Fernando Gonzalez / Lleyton Hewitt - Highlights AOpen R32

[Rus6ATP]

00:42! C'mon!

[OffGreenHead]

Best forehand ever vs best backhand ever

[AngelotePokemon]

este fue un torneo increible para nuestro feña porque le abia ganado a todos los aparecido por el camino incluido a nadal buen video

[federerfan2011]

best days of gonzalez



[shawnzorf]

Well, I'm Chilean, but Gonzo playing Davis Cup, or Olympics, would kick anyone's ass. Just ask to James Blake. On 2006, he played the first point against Feña, and he was 76 60 and 53 (30-0) up, but Gonzo won that match, he was 20 and Blake 6. and he beaten Roddick (no. 2 on athens 04), 64 64, and an injury put gonzo out of a chilean final.

PD: Why English speakers talk on a chilean video, he kicked hewitt's ass that night.

[JL6293]

Hewitt had no weapons, it seemed : (

[joseph0086]

yes, that's why he was an amazing player. He did not need any weapon to beat top guys to win slams and got to number one spot. You have to respect him, he's till in top 20 after al the injuries

[JL6293]

During Hewitt's reign before Federer started his era, nobody could break through his defenses. Hewitt was like a tank on court: he could retrieve almost any ball and was able to make most guys hit 4-5 balls more than they want to. I think that maybe in Hewitt's short year or so at number 1, no aggressive player had a weapon that was consistent enough. Then came Roddick with a huge serve, and then Federer with a big forehand and a creative serve.

[joseph0086]

Roddick had a bad H to H record against Hewitt around that days. i certainly think hewitt deserved what he acheived. And probably would add 2-3 more slams in his record IF not in Fed's era. A lots of 'if' can be said. U are right that IF there were some aggressive guys in Hewitt's reign then Hewitt would not be no.1. But then Roger would have 20 slams now if Rafa's not here. Rafa would have 3 wimbledon IF roger's not here. Roddick would have 3-4 slams IF Roger's not here.

[JL6293]

I never thought of Hewitt as a consistent slam winner. He's certainly a candidate for Hall of Fame and stuff, but like most men nowadays, he's playing in Federer's era. Not very lucky, wouldn't you say?

[joseph0086]

Achievement is achievment. Even in 2000-2002 Hewitt needed to deal with Agassi, Roddick, Fererro and Safin, it wasn't that easy to stay in no.1 for that long. I firmly think Fed, Rafa, Safin, Hewitt, Agassi were top 5 last decade.

[timafi]

@JL6293 Roddick lacked a backhand/net play;wasn't fit ;couldn't return well or move;didn't last 40 shot rally;stayed 2 feet behind baseline 2 return;he got exposed

Federer is so much more than just a big forehand and creative serve.he's got speed/movement; the forehand;backhand;slice;drop shot

approach shots/net play;is great at defense;even more than Hewitt can ever be and Federer is superb at defense 2 offense.He returns better than Hewitt/Roddick combined and Federer is an ALL surface player

[MaratSafinVideos]

For me, Peak Hewitt has the best footwork of all time. Almost perfection.

[socoolits2cool]

Lleyton Hewitt in my opinion is the best passer I have ever seen. Just watch some of the passing shots he hit against guys like Sampras.

[joseph0086]

yes he is. And he can volley and lob very well. It's kind of bad that his serve is really weak, especially the second serve, so predictable.

[sebastianobrunaldo]

fue su mejor racha...

si en la final le gana un break a federer en el primer set

otra historia hubiera sido...

