2011 US Open Final Djokovic vs. Nadal Set4 Highlight (HD)

[VPR2001]

Why is there a weird sound after every point?

[VictorYong36]

the Host broadcaster in both US and Oz Opens uses different graphics to the world feed.

[ZianiEzz]

semi final was much better and intense, that even not looking like a final lol. a bit more of a 1st round match lolol . Congratulations Djokovic, deserved!

[RBaltovi]

All these comments have valid points but the bottom line is that this year Djokovic showed that when he is in shape and able to stay with Rafa from start to finish he can beat him on any surface. Djokovic could always beat Rafa; going in to this year his H2H was better on hard courts where he didn't have to play longer rallies; now that he has the stamina to stay w/ Rafa on the slower stuff his confidence is sky high and he now knows Rafa is very beatable on all surfaces.

[ksibor]

NOVAK IS JUST A TEMPORARY SUCCESS (MORE SHOWMAN I WOULD SAY...). BUT ROGER FEDERER WAS, IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE GREATEST EVER TENNIS PLAYER. AHEAD OF SABRAS , CONORS ETC...HE'S THE PELE OF TENNIS !

FEDERER FOREVER !!

[Netkhmer]

@ksibor Agree and i am alway Roger fan too but you need to concept the new generation too.

[TennisCoachno1]

i cannot believe that serve at 2.50 just 60mph! that has got be the slowest male serve ive ever seen, rafa was shattered here after that incredible 3rd set. I can serve faster than that!

[cutidoktekaramtz]

novak djokovic je najbolji na svijetu !!!!

[DonChilenito]

actually Nadal lost this match by him self... did anyone see his serve %... That is to low! his serve sucked hell this match : (.... Novak played like he alweys have done.. and nadal was superior.. but the serves failed him wich made it to complicated and easy for novak to return with winners.

[ASobsessive]

Power in Djokovic's shots this year has definatly improved, I also think that the glutine free diet has helped him quicker with his movement. But to me the length and precision of his groundstokes are fantastic. I've never seen anyone move Nadal around so much from the baseline, and give Nadal such little options, and even make him lose patience I don't think he's gonna have a year like this again, he might conserve his energy for the Grand Slams more, but will still be extremily tough to beat!

[makgirling]

This was just a repeat of Wimbledon, Nadal outgunned and outplayed.

[TheFedererNadallover]

Djokovic ... 10 straight points from 3-1 to 5-1 30-0 !! Can't remember the last time something like that happening!! Super Nole!

[davidmendoza8]

Pobrecito Nadal no pudo hacer nada en el 4to set, no se acordó de sacarse el calzón del culo gediondo jajaja, estúpido para que la manflora de Martina Navratilova siga diciendo que es el mejor,. No en mujeres la mejor Steffi Graf y en hombres Roger Federer. Los mejores en la historia del tenis.

[640abdalla]

You know its hard to point out one thing that djokovic did in order for him to win against nadal, cause he did a few things right that resulted in to him winning al their mathches this year! First i think he's playing 85 to 90% of the really to nadal's backhand, he is returning better than ever, his forehand is improved alot this season, and us usual he is getteing more balls back during the really's, but the most important thing that he improved is mentally he is so strong mentally this year!

[italo36]

Djokovic has lost only 2 matches in 2011 and one of them he defaulted because of an injury, the guy is too good

[MrDark409]

Plain and simple....Djokovic has become better than Nadal!! Its ridiculous to say that Nadal is not trying to win. No one is trying to win any harder than Nadal.

[themariannelm]

Nadal is so noisy.

[CuTlEaMM]

@themariannelm Can you stay calm and silent in a match against Djokovic in a final? I don't think so LOL

[CuTlEaMM]

@themariannelm Can you stay calm and silent in a match against Djokovic in a final? I don't think so LOL

[marxracicot]

Thanks for uploading this HD. More importantly is to see Nadal lose in the match. Very happy to see that.

[suddenlyitsobvious]

The ONLY sharp angle produced by Nadal in these highlights is at 5-1 15 all. Djoko's tennis is just hard-hitting with low error % and very high drive. That Nadal has no answers simply seems abnormal.

[suddenlyitsobvious]

It simply gives me the impression I've had throughout much of the year that Nadal isn't playing his best tennis at all against Djokovic. He's essentially keeping the ball in play and giving Djoko a remarkable amount of balls bouncing high in mid-court for Djoko to just thump away at. It really looks like Nadal is TRYING to make it look like he's trying -much of his effort being in the chasing of balls and defensive play- but he's not actually trying to win the match. Something's up...

