@c3vzn safin has the similar backhand as djoko but he packs more power and is more aggressive. Perhaps the courts last time bounce lower to produce this kind of players. Today full aggressive tennis can't win at all.
...and walk over the court shirtless with a maniacal stare in the eyes, before smiling wondrously at one's utterly amazing achievement... Eew, Djoko and Nadal are so dull!!! Let's hope some more interesting people make it to the top soon so we can watch some classy, intense tennis matches again...
Right, 16, FIVE and 10. Can there be any doubt that 5 is a laughable number of slams compared to Fed's. Besides, Djoko is already losing sets to the likes of Hewitt and Murray and certainly wouldn't win a GS final if Rafa for reasons unknown didn't GIVE it to him, as he did at the AO and the USO, hitting RIGHT INTO DJOKO's racket.
There's obviously something smelly going on here. Anyway, Djoko won't last long as a number 1, you'll see.
@suddenlyitsobvious Hahaha fed was never played tennis like Djoker today. and yes 5 in 24.We will see how long if you think he will stop then you dont know Djokovic at all, trust me he will not stop he will get better and better becouse he has that kind of character and yes he will last long, he was nubmber 3 the longest in history and he was just a kid. you ll see.:)) NO1EEEEEEEEEE
You're obviously just saying that because of your serbian national pride. It's clear Djoko is constantly on the brink of exhaustion -completely unlike Fed- and now he's even struggling against losers like Murray. You're not being very objective son,
Besides, Djoko's 'attitude' doesn't seem natural. His megalomaniacal, steroidal fanaticism is in fact quite alarming...
@suddenlyitsobvious Exhaustion shown by Djokovic? Well when you play a 5 h and 53min match i think anyone would be tired. Losers like Murray? Murray 100 times better then you will ever be and hes making millions. In my books thats not a loser. Son, please come up with a better argument. Besides, Feds "attitude" doesn't seem natural. Federers shows no emotion whats so ever. It is quite alarming...
Eaxctly. I've always said that Djoko's tennis is UNSUSTAINABLE.
Should be easy to see just by the way he moves, his body language, the INCREDIBLE physical expenditure required for him to win, that he's using himself up ten times faster than Fed ever did. Nothing about Djoko seems easy or natural. It's ALL ABOUT PUSHING ONESELF just a bit more, just a little harder still...
I find Djoko has crossed a line where sports isn't entertaining anymore, it becomes some kind of...
...bizarre spectacle, where the viewer is supposed to empathisize tremendously with Djoko's AMAAAAAAAZING efforts, his CRAAAAAAAAAZY struggle to win a slam.
No thanks. I prefer seeing a cool, interesting individual win using wits, fighting spirit, technique and grace. Not this kind of master/slave-tennis.
' Exhaustion shown by Djokovic? Well when you play a 5 h and 53min match i think anyone would be tired'
Why can't you get a simple point? Djoko is obviously CONSTANTLY ENGAGED in a massive struggle of will against his almost collapsing body, and he seems frantic.
Fed never played that way. Mark my words: Djoko won't last as a N°1, he needs to push himself WAY TOO HARD, and who knows what kind of techniques he's resorted to to satisfy his outrageous ambition the proportions..
...of which are easily identifiable as 'abnormal' -in the most negative sense of course. He's has such a frustrated 'nouveau-riche' kind of mentality, it's painful.
...lots of unsavoury, smelly, fishy things are constantly being hidden from public sight. Djoko's frantic behaviour and constant amazement at his own greatness appears to be a source of inspiration to many fans, but we see HERE, in a match like THIS, how much more depth is involved, how much more subtle and interesting the confrontation is, how much more intense in fact. THEY don't need to tear their shirts of while screaming, stare at the Virgin in the sky for 30 seconds or so,..
@suddenlyitsobvious This sounds a bit like conspiracy...Besides are you suggesting that Nadal and Djokovic are doping or using drugs? Not that this is impossible, but one should have evidence for these allegations.
Why does the buzzword 'conspiracy' IMMEDIATELY come up as soon as anyone says anything that might go against politically-correct, mass-mediatized versions of any aspect of reality? Why don't you simply address any observation of mine that you find problematic, rather than classifying it all in some meaningless category designed for 'thought-stop'. 'Evidence'
For doping? Isn't it fact that the only kind of evidence...
...acceptable to you is a declaration by authorities?
Meaning doping occurs if authority says so, it doesn't if authority doesn't. What trust!
