogey slam. hes always getting injured there. this time his back, he needed pain killer injections againt stan wawrinka in the final. after he got one, he actually bagelled warinka in that set, but theres a limit to the number of pain killer injections you can have, so rafa lost when the pain came back.the most recent aussie open final with federer vs nadal, roger beat rafa in five sets, and roger deserved to win, though it was five sets so score looked close, really a four set win for roger would have reflected the match better. the greatness of borg was winning four continental slams. -five wimbledons in a row and four french opens in a row. rafa managed five french opens in a row, and two continental slams. with eleven grand slams, and the french and wimbledon dominance, and given he retired so early, i put borg much higher on the list of greatest ever. obviously nadal is greatest clay courter of all time by a million miles. while borg's advantage over nadal is his dominance at both the french open and wimbledon, but its not like nadal was bad at wimbledon. he reached three consecutive finals, the third one, beating federer who was still in his prime. had to pull out of title defence nexr year, and won it again in 2010. lost the final in 2011 to djokovic which was the first year and most dominant year of nova's peak which was 2011 to end of 2016. then nadal inexpicably started losing in early rounds until he broke the rot in the last few years. makes me think what could have been, because if nadal had kept grass performance say in 2012 im confident nadal would have beat murray easily, murray can't deal with nadal, and the beat roger in the final.

@@shaunhumphreys6714 wtf

the fact is he already gave up even before the match started

It was the year he had the problem in his wrist I think

Actually he played one more match after this, he beat Facundo Bagnis 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 in the second round. Rafa retired after that match.

@@ashleythomas4112 yes yes ,, you're right

@@user-vh5wo5sg1e yeep ,, unfortunately

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@@WivoRN thank you

@@WivoRN thanks so much for that... The background music is fit for the video intro... 😊😊😊

And he was only 18 then

That has a story. Gaudio once said on an Argentinian tv show that he broke with his girlfriend the night before the match, by telephone, and then his mind was everywhere but the match. But he always lost his mind, and lacked of discipline.

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Naruto rainy day remix by Ksolis. It's in the description mate

The results weren’t any better from the baseline

Ok let see you or anyone else play Nadal. Groth had no chance at the baseline so why not try something different? In fact, no one except maybe Djokovic can out grind Nadal on clay at the baseline and even Djokovic still loses. Nadal on clay is the best player in SPORTS HISTORY

He would’ve done worse playing from the baseline

@@BrandonSG13 You are right though! 😂

It's the Madrid open trophy

@@WivoRN Thank you !!!

Vamos lost pretty easily yesterday! I guess impossible was made very possible!

@@pauljohnson6019 Let's be honest here, the fact that he's still winning Slams and not 3 years into retirement is a wonder in itself. Same for Nole and Roger.

Actually Sam Groth had no business playing tennis. He was horrible. I think he end up playing Rugby where was just as worst.