[TheJosko987]

@suddenlyitsobvious He was playing as much Djokovic have let him play.

[kimbahpnam]

@suddenlyitsobvious Nadal CAN'T play his best against Djokovic because Djokovic won't let him.

[suddenlyitsobvious]

Yeah, that's the answer that was to be expected but it's not true. Just look fi at almost all the points in the first game: there are PLENTY of balls coming Nadal's way that are NOT too difficult. But he just sends them back nicely to Djoko's midcourt until 5 or 6 shots later Djoko finally gets the point.

ALL of Nadal's returns of serve are pathetic & again, you can of course go: 'that's because Djoko's serve is so great', but just look at 1:59 fi, it's almost ridiculous.

[KaminariKatta]

@suddenlyitsobvious Are you dumb or what.

The slice is actually a good tactic for nadal to try.

Federer uses the slice to upset djokovic's rhythm and make him go lower for the ball.

If you play tennis and have a two-handed backhand,you would know how hard it is to hit a 100mph serve step inside the court,and then have the ball returned low and deep right to your feet.

Federer is a master of this strategy.Nadal should try this more.

Djokovic is a machine from the baseline and you HAVE to do tis

[suddenlyitsobvious]

@KaminariKatta

'Nadal should try this more'

Then why doesn't he? Why doesn't he try ANYTHING?

No I'm not dumb but YOUR answer is in fact rather dumb since it is so ill-phrased that it is meaningless:

Nadal has a 2 handed backhand so its hard for him to serve and step into the court?

Everybody knows what a slice is but I suggest your analysis should incorporate more elements in order to be pertinent and especially be formulated more clearly.

[KaminariKatta]

@suddenlyitsobvious Nadal doesnt try it because it doesnt work against djokovic.

Like i said, Nadal's slice is one of his weakest shots,if you take a look at federer's slice,it feels like a "knife" it barely passes over the net,it skids very very low.

For nadal however,his slice is more of a shot to give him time,it floats longer and does not skid as much as federer's slice.

The most important things is that nadal is lefty.

He cant slice crosscourt , slicing down the line leads to inside out.

[KaminariKatta]

@suddenlyitsobvious Im not sure about your statement about nadal not"trying ANYTHING"

Nadal has tried many different approaches in fact.

At indian wells,he tried to blast him off with the serve

At miami,he tried to outlast him

At madrid he tried to break down his backhand

At rome,he first tried to attack the forehand,then he proceeded to give a few semi-moonballs, which prevents djokovic from getting into a rhythm

Wimbledon and us open,he was trying to be too aggresive,lots of mistakes.

[DonChilenito]

@KaminariKatta. he tryed but failed with other things.. thats why he has been lossing while Novak has been playing 100% not failing mutch... if you compare this years nadal with the 2010 nadal.. this year nadal is not even close to the 2010 nadal to be honest.

[KaminariKatta]

@DonChilenito The main problem is confidence.the same problem occured with federer.

Federer after rome 2006,started blowing break point chances,you know,losing despite having won more points.

Nadal here has literally no confidence,His confidence started fading when he lost to djokovic on clay twice.

Djokovic keeps gaining confidence while nadal decreases in it.

[KaminariKatta]

@suddenlyitsobvious And i dint say that it was hard for nadal to serve and step into the court.

Im saying that it is extremely difficult to serve,then bend your body and lower your knees to hit a quality slice shot,even more if the slice is short.

I dont think you understand what i said a single bit.

Nadal was trying to bring djokovic to the net with the short slice,the short slice takes away rhythm.

In other words,in tennis terms,its called"junk"

It gives 0 pace and forces them to cr8 smth

[KaminariKatta]

@suddenlyitsobvious Though on that point,we all know that nadal is trying to do the short slice.

Again,this is an effective weapon,very effective in fact against two handers,watch roddick vs federer if you want some evidence.

When hitting the slice,A two handed backhand user has to go low,this puts the person off balance.Not only that,this leaves him in bad court position his trapped in the middle AKA no man's land.

The thing is that nadal is a lefty he cant slice to djoker's backhand..

[KaminariKatta]

@suddenlyitsobvious besides,slicing the ball is a safe option.Its much better for people with a good ground game and would like to get into rallies.After all,why risk an unforced error for a big return when you can just chip it right back and get the rally started.