Fact is, if you simply use YOUR OWN mind and look into it a bit, it really shouldn't be to hard to figure out that doping is ALL OVER THE PLACE. It's merely a question of definitions: what indeed precisely constitutes doping?
Rafa can simply have massive blood transfusions, having his own blood replaced...
...with platelet-enhanced blood, but this doesn't qualify as 'doping'. Just check the medical history of all these players, it's simply ridiculous. They're getting all sorts of injections and treatments ALL THE TIME. If you simply look at their bodies, and note Rafa himself says he doesn't go to gyms or at least hardly ever, at their performance, you'll easily see it's all abnormal.
But people just go: 'Well, they've got very stringent doping control systems...
...so as long as we don't hear about a massive mediatic case, everything's fine.' What people DON'T understand -they musn't be 'conspiratorial'- is that the entire 'doping control' system is in reality designed to ENGINEER and CONTROL the doping while fooling the public. People don't understand these things because they're too passive. Just think of the Tour de France. OF COURSE top sports is all about doping because it's all about WINNING and doping is the way.
@suddenlyitsobvious It's okay, it's okay! I am also quite sure that doping is a very big issue in tennis for years. It just seemed strange to me that hardly anybody comes up with this topic regarding professional tennis. Hearing the word "doping" everybody immediately associates it with cycling and so on. Also suspicious is that Nadal reacted very angry when Yannick Noah made some doping allegations against him in a French newspaper just a few months ago...
'It just seemed strange to me that hardly anybody comes up with this topic' Well, we live in a world where you have to go look for the info. There's an interesting website btw called tennishasasteroidproblem and you'll find that quite a few people are in fact discussing this, not that it's my chief source of interest; I really don't care all that much, but I can easily sense that some kind of bizarre vibe has entered tennis since some time & that there's a bad odour.
@suddenlyitsobvious Fuck you he is the best sportsman on the planet and he will last long , and who alowed you to comment Novak play you are probably a RETARD. He has the best year in history of tennis with the strongest top 4 players ever so FUCK YOU STUPID fullstop.
@JovanTatalovic Hmm, confirming again that Djoko fans are basically unfulfilled, unbalanced, aggressive serbian nationalists with low IQ's. Well, I guess everybody already knew that.
Djoko appeals to the vulgar snotnoses who have taken an interest in tennis ONLY because they're serbian, and because they have put all their hopes on Djoko making them forget how small their penises are, even if only for the time of a match.
@suddenlyitsobvious Yes yes he is the example of low IQ and low penis by fucking your crying players around the globe, i didnt mention Serbia and nationalisam you did stupid american fat pig.
'i didnt mention Serbia and nationalisam' I know, lad. I did. And of course I was right (I usually am): you're serbian and a nationalist and to be fair, your IQ is probably just a bit below average.. I on the other hand am neither american, nor fat.
@suddenlyitsobvious Youre a fucking moron thats what you are and jealous, you are some kind of which granny knows what Novak can in future. And you know what my IQ is??? FUCKING MORON YOU ARE. Go kill yourself you would do something good for the planet.
@JovanTatalovic Well my good lad, I can certainly make a prediction based on Nodjok's increasingly apparent exhaustion, after 1 year at the top, as was equally evident at last year's London championships: his days as a number 1 are numbered, he's burning himself up and his tennis is unsustainable, quite unlike Fed's. The downfall is probably to be expected this year... I suggest you show a little bit more respect to your elders, especially if you want to come across...
...as a real man, rather than a hysterically screaming eunuch, foaming at the mouth and scratching wildly with his nails at his opponent who, as you see, is remaining perfectly calm and dignified.
@suddenlyitsobvious You are everything but calm and dignified. You are evil and jealous. My people is proud people and you now acting good after insult the IQ of whole my people. Thats shows your IQ
@JovanTatalovic Don't be such a child. Anyway, I guess the difference between us is I enjoy watching tennis and you enjoy serbians winning. It's a very different mentality, kind of similar to football hooligans. You are letting YOUR personal pride and manhood depend on the success of a guy you never met...
@suddenlyitsobvious OOO youre so smart and elegant and only you watch tennis and enjoy and you know i doesnt becouse he is from my country. I told you once go jump from a highest bridge and do a world favor, youre not so smart LIKE YOU THINK YOU ARE. YOU ARE WERY SHORT MINDED.
