Fantasticroger- Roger Federer vs Del Potro Australian open 2009

[pakheng]

did federer just head-butted the ball at 6:04?

[e1977k]

OMG,. it is 2009, why does it look like it was recorded in 70s? And sound does not match the picture.

[odingr]

he raped him.

[ctoth666]

federer used to produce this kind of tennis, and I don't fully understand why he doesn't anymore. if he still played close or at this level, he would still have an edge over djokovic, who would be beating up on nadal, who would still own federer. even just last year after the us open he dusted up djokovic a few times and had the win over nadal, playing some flawless tennis, and now he's erratic and isn't even in return games hardly.

[cardosoreal]

Well you love Roger, I love my mama

[ekibosna]

wtf 6:0 6:0 ??!

[tennisproderek]

wait wtf when fed headed that ball in the net did he get hte point???

[claus1225]

@tennisproderek

the ball already bounced twice before del potro hit it. the umpire called the point before the "header"

[juank00795]

the audio suck ! is not at the same time than the video..

RF the best player ever.

[paranoideWTF]

juan martin de tronco jaja xd ..que malo ese tipo

[camejo]

2009 ... it was a very good year.

[calebjmurray]

I'm kind of new to tennis, absolutely loving the gaming. I did see a couple of the comments below, but just to clear it up is it legal at all to hit it with your head like he did in the end, or was it called over and he just did it for fun?

[Rafathaman94]

Federer actually didn't score with his head. Notice that before he hits the ball the umpire says "let up, game federer".

[seigaku001]

@Rafathaman94 no shit

[Rafathaman94]

@seigaku001 Yeah no shit. Because some people don't understand what happened. I was just trying to explain.

[Mopzboy]

Roger played a really good tournament in this year, unfortunately he didnt take his chances against nadal - or not enough of them anyway.

[ffallenaangel]

he wasnt ready yet:P

[argentinodiegomarado]

Del potro was more agressive here than he was against baghdatis.

[Respectthewilderness]

del potro look better with long hair like in old times...:E

[ZimmermanTelegram]

Probably one of the best matches ever played by anyone.

Ridiculous shotmaking.

[wjsvalderrama]

seguro del potro penso despues:"la venganza sera terrible!!"

[Mirren81]

two things i will never understand

1. how did Roger not win this 2009 Australian Open in this form

2. how did he go from winning so easily here to losing to this opponents in US Open Final that year.

[BrainSane237]

@Mirren81

1. Nadal was in devastating form as well

2. Del Potro was better than this in Roland Garros (5 set match) and even better in US Open (Roger wasn't doing so well in there)

[masterchiefloquendo]

@Mirren81 I also think the same about ther number 1. But in the second one at the us open well is obvious that the players gonna get better with the time Del Potro make a good evolution in 2009 he win the us open and get to the final of the masters at london

[urranuss]

RAPED

[ChrstnPwr]

Del Potro wasn't playing bad...he was playing an ON Federer. :)

[Mirren81]

before this match Federer's wife told him she was pregnant, look what she did.

[casketofdog]

wow

[diegoloxa92]

Del Potro's kicking asses!

[federerbestclass]

Roger is the classic greatest ever. love Roger

[federerbestcIass]

@federerbestclass Rafa is #1 of the world. so classy. true champion. Nadal LOVE :)

[metal4eva666]

only to be deafeated later on in the US open,who will have ever thought

[stretch90]

That's the way the USO 09 was supposed to go, if Federer didn't mess up his serve so badly

[Martsafrigide]

yo the sound is so far behind the picture!!!

[misterlonely1446]

7:26 lol guy's still cheering for del po

[peterpkr]

hmm the audio isn't synchronizing very well

[LDis1]

One of Roger's finest performances of all time.

[fg086]

i thought that hitting the ball with the head was a fault lol

[lachlandalton]

@fg086 it is but if u look closely the point was already over as del potro had hit the ball into the ground first and then it bounced over

[manco82]

Love the header! Del Potro must have felt really AWFUL at that point and resolved to never lose to Federer again!

[Sumyfore]

So fun this video...it's hard for Del Potro but the plays is delicious...and the shot with the head...

[69wiwi69]

that's one of the greatest performance i have ever seen

[ruaridh2k7]

Yes Federer wasn't as good as he was here rather than the U.s Open. But Del Potro played well and no reason to take away the credit he deserves for winning his 1st grand slam. He mauled Nadal in the SF and took Federer to 5 sets twice. It's a shame he won't be able to defend his title.

[jbloy333]

I heart Juan Martin DelPotro sooooooo much !!!!!!!!!!