This also neutralizes the advantages big servers have.When people serve big,they want an easy sitter so that they can finish the point off.

However,with the slice return,you negate all the crap and just bring them into a rally.

[kimbahpnam]

@suddenlyitsobvious I don't know what you were watching, but Nadal was hardly ever in control of a point in that first game. When you're always running to hit a shot it's hard to control where you want it to go. Nadal's return at 1:59 was not bad. He kept the ball low and Djoko couldn't do much with it.

[KaminariKatta]

@kimbahpnam Sadly,in his eyes,any return that does not fly at 100mph is pathetic and ridiculous.

He cant process the information about how effective,actually,EXTREMELY effective a short slice is against a two handed backhand.

[TennisCoachno1]

@KaminariKatta totally agree with you man dunno wat suddenlyitsobvious is on about!

Djokovic matches up so well against rafa as effectively his greatest weapon of the big forehand outwide to the backhand is negated by djokovic's superb backhand and is then able to turn defence into offence in a single stroke. His short forehand cross court keeps asking questions of rafa's streaky backhand almost daring him to hit a winner and incredibly rafa loses patience and the UE's mount up!

[KaminariKatta]

@TennisCoachno1 Djokovic's Running forehand or forehand under pressure has really improved the most.

I just watched USO 2010, Whenever djokovic was on the run on the forehand,he would hit it cross court,with 0 depth and not alot of spin,this led to nadal blasting backhands.

He also approached the net stupidly,Approaching the net with a cross court short is fundamentally flawed,you give your opponents more than 1 way to pass you.

The secret to succes at volley is to make your opp only have 1 .

[KaminariKatta]

@TennisCoachno1 Djokovic's Running forehand or forehand under pressure has really improved the most.

I just watched USO 2010, Whenever djokovic was on the run on the forehand,he would hit it cross court,with 0 depth and not alot of spin,this led to nadal blasting backhands.

He also approached the net stupidly,Approaching the net with a cross court short is fundamentally flawed,you give your opponents more than 1 way to pass you.

[KaminariKatta]

Djokovic was more aggresive last year though, this year,he waited for the perfect opportunity to strike,

This i believe is a better strategy,

Reckless attacking will only lead to your opponent passing you at net.

Again,the CC approach shot by novak was a terrible mistake,

The secret to succes at the net as my coach told me was to

"Make your opponents hit their passing shots where YOU want it to be,Limit their options to only one route."

[TennisCoachno1]

@KaminariKatta I don't agree that it was a mistake the cc forehand. The difference between his execution of that shot from this and last years final was his positioning and his shot selection at specific times. When djokovic was securely positioned in the middle of the court he hit that short cc forehand that had very little pop on it and varying by occasionally hitting it shorter which meant rafa had to reach lower for it with a misfiring backhand or he forced him out wider causing more UE's.

[KaminariKatta]

@TennisCoachno1 i dont know,I always beat aggressive baseliners by doing a short slice,tempting them to go crosscourt.From there,ill just lob it cross court or a well angled one.

The lob is the best in my opinion as your opponent is moving away from the shot,the general idea of"following the ball to the net" causes this problem.

That aside,Djokovic's net game is better now.The wimbledon final was a perfect example.He read rafa like a book.Never seen rafa unable to pass someone so many times.

[TennisCoachno1]

@KaminariKatta Also his tactical nous and execution were far superior to that of last year and Nadal's. He cut out that 'hopeful 1/10' dropshot, whereas now he grinds the opponent down and when that window is at its utmost point he delivers with coolness personified. Ultimately he has just improved every part of his game by a fraction until it all clicks perfectly into place.

[TennisCoachno1]

@KaminariKatta He was too rash + impulsive instead of orchestrating the point better and ironically now he can afford to stay on the baseline and pummel rafa at his own slug fest and only realllllllly needs to go the net to finish off a point instead of mindlessly charging into the net when there are better options available.

[KaminariKatta]

@TennisCoachno1 yea,those mindless,kamikaze cross court net rush is gone now,

The only time djokovic approaches cross court now is when he is expecting rafa to slice the ball,rafa's floating,weak slice is fodder for anyone,now,in that wimbledon final,he is approaching at the right time,meaning when rafa is out of position,far back behind the baseline, DTL and down the middle approaches.

Djokovic seems to have become more intelligent too.