@JovanTatalovic Yeah yeah yeah, Serbia is great, hail Serbia!!!
La la la, pom pom
♫Боже правде, ти што спасе од пропасти досад нас, чуј и одсад наше гласе и од сад нам буди спас.♫ Well, you've got your national saviour, your messiah now! Remember it's just a sport and YOU're not the one making the millions.
SOOO much more interesting than the stupid matches between Nadal & Djoko! Anybody else noticed how at the USO & the AO Nadal was making a lot of noise and hitting hard but all the time RIGHT INTO DJOKO's racket, refusing to create any angles, refusing to even find the lines, most of his balls landing in mid-court, refusing to make Djoko run, as if actually refusing to try winning the match. In fact, the entire atmosphere surrounding Nadal as well as Djoko is BIZARRE, as if...
I can't stand how commentators are fapping over this year's final between Nadal and Djokovic. It had drama, alright. But it was five hours choking, and endless grinding and pushing. I'll take this Federer - Safin match any day. Proactive and purposeful rallies, blistering winners, with both players launching all-court assaults. Basically, two players seeking to win the points, instead of waiting for errors.
@ispaht Man you dont understand tennis. They hit winners all the time but they run 2xtimes better then these two guys. I guarantee you that Djokovic is better then they were in this match, and Nadal too.
@JovanTatalovic Nadal and Djokovic do run faster and are more explosive, but the fact remains that both players just don't possess sufficient firepower to hit through each other. They can flatten the ball, but not consistent enough to make the most points shorter. If they do, they wouldn't be tiring themselves by engaging in grinding and protracted rallies.
Federer, Soderling, Del Potro have beaten Djokovic and Nadull by being the aggressors and hitting through them.
If only Safin wasn't so hard on himself during matches...its obvious he had the game to beat anyone on tour when he was on, but he always so hard on himself when he made mistakes, got frustrated so easily...at least during the AO 2005 he got frustrated but he never really melted down and he got his second Slam..
tennis has just gotten very physical. if u want mor high quality, u hav to b physically stronger and keep pushing the limits..a good player isn't necessarily defined by how hard he hits, and all the risky shots he tries. it's about understanding the court and how to play it, and how to adapt.
tennis has just gotten very physical. if u want mor high quality, u hav to b physically stronger and keep pushing the limits..a good player isn't necessarily defined by how hard he hits, and all the risky shots he tries. it's about understanding the court and how to play it, and how to adapt.
When I watched this match, I said to myself "the winner of this match will win the Australian Open" and I'm glad Safin won hewitt because this match was so intense
@tekniqs the field was very weak those following years. federer said it himself "22 years old is your peak in tennis" he was two years past that. look at 2:40, 5:42 (he just didnt have the legs like in his early 20s and gave up sometimes).
@ZXcannon Nadal and Djoko were coming up, the field was hardly weak. 06 and 07 were Federer's prime, if u saw him play then and looked at the stats now you would understand.
@ZXcannon Nah, Federer's prime was around this time. Actually it was longer, 2003 Wimbledon-2007 Shanghai Masters Cup. He won 26 straight matches (hadn't even lost a set since the US Open 2004 against Agassi). He won 81 matches in 2005, and lost only 4! This one to Safin, one to Nadal at the French Open, one to Gasquet in Monte Carlo and one to Nalbandian at the Masters in Shanghai (in 5 sets). Each of these matches were extremely tight, could have gone either way.
@davd1986 ok, i'm bluffing. but Federer did say your tennis prime is 22. he said it at the Australian open 2010 while being interviewed at the live booth.
@tennisdudeintx Safin was an underachiever and Roddick was an overachiever. Safin was so technically sound. Roddick's game is so technically deficient. His backhand sucks. He does not rotate his shoulders on the shot, and does not hit thru his forehand, leaving the ball in the middle of the court too much.
@tomyrosicky I really do not think so. If Federer is not the most talented guy, at least of the 2000s, then.... well, everybody has his opinion.. by all means, Federer might not be the GOAT (how can we seriously compare players from different eras?), but he is THE tennis talent of 2000s. Actually, even Safin said so. I agree with the 3 names you made, though: Nalbandian (and Safin) are very talented, too. As to Federer: his "limitations" are in other sectors, not in his endless tennis talent..
The most talented individual in the History is Federer.
You are giving too much credit to Safin or Nalbandian. Of course they are extremely talented.