[thefrogmaster2]

potti cheated asking for let when paper cup fell over-funny how match changed from that point- fed and nad greatest and both great men 111

[riceranger12345]

You know, if Federer didn't screw around in 2nd set at the US Open final, he would've

have won, He was up a break and was just hitting unnecessary drop shots. Oh well, Del Potro played a good match regardless

[BrotherTree1]

@riceranger12345 courts are slower here in melbourne compared to us open, so federer had time to recover del po's shots. plus, he wasnt nearly as good as when he reached his first major final in us open. but nonetheless this was vintage fed.

[Salhherod]

@riceranger12345 'If's' are so commonly used....we could say 'if this or that' happenned and the story'd always have a different ending. So why bothering, just stick to the facts

[huangyishi]

The saying "there's always someone better" doesn't apply to Roger!

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[Jin1190]

lmao fed headbutting the ball @ 6:04

[855607]

OWNED!!!!

[atomcrush]

Del Potro looks like a goat. My sister has a farm and they raise goats and Del Potro reminds me of them.

[Innovater6]

LMAO

[Fernandez218]

@atomcrush LOOLL wtf??!! but Federer is the real GOAT :)

[lobelia2]

too bad he lost.

[chrism216]

i find it amazing how del potro came back to win the us open on the same surface that very same year, after taking such a beating. he didnt face the same federer though, and he played the match of his life. still amazing

[20036012]

in the us open federer was serving about 51% when he serves too low he gets into trouble

[aleztfu]

@20036012 Very true, apart from the serve Delpo was in a divine moment, he was at his 100% while Fed was at 70%, not noly his serve failed him, he was overconfident, I hope they rematch this year in the US final en Fed wins

[20036012]

in this match federer was serving for 69% look at the difference

[reefric]

well, the us open is a faster surface..

[Elwink]

not really the same surface, bounces are different, USO is quicker as well, really quick.

[KaminariKatta]

@Elwink Usopen is the fastest right?What about the grass?did they change it there it looks like clay now..i think delpo will do good on a fast grass court

[SupercarBand]

Did Federer just headbutt the ball back in? LOL

[geoffybellofiore]

wow del potro got crushed!!!! GO FED Make it 16 grand slams!!! I LOVE YOU!

[rubix0110]

Delpo's got too much power. Whenever he walks on court I'm afraid he's gonna blast a hole through the wall.

[vegfairy]

beautiful ,fascinating, amazing .... i love RF forever

[akebefrontiere]

I think del potro will beat roger more if roger is not more aggressive but also clever about how he plays juan martin,when roger used to mastered him,he was because he was mixing up his shots and really moving him about but in the 2 last matches roger has tried to trade with a younger,stronger player strength his forehand and has been burned a lot of times.

But del potro really to me doesn't seem to have any real weaknesses,his backhands handle rafa well and his forehand can beat murray .

[reefric]

del potro just need´s to develop his net play and moving forward more in the court, that´s probably the only gap technically in his game.

[blerandi91]

this was del potro's worst match in 2009 that's for sure it's very easy to confirm that if we compare this match with the US Open final which would take place only 7 months after this match.Del potro's skills have improved a lot

[squinty1292]

Not really...surely delpo's skill improved, but I think Fed's skill in the USO Final dropped immensely at times, which was what ultimately lost it for him. Fed basically had the match in the bag, but allowed delpo to come back and take it. Just look at the fifth set, where Fed was basically a zombie.

[renatoaz]

It's incredbly amazing how Delpo recovered from this match only to win 6-2 in the fifith in the US Open. Considering that he lost in AO and RG to Federer, but won in US and in the ATP Finals, I foresee Delpo wining one more Grand Slam this year.

[lukyluky14]

ROFL 6-3 6-0 6-0!!

[beatlebass9]

y2jayeddy djokovic and roddick are really not one time wonders they are in the top ten one time wonders win then fall of the top list of players or never make it roddick and novak won then stayed there i agree with you a little bit

[y2jayeddy]

del portro will only be a one-time wonder like roddick and djokovic

nothing agenst del potro but federer wasnt at his best at US Open finals

[MrIanGardner]

delpo will win more majors

[LoversarelosingKEANE]

JAJAJAJ

Seguila chupando... suck it

[renatoaz]

I think you're probably wrong, not only about Del Potro, but also about Djokovic. These guys are gonna win more Slams, for sure. And Roddick has a chance in Wimbledon if he keeps his level of 2009.

[tennisproderek]

LOL 6-0 6-0

owned del potro

stay where you belong

[BrotherTree1]

im sorry he cant, hes a grand slam champion now.