QUIZAS

pero no por nada llego a ser el 5 del mundo

[lestat035]

gonzales en esa epoca era un monstruo

[lestat035]

gonzales el 2007 era un monstruo

[joseph0086]

No way Gaonzo could win a slam in his career, he's just not good enough. An entertaining player to watch , but not in the same league as slam winners

[risenloudly]

gonzo just took all the pace off hewitt's backhand knowing hewitt couldnt make it himself, and the second hewitt went for a down the line or a forehand, gonzo would crush a winner with his gogo gonzo forehand.

besides, hewitt's sooo 90s, all he can do is play rally game with you, and only off of your pace, his is always medium, and his shots are always predictable

[MaratSafinVideos]

Yeah cause beating guys like Agassi, Sampras and several other slam winners is nothing because they aren't in the same league as Gonzalez, right?

[joseph0086]

Yes Gonzo had big forehand ,but then look at the achievement, Hewitt could win slams and went to number one, where is Gonzo in that league? Hewitt is top 5 player in the last decade, (Federer, Nadal, Hewitt, Safin, Agassi). No way Gonzo could stay near them.

[timafi]

@joseph0086 Hewitt played the dirtballer era in the likes of Moya;Ferrero and Kuerten who couldn't do shit on grass or hard courts.

He had the likes of Roddick who couldn't hit a proper backhand;who stayed 2-3 feet behind the baseline;couldn't hit a volley or change the speed or pace of the ball and moved horribly.

Hewitt's game if you see is to go cross court to crosscourt.Now players serve big;are fast and return big and will out overpower him and hit him off the court.

[Jake1985Nazar]

@timafi Hewitt always seemed to me he was playing a great style in the wrong era were he could be easily overpowered.

[xinnianhao]

It's hard to believe Hewitt was once number one.

[AceGuitarR7]

did you see him crush del potro at wimbledon this year? hewitts got great groundies and incredible fitness. when he was younger sampras actual said "The kid is so quick it's unbelievable," the 30yearold Sampras said. "I wish I had some of those legs for this old guy. I lost to a great champion. You're going to see this Lleyton Hewitt guy for the next 10 years like you saw me."

[reefric]

I heard that hewitt was the fastest runner on tour at one stage, also heard that federer and his fitness coach studied hewitt´s court movement, to get some thing´s from it..which is pretty surprising, if you think about it.

[mapexdrums]

i agreed

[DarthMuse]

well he was once good before he got injuries same thing is happning to Nadal now because there physcial tennis players

[charl1e123]

gonzalez might of won but who got to the quatres of wimbeldon not him

[eddieeagle1]

Was at this match. Atmosphere unbelievable in the 4th set. Shame that gonzalez was too good and had an "on" night.

[RastafarianPikachu]

Must have been irritating to play gonzalez. Takes all pace of his backhand, then on his forehand the pace is almost unplayable

[AllGenreMusic]

Well that's why only Federer was the only player to play him correctly by using the slice backhand back to Gonzalez because Fernando can't hit a huge forehand unless the ball is at a good height.

[curlymyhero]

They're both great players cuz they're all-courters--isn't just forhands here. And Gonzo moves just as good as Hewitt.

[fattycity206]

monster forehands by Gonzalez

DAMN...

[dramedeamour]

fernando gonzalez is great

[giancarlog89]

cada volea de Fernando gonzales es como una trompada en la cara para lleyton hewitt....

[manciton]

Viva Chile

[magi4k]

gonzales es el mejor wn!!!!.... grande !!!.... en verdad uno pensaria que a estas alturas de la vida de gonzales esta my viejo y desgastado pero no es asi sigue siendo el mano de piedra, el bombardero de la reina... grande Feña... n0 hay mejor tenis que el del Feña

[HaruMexico]

Es increible ver a Feña jugar así, puede ganar o perder, pero es 100% entrega. Con González el buen tenis está garantizado.

[TheMasterOfTennis1]

The forehand at 1:18 is crazy!

[turtlecutches]

Fernando plays such a risky game such court speed he he is pulled off all the way on the ad court and with is speed makes a forehand winner amazing

[shadowtig3r1]

both plyers didnt play there best but still good

[reefric]

gonzalez played his best for sure, hewitt probably wasn´t at his best level..