But Federer is just in an other sector. He's just so much more talented. He's got all the shots in his repertoire and he invents some more. Is it the case with nalby or safin ? No ! They are from our world.
But this guy, this federer, he just hits shots you can even imagine.
@jonatev00 You're pretty ignorant. Just because he's won more than someone else doesn't mean he's more talented. I do believe he's possibly the most talented player of all time but nobody can say for sure. There's guys like Rios, who didn't win a grand slam, who are clearly more talented than Courier or Djokovic.
Safin was also nearly 6'5'' tall, how many guys do you see playing at this level this tall? He was a one of a kind. Nalbandian is another story.
I am ignorant ? you are getting even funnier ....
Federer can make every shot in the book if he really wants to. Federer can invent shots. Federer can do the most improbable shots in the most improbable situation. No one in history can do the same! That is why he is the most gifted player ever, and the best tennis player of all time. You don't believe me ?
Well ask Sampras, Agassi, Courrier, Nadal, Safin, Nalbandian etcetera etcetera ! They will all say the same.
@jonatev00 Yes, you're ignorant. The game has changed due to the court surfaces, rackets fully developed by the mid 90's and stringing continues to improve, so how can you compare eras?
Juan Carlos Ferrero also said he played better tennis in 2008 than 2003, does that mean that is also true?
Players have to say certain things to avoid coming off as bitter, you idiot.
You're a tool.
I swear, tennis fans are the most uneducated, ignorant people on the planet.
You got to be remember just from looking at federer ball's striking and liquid movement, this was Fed at his peak and he was in the form of his life at aus 05. So for Safin to meet Fed's level and beat is recognition of how good Safin is and his tennis talent. I think the unfortunate thing for him was he never quite figured out how to play like this on a regular basis and that was why he always got frustrated and was troubled. Fed was really enjoyable back then and still is!
3:20 That is ridiculous power. Leaning backwards, no pace from Federer. Bang, precise and bouncing off the advertisements. Very Kafelnikovesque, that one.
Safin's Australian Open had to be one of the most memorable championships to watch. Amazing determination, talent and brilliant play in semifinals and final
INSANE quality. Nadal would've probably kept slowing things down and looped the ball to Federer's backhand all the time, damn good old tennis back then
i've noticed that safin started getting a little too passive towards the end of his career, u can see how well he hits when he plays aggressive and utilized the power at his disposal. If only he kept playin like he did here
@taiqi121 Yes, but let's not forget that he had a potential career ending knee injury a couple months after this tournament (which he won), missed like 7-8 months after Wimbledon and was really never the same after that. Pity, because that would have been his prime, or pretty close to it!
I really think Roger was at his best in this game.It's just that on his day, Safin could beat ANYONE. This is by far the best match i've seen in my 20 odd years of watching tennis
It's a match that could've gone either way really. I think Federer screwed a match point in the 4th set, hit a tweener in the net and laughed it off, Safin on the other hand never looked back.
This was the only Slam outside the French Open that Federer FAILED to win in 2004-2007.
Safin was playing even better than he was in 2000 when he ran through Sampras at the U.S. Open final. I don't think I've ever seen him play at that level before. And even at his very best it took a 9-7 fifth set to beat Federer who was also playing some of his best tennis.
I think Fed's best match would come two years later at this same tournament and in this same round, the 06 Aussie Open semis, when he ripped up Andy Roddick 4, 0, and 2. He was unbeatable that day.
Safin may the only player who can truly say he beat Roger Federer at his best in a huge match. Federer wanted this one so bad, was playing great, had a 4-1 lead in the breaker and a match point and still Safin turned him away.
A shame that God never gave Safin the head for the game because had he done so the results could have been remarkable. The destruction Safin delivered to Sampras in the 2000 USO final makes the case.
Totally agree with that. Beating Federer in 2008 or 2009 when the dude was in his latter 20's is nothing compared to Safin's win back in 2005. This proves that no-one is unbeatable but it was still darn hard to beat Federer at his best.
It's also kind of silly to hear the younger players dismiss notions that Federer hasn't declined and that the rest of the tour has simply gotten better. The tour may be deeper but the Federer of 2004-2007 moved better, served better and had a much more solid backhand. A shame that this Federer only played Rafa twice on a fast HC - the 2006 and 2007 Master's Cup - where he got him in straights. Let's hope that we see a little more of that magic before he hangs up the sneakers.
