Federer vs Haas FO '09 4th Rd Highlights [Part 1]

[kallo1234]

fed and has have similar playing styles

[ThePaperSails]

I almost can with full confidence, barring Novak Djokovic this year and Rafael Nadal, Tommy haas is the only player to play at the same level of beauty and grace as Roger Federer while he was around and give him an amazing match every time. It's a shame his career was plagued with bad luck.

[3timeMVPNash]

@ThePaperSails Djokovic and Nadal play with beauty and grace? That's the first time I have ever heard that sentence in my life.

[Thealmostguy]

@ThePaperSails Nadal? Grace? Huh? Even Nole is a bit of a stretch.

[ThePaperSails]

@Thealmostguy Haha by beauty and grace of the two I meant more the level of tennis that they have produced in that year as opposed to anything else. Sorry for my poor word choice.

[Tennishead21]

Great video, love Federer but felt sorry for Haas.

[tvtotalforever]

tommy is so good, or has been it for such a long time. Really a pitty those injuries fucked him up.

[TheSepaugh]

@tvtotalforever yeah did you know that total haas has been inactive for about 41 months of his tennis career including 2 different sets of 12 months traight.....crazy right

[rogerfedererfan98]

@MsM3erky in 2002 for just 1 week...

[RogerRocks070]

Wow, no one would dislike this video ;)

[rogerfedererfan98]

@RogerRocks070 haas forgot to watch this video :D

[MrDonnie54]

Now I know why no one disliked this....

[MrViksyn]

horrible camera view :(

[soydeespana]

THIS IS A MATCH HAAS SHOULD'VE WON . HE CHOKED IN THIS MATCH BEING TWO GAMES AWAY FROM WINNING (((

[demondayzzz]

@soydeespana which is why he is tommy haas

i don't know about choking, haas was lucky to be 2 sets up, federer was the one who choked in the breakers

and the inside out fh on that break point is not haas choking, it's fed stepping up and being federer.

[soydeespana]

@demondayzzz eh? Haas was two games away from closing out this match , he saved all those break points cuz he served well . After he lost the 3rd set he choked the match away , he was closer than Federer to win that match . Also Federer had some help from the crappy french crowd to break Tommy's rhythm and concentration .

[ulrichg]

@MsM3erky Yes, in may 2002.

[TheTennisMan11]

Superb quality. Thanks.

[SolsburyHill22]

Haas always pushes federer most of the time. but fed gets it done.

[hattrickster33]

sweet I can see the ball:P

[Mopzboy]

people say he only won cos rafa didnt play, he still had to overcome some very tough matches for example this one and the one against del potro. in both them he was dangerously close to losing.

[DLPBurke]

@Mopzboy fact is fed managed 5 in a row in US and Wimbledon, and nadal couldnt do that on his beloved clay. Federer is greatest.

[s08254gk]

federer's mental toughness is unbelievable.

[hattrickster33]

@s08254gk Same with Haas...playing like this against Fed.

[s08254gk]

@hattrickster33 You are right.thx.

[qwelliman]

I'm a huge federer fan, but his forehand just blew during this stretch. I think around 50% of them landed near the service line.

[08tenisra]

wow qué jugador!! qué solido que era haas cuando quería!

[mentoos]

one of the best matches from tommy on clay in his carrer.. ... eines der besten spiele von tommy auf Sand in seiner karriere..

[volleyballstar100100]

omg nice video. clear too!

[federerbestclass]

great video. love Roger and Tommy. class Roger

[DestroyerAlexandros]

@federerbestclass Could you please stop busting into threads and writing things of the sort "love Roger and [his opponent]. Federer is the classiest sexiest hottest sweetest kindest greatest ever"

[Ignozi]

@Iainwiiify Then Fed wouldn't have the career slam. Great comeback from TMF.

[wadewi]

1:19 art



[m3nime]

haas was playing superbly



[m3nime]

haas was playing superbly

[foul01]

did haas play well?

i doubt it, haas never won a single point on federer's serve in the first set and got fortunate in the tie break, that first set was federer's the whole way

and haas was outright outplayed in the last three sets

even though haas was performing better than he usually does, the 5-sets was more due to federer's unforced errors than haas paying well

i saw the down-2-sets-comeback-and-win right after haas won the second set, federer was obviously playing better

[incredibleXMan]

@foul01 Yeah it wasn't as if federer was playing badly.

[foul01]

@incredibleXMan

to be honest, yeah

federer was playing pretty poorly starting from the tie break to the 3-4 break point down, nearly 2 sets of poor play

just look at the game play during that span, both players were having a hard time just keeping in play

[Crosby4hyg]

Haas was playing out of his head that day. props to him.

[Jamus182]

Are there betting odds on the period between when two one handers play?? :) if you only include master series and slams I bet it goes months before players meet

[Cainoish]

TWO GREAT ONE HANDED-BACKHAND!

[gotbrandon]

haas would've won the tournament had he beat roger

[BrotherTree1]

that backhand from haas i sware....to all other players out there when u verse him, avoid it sometimes!!!!!

[4pirsquared]

Fed wasn't on cruise control pretty much until the final of this tournament. I mean, come on, that tie-break in the final was INSANE. He had aces on ALL his service points, and toyed a bit with Robin on his service points.

[hazzadude22]

In my opinion, if Haas was 25, that day, he would of beat Fed.

Just my opinion.

[andy316800]

@Hazzadude22, I wouldnt agree, coz what causes the damage was psychological after Tommy lost that break point in 3rd set. I dont think it is anything physical, since all those athletes are super fit. I always am surprised of how a point can turn around a match!!!

[ChrstnPwr]

I remember watching the first set on t.v. Federer did not lose ONE point on his serve! And lost the tie breaker!

[DNX091]

Haas played so good because he changed his racket to a Head prestige.

[musiccritic10]

and federer plays so well all the time because he's using wilson. O.o

[reefric]

if roger were to lose in this roland garros, it would have probably been in this match, considering how well tommy was playing, takes some mental strength, to turn the tide around..

[BrotherTree1]

i shat my pants at 3rd set break pt to haas

[willobillo0714]

Federer looked like he wasn't playing 100%, a great deal of his forehands were dropping short. That's just my opinion.

[beniii14]

haas played well this game

[demondayzzz]

fed didn't lose a pt on his serve for the first 2 sets but messed up in the tiebreaks. i was quite nervous for him and had to take an exam so that wasn't ideal, but i did well and when i finished i checked the score and he had won! fucking brilliant!

[demondayzzz]

i mean the first set.

[therobz98]

if fed went down 5-3, im confident he still would have won.

[eboood90]

excuse me sorry it wasnt 5-3 in the third set against has

but 4-3 break point federer down

[eboood90]

i think all players who played against federer WAS BETTER THAN HIS BEST PERFORMANCE

first of them was

acasuso who had 4 set points in first set in tiebreak and had the 2nd set

and in the third he was 5-1 SO IT WAS really dangerous and hard solid tennis btw federer got the 3rd set 7-6 and won the 4th

3rd round mathiew got the first set 6-4

and it was 4 set match

4th round haas who got the first 2 sets and break in the third 5-3 i think then federer turned it around to win 5 set match

[Hamed420]

thanks for the vid