[FreddieFan176]

gonzalez hit about 50 winners and made about 10 unforced errors, he was definetly at his best.

the whole tornument he was hitting winners and hardly making a mistake it was great to watch.

[reefric]

gonzalez had tough draw at this slam..blake,hewitt,nadal,haas and of course roger in the end..

[sebaleal]

gonzalez sin duda es el mejor

[BrotherTree1]

Gonzalez has a massive drive in his ground-strokes. He would be one of the best players in the world if he could serve as well as he plays

[Nidhogg86]

BrotherTree1: You can't seriously call Gonzo's serve a weakness. In this particular match he served 19 aces, and won 70 % of his service points. It's his backhand that has always been his liability.

[reefric]

his serve is good, it´s not great! but it´s good..

[buhovo]

hewitt also has a good forehand,not as good as goznalez's,but heavy

[RastafarianPikachu]

Somebody likes to grunt

[ginlon16]

estaba mas que claro gonzales siempre le ganara a ese tal heweet.

[pokersuperstar92]

I think Lleyton's best days are obviously behind him. He's still an awesome player, but what is he doing losing to qualifiers and wild cards at tournaments not being on his home soil. Think about it, his best tennis is on the Oceanic swing, he's performed well on clay, but can never beat the big guys. Meanwhile, Gonzalez has taken out Rafa on a hard court, Roddick and Blake on clay, and Federer in Shanghai!!! Hewitt is too easily overpowered.

[reefric]

he does get overpowered as you said,at times,when guys that have powerfull forehands like federer and gonzalez attack him,lleyton

is scrambling at the baseline trying to defend himself..calleri was blasting at lleyton at us open putting a lot of pressure on him..lleyton could not even counter properly,he was under so much pressure..I think lleyton need´s to be more the agressor

[pokersuperstar92]

yup

[RastafarianPikachu]

to be fair, if your talkin about this specific tournament, Gonzalez was ranked 10

[pokersuperstar92]

Gonzalez earned that number 10 seed.

Lleyton didn't do anything in 2006

[reefric]

this was 2007.hewitt won a title las vegas..

[pokersuperstar92]

yes i know.

but the Australian Open typically is the first event for some players.

[BAKA4DESU]

las vegas are those minor tournaments we say not really on the atp tour

[pokersuperstar92]

Hewitt is a plain counterpuncher, great, consistent groundstrokes, hits early, is speedy, but can play with pace and not generate it, meanwhile Gonzalez is one who is situational, if he's getting bombarded, he slices to defend, but if he gets short balls, he crushes from both sides.

[pokersuperstar92]

i love it when the dude says "que potencia"

[turdferguson2]

and he may not have quite the power of some of the guys on tour, but it's really negligible, he can still crush groundstrokes if he wants. also, he makes super solid contact on almost every ball, almost never mishits

[turdferguson2]

i always love it when he gives a good 'C'MON!!!!!!!!!!!'. It's his saying and it only sounds cool when he says it...everybody says that now, and they sound like it's something their coach or sports psychologist told them to do...Hewitt just does it because he is that pumped up and obviously just loves competing.

[reefric]

he doesn´t shout out c-mon to impress anyone,he does it pump himself up and get motivated during the match! hewitt is a great natural competitor, even though he does not have powerful shots,like some others..

[pokersuperstar92]

how pissed would you be at 3.45?

[reefric]

shut up his c-mon is awesome! maybe you´re just to respressed as person!

[reefric]

hewitt´s -c´mooon- is pretty damn cool when he let´s it out..

[amariluna]

No it's not. After a while it gets really annoying...

[leonborracho]

este wn es seco....grande fer

[pokersuperstar92]

you're right

[reefric]

I don´t know if its just me, but i notice that when hewitt plays hardcourts,i find it strange the fact that he does not seem to possese the power to go for winners on his forehands, gonzalez on the other hand blasts them away, every know and then, i think hewitt relies to much on making the other guy miss, working the ball and tiring the opponent out,but guys seem to get winners buy him,roger,fernando..etc..it seems..that is just my impression..