@89Pleasek - this wasn't actually fed at his best, he actually picked up an injury in the agassi match before this match, it started to hurt him a lot in the 5th set it says in the new biography of fed, he had a trapped nerve which caused shooting pains up his right arm, he was still playing extremely well but and absoloute full i think he could of squeezed this one out. This has my vote as the greatest match ever for sure in terms of quality.
@89Pleasek - Its the new biography by chris bowers i recommend it, its really just like an update from the version done by Rene Stauffer obviously this time inluding the years up until 2010, im still reading it atm and have just got past the safin match.
@ez44567 the year end masters cup final of 2005 was about the same length of time around 4 and a half hours but no where near the quality of this match. For one the spirit of sportsmanship in the Safin match was way better than the bitching Nalbandian during that match in which Federer's fitness caused him to give away the third and fourth sets. However masters final of 2005 is vague i don't know if you are comparing it to that match with Nalbandian.
@mrbobevans i think so too.but probably seems more consitent cause its the highlights though but definetly he seems a bit slower now. maybe that just me though.
@mrbobevans what a foolishness....obviously he was 6 years younger, probably the best moments at his career....stop talking silliness, please....RF was, is & will be always the best of all the times¡¡
@mrbobevans Sure he was more consistent back in the day, when he won almost every tournament he played, but I think the SF win over djokovic in roland garros
removed any doubt about his level of playing. It was one of his best matches ever imo
@pedrozzzzzzz099 Well I do think he is a tad slower, and that he is a bit less eager to play EVERY point. But his serve is probably better now, and he plays more mature overall. He rises to the accession when he needs to and has a more relaxed attitude. But when he is physically and mentally on top, and in the zone, he is still better than anyone as of now. Imo Federer is definitely GOAT
highest quality hitting i've probably ever seen kept up over 5 sets. They gave each other great rhythm on the strokes. Safin was an inch superior and a deserved winner. The game will miss him.
I'm not sure what Roger did wrong here. Based on outside opinions, I learn that Safin reveals Federer's backhand weakness in this match. I think Roger's backhand has improved a lot since 2005, but is that the only thing that allowed Safin to win? I'm just not sure looking at the highlights.
In my opinion, this match had higher quality. To me, Federer was playing much better in this match and that year as opposed to 2008. What the W match had however, was all the hype from Rafa and Federer's previous matches and their growing rivarly. Safin and Fed had a rivalry, but did not play each other 'that' many times and especially at majors, only 1 before 05. Safin's injuries and uncanny ability to lose to players he shouldn't early on where the main reasons. Also at W: rain, darkness..
@davd1986 The 2008 Wimbledon final might have been somewhat "over-hyped", I think that this wasn't Fed's best match. He didn't start to get dominant until around 2006-2007 or so, and it's clear that his backhand in this match wasn't up to his current level. Federer didn't beef it up until then, and in this match, his backhand was constantly being exploited.
In a nutshell, Federer wasn't yet complete in this match; while this was an incredible match, I've seen much better play from Rog ;]
@Zekk17 2005 Wimbledon was probably his best Wimbledon performance. 2004 he defeated Hewitt US Open Final 6-0 7-6 6-0. The match with Andre Agassi before this match he served 22-23 aces totally outclassing the old man. His domination and aura of invincibility started as soon as he won the 2003 TMC. When he won the AO 2004 they were already starting to compare him to Pete Sampras. 2006 Federer was definitely the most rock solid, but to say his dominance only start in that year is ridiculous
no way, that's just overhyped. the first 4 sets of the AO match was higher quality. even if fed's serving was bad and his fifth set was fatigued and terrible. Also federer sliced into the net on far too many breakpoints in that wimbledon one for me to call it the greatest. undoubtedly one of the greatest!
i wonder wht it would be like to play on a green court with a ball of d same colour!
alexmercer001 3 weeks ago
Only someone with the raw power of Safin could beat Federer here. Nadal wouldn't stand a chance. Maybe Djokovic the he's playing now.
c3vzn 3 weeks ago
@c3vzn safin has the similar backhand as djoko but he packs more power and is more aggressive. Perhaps the courts last time bounce lower to produce this kind of players. Today full aggressive tennis can't win at all.
youziness 3 weeks ago
*to empathize
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
...and walk over the court shirtless with a maniacal stare in the eyes, before smiling wondrously at one's utterly amazing achievement... Eew, Djoko and Nadal are so dull!!! Let's hope some more interesting people make it to the top soon so we can watch some classy, intense tennis matches again...