[cj397]

Beat del potro then talk shit

[Sin31]

true.

[lobelia2]

right he's only won 16 grand slams. not that great. right.

[EricTheRed03]

Federer is more aggresive here than he was in the US Open.

[SoorenaAA]

That's because in the US Open he was still recovering from his illness I forget what it was called.

[TrolloftheTube]

@EricTheRed03

And Del Potro was playing less aggressive...hmm.

[supersonic622]

@EricTheRed03 yeah totally agree... and he served a million times better and kept the ball deep to control most of the points in australia... unfortunately, he played very good at both tournaments but just didn't have his serve or mentally in rhythm in the final of both ssiggghhhh

[2nadalfederer1]

@EricTheRed03

Beacause Del Potro allows him because he did an upgrade of his tennis from this moment.

[luckybastard86]

@2nadalfederer1 are u serious? roger didnt let him in that case. he obviously did an upgrade, thats why he was able to beat roger an rafa, but dont come with that bollocks that He let roger do this or that. roger is the fucking best tennis player of all times, he can fuck you up and you wouldnt even notice it.

[2nadalfederer1]

@luckybastard86

Well and that Upgrade of Del Potro's game is what I am talkin' about. Del Potro couldn't resist that hard here as he did in US Open. That is my version of "allowing". I think we both mean the same thing but I've just formulated it badly.

[2nadalfederer1]

@luckybastard86

I have meant It just like you. But I've badly formulated in my comment that.

[Gipshaw]

@EricTheRed03

Well, to be fair, Del Potro did put up more of a fight in the US Open, so Federer probably felt he needed to be a bit more careful, take less chances.

And, it's hard to be agressive when your opponent is shooting 90mph forehands left and right.

[BrotherTree1]

this del potro is long gone...

[karatekid360]

He is not arrogant because he knows his talent. Wouldn't you act like that if you were THAT talented? Of course you would.

[MrHighLife90]

For some people Federer is arrogant just because he is conscius of his talent.

[daywidthe88]

Roger is not arrogant, he's humble!

[abisz0bis900]

who are u two guys talking to? i said roger is not very arrogant. you do not read properly before talking big...

[rnk8788]

If u called federer arrogant wt wud u say abot mr nadal n specially murray??huh?dnt be so partial man...go jerk off sucker...

[kvyas2]

novak djokovic is the only arrogant player in top 10

[abisz0bis900]

Federer is by far not the most arrogant of tennis players

[jonatev00]

say that again ... and you are a dead man ... you're such a pussy to say stuff like that .. You better shut the fuck up and ask your parents to teach you some manners wanker ... or I will ...

Don't you ever talk like that about the greatest tennis player of all time ..; don't you ever talk like that about the god of tenis .. don't you ever talk like that about THE KINg or I'll bust your ass ass hole .. and if you stil think his arrogant I'll show you some interview to prove you wrong ignorant

[Scrubsobsession]

arrogance? you should tell federer that. except he won't be able to hear you over the sound of his two daughters playing with his 15 grand slam trophies.

[jna180]

LOL if you were playing tennis im pretty sure youd react like that, making sure youd win the match. shut your mouth about his "arrogance" cuz hes not. youre pathetic smh.

[squeedum]

Roger definitely faded during the last couple of sets at the US Open. His serve was never much of a weapon throughout and he was tactically wrong in always hitting to Del Potro's forehand, which was clearly ON FIRE.

Del Potro was the better player that day, for sure.

Too early to tell if he's the next great one.

Remember when Safin spanked Sampras in 2000? Where is he now?

[demondayzzz]

in a jacuzzi with 5 russian supermodels. poor, poor, safin lol.

+ i wouldn't say that fed faded, he definitely put up a fight, but his shots lost pace, so when he tried to hit to the backhand del potro could run around and hit that crazy fh. u could tell the fh wasn't on early so it made sense for fed to go to it then, i thought he'd definitely find a way to make delpo uncomfortable eventually. fed even went away from the low, cutting slice, hitting loopy ones that DP didn't need to bend for.

[squeedum]

well, i'm not saying that Safin isn't enjoying his life as a tennis playboy..... lol

[Zeniety]

Yup,totally agreed.Many young rising stars do defeat the top guns time to time but no one was like Federer.He was the only one who lasted and along with Nadal after he won RG.Like 5-6 years Roger stayed up there...some players got in top 10 one season and disappear the next.