[pokersuperstar92]

Fernando Gonzalez is God!!!

[vmoh1971]

le saco la cresta a Lleyton...

Bien feña..lastima que ahora saldras de los top 20 ..pero se que regresaras

[studiefinanciering]

lol, i really like the rally on 1.01. Gonzalez lets hewitt play and then with one big hit he wins the rally. YOU GO BOY

[Lmclean89]

gonzalez copys hewitt

[XFactor021]

how? by going with the flow and not forcing anything? he is isn't changing the direction until he gets a good shot. that type of playing cut down his unforced errors.

[soyelfeno]

el mismo fernando en una entrevista justo después del partido dijo que había sido el mejor de su carrera

[kallo1234]

all goza;ez is slice

[eddiejcoles]

Wow how pissed would you be at 1.19

GONZALEZ IS GOD!

[musicadeloslocos]

All Gonzalez ever does on his backhand is slice...

[LATINObloodz]

hewitts the biggest faggot he thinx he can beat federer with his new coach tony roch and he cant even win goccioni pethetic vamos gonzo

[rpatrick21]

I don't understand why more players weren't sneaking in on Gonzales's slice backhand. Thats all he did with it, float it back!

[Aroddick2]

Fernando Gonzalez is hitting the best forhand ever!!!

[aznkid92]

hewitt relies on his forehand like roddick

[zeleboy]

roddick has his big flat serve.

[reefric]

sometimes it´s flat, but sometimes he slices his serve.when he goes wide..roddick knows how to place his serve..it´s not just speed

[pokersuperstar92]

Feña's forehand was fabulous throughout the tourney. Had he converted the set points in the first set against Federer, he probably could have won the championship

[timafi]

the slams are best of 5 not best of 2.What did Gonzalez do after that final all year?You didn't hear from him until he beat Federer in the round robin in shanghai and then he lost tamely the very next day.

[quiet1234]

Gonzo played great very very well, but the real seperating factor was the serve, hewitt was broken so many times after he broke gonzo, gonzo returns very well no doubt, but hewitts serve (ESPECIALLY THE SECOND SERVE) is a major weakness, and it cost him big time when he played federer this year and served for the match and several times for the second set. That is his 1 main weakness regardless of his power.

[pepetube12]

voms feña Q SE PUEDE

argentinos de mierda hijos d puta

feña el mejor niun tenista xileno a estado con doping ustedes si

[juscelinor]

Vilas no dio positivo y tiene GRAND SLAMS.

Gaudio no dio positivo y tiene GRAND SLAMS.

[azhazel1]

Y ni vilas ni gaudio fueron nº 1

[mandingam]

el mejor torneo de fernando,igualo al chino ,pero el chino es magico y el potente distintas maneras de jugar .fernando es quien es ahora el maximo representante.sigue asi pal 2008

[cachorroBN]

no va a llegar a 1

no va a ganar un gs en su vida este flaco..

jugo bien ese torneo

y roma

dps no hizo una goma

adios

[RafaVladHewitt]

C'mon!!!

[robytonegro]

practicamente  demolio a hewitt

[999Lara]

Así se juega Mi More..nazo del Alma....Mis respetos a Hewitt... pero Fernando es.....Además es mi Novioo...Muá¡

[999Lara]

Hewitt Mis respetos....Pero González ...Mi Niño......

Muy Bien Mi More.........Así se hace....Y es Mi Novio verdad Fer.......Muá¡

[coriaelmago101]

en los primeros dos sets gonzalez le hizo mierda a hewitt especialmente en el punto del minuto 1 hasta al comentarista se empieza reir

[apolo343364]

lamentablemente gonzalez nunca va a ser n1..