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
@suddenlyitsobvious Man you have a problem with COMPLEX go to neuropsychiatrist. Djoko and Nadal are the best in game EVER.
JovanTatalovic 1 month ago
@JovanTatalovic Your 'argument' is most eloquent. You must be serbian.
Let's see if your counting is a bad as your countrymen's:
16, 4 and 10.
Could you place these 3 numbers in the right order, from the lowest to the highest?
He he he.
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
@JovanTatalovic
Right, 16, FIVE and 10. Can there be any doubt that 5 is a laughable number of slams compared to Fed's. Besides, Djoko is already losing sets to the likes of Hewitt and Murray and certainly wouldn't win a GS final if Rafa for reasons unknown didn't GIVE it to him, as he did at the AO and the USO, hitting RIGHT INTO DJOKO's racket.
There's obviously something smelly going on here. Anyway, Djoko won't last long as a number 1, you'll see.
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
@suddenlyitsobvious Hahaha fed was never played tennis like Djoker today. and yes 5 in 24.We will see how long if you think he will stop then you dont know Djokovic at all, trust me he will not stop he will get better and better becouse he has that kind of character and yes he will last long, he was nubmber 3 the longest in history and he was just a kid. you ll see.:)) NO1EEEEEEEEEE
JovanTatalovic 1 month ago
@JovanTatalovic
' he will get better and better '
You're obviously just saying that because of your serbian national pride. It's clear Djoko is constantly on the brink of exhaustion -completely unlike Fed- and now he's even struggling against losers like Murray. You're not being very objective son,
Besides, Djoko's 'attitude' doesn't seem natural. His megalomaniacal, steroidal fanaticism is in fact quite alarming...
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
@suddenlyitsobvious Exhaustion shown by Djokovic? Well when you play a 5 h and 53min match i think anyone would be tired. Losers like Murray? Murray 100 times better then you will ever be and hes making millions. In my books thats not a loser. Son, please come up with a better argument. Besides, Feds "attitude" doesn't seem natural. Federers shows no emotion whats so ever. It is quite alarming...
MyTennisDream 1 month ago
@MyTennisDream That exhaustion thing is not just after that semi. What about at the end of 2011 when he was completely gassed?
3timeMVPNash 1 month ago
@3timeMVPNash
Eaxctly. I've always said that Djoko's tennis is UNSUSTAINABLE.
Should be easy to see just by the way he moves, his body language, the INCREDIBLE physical expenditure required for him to win, that he's using himself up ten times faster than Fed ever did. Nothing about Djoko seems easy or natural. It's ALL ABOUT PUSHING ONESELF just a bit more, just a little harder still...
I find Djoko has crossed a line where sports isn't entertaining anymore, it becomes some kind of...
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
@3timeMVPNash
...bizarre spectacle, where the viewer is supposed to empathisize tremendously with Djoko's AMAAAAAAAZING efforts, his CRAAAAAAAAAZY struggle to win a slam.
No thanks. I prefer seeing a cool, interesting individual win using wits, fighting spirit, technique and grace. Not this kind of master/slave-tennis.
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
@MyTennisDream
' Exhaustion shown by Djokovic? Well when you play a 5 h and 53min match i think anyone would be tired'
Why can't you get a simple point? Djoko is obviously CONSTANTLY ENGAGED in a massive struggle of will against his almost collapsing body, and he seems frantic.
Fed never played that way. Mark my words: Djoko won't last as a N°1, he needs to push himself WAY TOO HARD, and who knows what kind of techniques he's resorted to to satisfy his outrageous ambition the proportions..
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
@MyTennisDream
...of which are easily identifiable as 'abnormal' -in the most negative sense of course. He's has such a frustrated 'nouveau-riche' kind of mentality, it's painful.
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
...lots of unsavoury, smelly, fishy things are constantly being hidden from public sight. Djoko's frantic behaviour and constant amazement at his own greatness appears to be a source of inspiration to many fans, but we see HERE, in a match like THIS, how much more depth is involved, how much more subtle and interesting the confrontation is, how much more intense in fact. THEY don't need to tear their shirts of while screaming, stare at the Virgin in the sky for 30 seconds or so,..
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
@suddenlyitsobvious This sounds a bit like conspiracy...Besides are you suggesting that Nadal and Djokovic are doping or using drugs? Not that this is impossible, but one should have evidence for these allegations.