[davd1986]

Safin's career (like a fair amount of other great/potential players was fucked up by endless injury and after taking Federer in AO 05 SF (one of the best matches ever) he was never the same. I realize that preventing injury could also be a talent. Safin was injured in 01, 03, and 05 plus a lot of smaller, lingering injuries in the last couple of years. Safin is not as talented as Federer and would not have had 15+ gs, but he certainly could have had 6-8 gs if it worked out. no excuses though..

[MassiDP]

roger is the best player in the last 10 years for sure.. even if he lost he is still the best

[PabasamDee]

How did this guy best Federer....HOW?!?!?!?!

[MrXevier]

This guy is a genius, even if he lost.

What is amazing about him is that you can take all the chemical shit you want to be faster, stronger, jump higher or be more accurate.

You can enter the court with the neck of a bull or an iron arm made of hours of physical excercise

But nothing can give you what he's got.

This guy is tennis.

I mean we should even stop calling this tennis.

We should say:

"Hey let's watch roger today"

or

"hey,got time to play a little roger this afternoon?"

[OfficialRogerFederer]

del potro hits it so much harder now.

Its amazing

[drstew1]

I love this guy. And cool he won the us open( a medium slam) not bad a bit like Ivanisevic vs Rafter 01 SW19. As happy as i am about Del potro etc. I am not confident at all he'll be up top. i hope am wrong, but i don't think so. i've seen it so many times. Congrats to Del potro though...

[littleboypratk]

lol but look who won the US open!

delpotrorific!

[stud684]

does anybody have us open highlights

[MattyOyola21]

That is what I´d love to find somewhere...

[Galactus247]

2009. Del Potro is USO Champion, beating R.Federer. Will giant Del Potro go on to become the 'Usain Bolt' of tennis.

Time will tell.

One thing is for sure... Nadal and Federer now have something MORE serious to worry about from now on!! Grand Slams will now be a bitch to win!

[IricForset]

Usain bolt of tennis, i think not. Del potro should get about 5 - 7 slams I reckon. Hes tall, suspect to injury (maybe) and can be beaten by slice and volley. Although he is my 2nd favourite player, lets reserve silly questions. The Usain Bolt of tennis is still playing :)

[nathenism]

what a great game...

[Arnatuile11]

del potro is a damn giant. makes u wonder how federer can ever beat him.. oh wait, its federer!

[longlivewhites]

at what time does the final begin???

[Came7on]

del potro us open final

[rekoji]

poor highlights

[1point0tennis]

wow @ 1:18

[huangyishi]

3:59 Harder then you think.

[manco82]

This was the worst beatdown of Del Potro's career. believe me, he hasn't forgotten it for a day. He looks back on this match when he knows he needs to improve his game.

[Jaishankar100]

Federer played unbelievably well that day!

at the same time i feel sad for Del potro b coz he is a good player who just couldnt get his game right that day?

[Achilles94627]

Del Potro did well to push Federer to 3 sets ;)

[imnew2]

Are you like retarded? Some tournaments (all the grand slams) play a best of 5 match -.- roger won 3 straight sets...

[Achilles94627]

It was a joke you fool! Did you not see the wink after my comment? Clearly too subtle for you.

[imnew2]

sorry i dont understand american humor.

[Achilles94627]

Don't worry, nor do I. I'm English.

[imnew2]

holy shit, today i learned something new! I learned i dont understand english humor!

[Achilles94627]

Yes, I think we've established that...

[sub10csc]

Ouch, Federer the best

[angryniggah]

what a dumb cluck...6'5" and he doesn't come in behind his first serve. yeah, you'll beat federer on the baseline...schmuck.

[AlphaDraconis7]

Murder on a tennis court...

[stylinthegreat]

for me i prefer touch players like federer rather than power players

[foul01]

federer can hit with more power than most of the power players right now... obviously not all the power players though, cuz theers always the issue of the raging bull

[pipiseba]

federer acaba de ganar wimbledon...

alguna duda sobre el mejor d todos los tiempos?

[Satch6strings]

he humilliated del potro

[foul01]

he sure did, federer loves bullying up newcomers. but del potro did well to push federer to 5 sets in the french, he completely outplayed federer in the first 3 sets, del potro had a humiliating defeat here, but i daresay he has a bright future ahead

[Satch6strings]

totally agree with you

[Mopzboy]

fed played so well in this match

[Jonn738]

federer es magnifico

hoy (30 de mayo) perdio nadal asi ke federer podria ganar el roland garros

y completar sus 4 grand slams

XD

[MortuarioDemon]

Fereder is the best! MAre es lo unico que podria decir en ingles pero FEDERER el mejor del mundo! no hay duda de eso...

[nickmp4]

what fast is  federer

[millionmakers]

Awesome!

[ahmad8000000]

go fed go