[LATINObloodz]

you giys should realy shut the fuck up and stop sticking up for an austalian bogan how long has it been since we have seen hewitt in any final ((((((((((gonzalez whooped his ozzy ass)))))))))) viva chile

[cyb0027]

he won las vegas earlier this year.......

[Poteido]

uno de los mejores partidos de gonzales

[GyariSan]

lol guys stop arguing they both are not bad players. Gonzalez's backhand is just a bit too stiff.

[ayudevo]

fuckin gonzalez plays like a fag

[timafi]

Gonzalez who "plays like a fag" is rich and famous and can bye your cheap ass family and you to go with hit;but Fernando will always be remember as the 2007 Autralian Open finalist but you will always be remembered as a LOOSER!

hahahhhaha

[ayudevo]

why am I a looser? and who gives a shit about a one time grandslam finalist? u a fag lover? u like fags? And how do you know my family is not wealthier than him? I am just saying what i think about him from my experiece playing against players like him. Wtf are you? Some fan boy who just sits in front of the tv or computer and watch a lot of tennis? Btw I always thought starting an argument is for retards. You think you can stop me from what I want to say?

[soyelfeno]

muy buenos aportes pero... gonzalez y haas?

[hadzija69]

hewitt didnt play alot of matches before he played gonzalez.. of course hes gona loose.. hewitt is the best player in the world behind roger federer u will see him number 1 in 9 months

[gotanyguts]

lleyton is so hot i will suck him anytime!!!

[koke8383]

oe por k no estan gonzalez vs haas??

[Dragonstratoforce]

vaulcan in the video yo can see more backhands of gonzalez than forehands, but the forehand is his best shot, if you hit the ball for gonzalez's forehand you are DEAD MAN

[vaulcan]

gonzo has a very underrated backhand.

[TheSoloists]

Eh, all Fernando does wit his backhand is just slice it deep and then when he needs to use a regular backhand, he just blocks it down the line.

[niketennis1]

one heck of a forehand that gonzo has

[rmanticora]

full, great player, he´s chilean...and if´s chilean is good.

[1Froic5]

yo dejaría a Varela y a Javier Frana en las transmisiones... ESPN - ojo con Marcelo Ríos, en Chile ha comentado bastantes partidos, es genio, posee una visión única, el tipo "sabe comentar".

[haydensith]

i like his firts c,mon !

[Tproshot]

Hewitt has the talent but not the drive. Gonzo has both.

[ausjim91]

no. hewitt has the drive but not the talent. most his matches are won in 5sets.

[reefric]

lleyton is way more driven than gonzalez,what are you talking about..

[riquelmerock]

Gonzo has the bigest forehand in the world PERIOD!.

[karis85]

buen partido, el meo partido que se mano gonzalez

[givn]

hewitt...wtf..

[DanitaRoddick]

que buena me encanta como relatan el partido

Varela y Clerc en cambio alvarez y frana son una mierda me cargan

GRANDE FEÑA

[JamiroToti]

Donde la viste el clerc me tiene chato como relata, Javier Frana y Luis Alfredo Alvavez la llevan

[1Froic5]

Javier Frana es ídolo, explica el Tenis como nadie. Clerc le da más adrenalina y calidez... pero Frana te explica el juego de una manera bastante sencilla... JAVIER FRANA 100pre XD

[pacch]

opino lo mismo q tu

[dievlo]

weak backhand we know, but he compenses it with his forehand

[jayrapsing]

.. gonzales has a weak backhand..

[valhalen20]

maestro el partido wn :D, no lo pude vi un poco y luego me tuve qe ir a trabajar, gracias por subir los highlights de gonzalez, sigue asi zurdomagico

[Andaguiii]

Chileno tenia q ser

[ShiL3n0]

ercelentes aportes zurdomagico. espero los highlights de feña vs haas ;)

[overcast86]

INCREIBLE EL CHILENO SALUDOS

[MacayaSk8TwentyTwo]

Espectacular

[qwerty0492]

Hewitt sucks ass! Vamos Gonzalez!!!