MultiStar83 3 weeks ago
@MultiStar83
'sounds like conspiracy'
What does? And? So?
Why does the buzzword 'conspiracy' IMMEDIATELY come up as soon as anyone says anything that might go against politically-correct, mass-mediatized versions of any aspect of reality? Why don't you simply address any observation of mine that you find problematic, rather than classifying it all in some meaningless category designed for 'thought-stop'. 'Evidence'
For doping? Isn't it fact that the only kind of evidence...
suddenlyitsobvious 3 weeks ago
@MultiStar83
...acceptable to you is a declaration by authorities?
Meaning doping occurs if authority says so, it doesn't if authority doesn't. What trust!
Fact is, if you simply use YOUR OWN mind and look into it a bit, it really shouldn't be to hard to figure out that doping is ALL OVER THE PLACE. It's merely a question of definitions: what indeed precisely constitutes doping?
Rafa can simply have massive blood transfusions, having his own blood replaced...
suddenlyitsobvious 3 weeks ago
@MultiStar83
...with platelet-enhanced blood, but this doesn't qualify as 'doping'. Just check the medical history of all these players, it's simply ridiculous. They're getting all sorts of injections and treatments ALL THE TIME. If you simply look at their bodies, and note Rafa himself says he doesn't go to gyms or at least hardly ever, at their performance, you'll easily see it's all abnormal.
But people just go: 'Well, they've got very stringent doping control systems...
suddenlyitsobvious 3 weeks ago
@MultiStar83
...so as long as we don't hear about a massive mediatic case, everything's fine.' What people DON'T understand -they musn't be 'conspiratorial'- is that the entire 'doping control' system is in reality designed to ENGINEER and CONTROL the doping while fooling the public. People don't understand these things because they're too passive. Just think of the Tour de France. OF COURSE top sports is all about doping because it's all about WINNING and doping is the way.
suddenlyitsobvious 3 weeks ago
@suddenlyitsobvious It's okay, it's okay! I am also quite sure that doping is a very big issue in tennis for years. It just seemed strange to me that hardly anybody comes up with this topic regarding professional tennis. Hearing the word "doping" everybody immediately associates it with cycling and so on. Also suspicious is that Nadal reacted very angry when Yannick Noah made some doping allegations against him in a French newspaper just a few months ago...
MultiStar83 3 weeks ago
@MultiStar83
'It just seemed strange to me that hardly anybody comes up with this topic' Well, we live in a world where you have to go look for the info. There's an interesting website btw called tennishasasteroidproblem and you'll find that quite a few people are in fact discussing this, not that it's my chief source of interest; I really don't care all that much, but I can easily sense that some kind of bizarre vibe has entered tennis since some time & that there's a bad odour.
suddenlyitsobvious 3 weeks ago
@suddenlyitsobvious Fuck you he is the best sportsman on the planet and he will last long , and who alowed you to comment Novak play you are probably a RETARD. He has the best year in history of tennis with the strongest top 4 players ever so FUCK YOU STUPID fullstop.
JovanTatalovic 2 weeks ago
@JovanTatalovic Hmm, confirming again that Djoko fans are basically unfulfilled, unbalanced, aggressive serbian nationalists with low IQ's. Well, I guess everybody already knew that.
Djoko appeals to the vulgar snotnoses who have taken an interest in tennis ONLY because they're serbian, and because they have put all their hopes on Djoko making them forget how small their penises are, even if only for the time of a match.
HAR! HAR! HAR!
suddenlyitsobvious 2 weeks ago
@suddenlyitsobvious Yes yes he is the example of low IQ and low penis by fucking your crying players around the globe, i didnt mention Serbia and nationalisam you did stupid american fat pig.
JovanTatalovic 2 weeks ago
@JovanTatalovic
'i didnt mention Serbia and nationalisam' I know, lad. I did. And of course I was right (I usually am): you're serbian and a nationalist and to be fair, your IQ is probably just a bit below average.. I on the other hand am neither american, nor fat.
suddenlyitsobvious 2 weeks ago
@suddenlyitsobvious Youre a fucking moron thats what you are and jealous, you are some kind of which granny knows what Novak can in future. And you know what my IQ is??? FUCKING MORON YOU ARE. Go kill yourself you would do something good for the planet.
JovanTatalovic 2 weeks ago
@JovanTatalovic Well my good lad, I can certainly make a prediction based on Nodjok's increasingly apparent exhaustion, after 1 year at the top, as was equally evident at last year's London championships: his days as a number 1 are numbered, he's burning himself up and his tennis is unsustainable, quite unlike Fed's. The downfall is probably to be expected this year... I suggest you show a little bit more respect to your elders, especially if you want to come across...
suddenlyitsobvious 2 weeks ago
@JovanTatalovic
...as a real man, rather than a hysterically screaming eunuch, foaming at the mouth and scratching wildly with his nails at his opponent who, as you see, is remaining perfectly calm and dignified.
suddenlyitsobvious 2 weeks ago
@suddenlyitsobvious You are everything but calm and dignified. You are evil and jealous. My people is proud people and you now acting good after insult the IQ of whole my people. Thats shows your IQ
JovanTatalovic 2 weeks ago
@JovanTatalovic Don't be such a child. Anyway, I guess the difference between us is I enjoy watching tennis and you enjoy serbians winning. It's a very different mentality, kind of similar to football hooligans. You are letting YOUR personal pride and manhood depend on the success of a guy you never met...
suddenlyitsobvious 2 weeks ago
@suddenlyitsobvious OOO youre so smart and elegant and only you watch tennis and enjoy and you know i doesnt becouse he is from my country. I told you once go jump from a highest bridge and do a world favor, youre not so smart LIKE YOU THINK YOU ARE. YOU ARE WERY SHORT MINDED.
JovanTatalovic 2 weeks ago
@suddenlyitsobvious If you didnt know Nikola Tesla was Serbian and Novak Djokovic is Serbian who was born in your smart country enlight me please.
JovanTatalovic 2 weeks ago
@JovanTatalovic Yeah yeah yeah, Serbia is great, hail Serbia!!!
La la la, pom pom
♫Боже правде, ти што спасе од пропасти досад нас, чуј и одсад наше гласе и од сад нам буди спас.♫ Well, you've got your national saviour, your messiah now! Remember it's just a sport and YOU're not the one making the millions.
suddenlyitsobvious 2 weeks ago
@MultiStar83 I would be angry if people accused me of doing drugs to cheat too. just saying.
kelman221 2 weeks ago
SOOO much more interesting than the stupid matches between Nadal & Djoko! Anybody else noticed how at the USO & the AO Nadal was making a lot of noise and hitting hard but all the time RIGHT INTO DJOKO's racket, refusing to create any angles, refusing to even find the lines, most of his balls landing in mid-court, refusing to make Djoko run, as if actually refusing to try winning the match. In fact, the entire atmosphere surrounding Nadal as well as Djoko is BIZARRE, as if...
suddenlyitsobvious 1 month ago
I can't stand how commentators are fapping over this year's final between Nadal and Djokovic. It had drama, alright. But it was five hours choking, and endless grinding and pushing. I'll take this Federer - Safin match any day. Proactive and purposeful rallies, blistering winners, with both players launching all-court assaults. Basically, two players seeking to win the points, instead of waiting for errors.
ispaht 1 month ago
@ispaht Man you dont understand tennis. They hit winners all the time but they run 2xtimes better then these two guys. I guarantee you that Djokovic is better then they were in this match, and Nadal too.
JovanTatalovic 1 month ago
@JovanTatalovic Nadal and Djokovic do run faster and are more explosive, but the fact remains that both players just don't possess sufficient firepower to hit through each other. They can flatten the ball, but not consistent enough to make the most points shorter. If they do, they wouldn't be tiring themselves by engaging in grinding and protracted rallies.
Federer, Soderling, Del Potro have beaten Djokovic and Nadull by being the aggressors and hitting through them.
ispaht 1 month ago
why the fifth set is 9:7?
checkxfile 1 month ago
Just like when he lost to Delpo in the US open Fed was feeding the forehand of his opponent
= death.
Great match though.
BachEmotion 1 month ago
Where's the lob that capped like the fifth match point in a row that Safin saved in the fourth set tiebreaker?
SempreSami 1 month ago
Federer's god-like genius was nearing its peak at this stage
DKP4 1 month ago
If only Safin wasn't so hard on himself during matches...its obvious he had the game to beat anyone on tour when he was on, but he always so hard on himself when he made mistakes, got frustrated so easily...at least during the AO 2005 he got frustrated but he never really melted down and he got his second Slam..
azarel7 2 months ago 2
People who say Federer had weak competition in his prime should watch this match.
hattrickster33 2 months ago
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tennis has just gotten very physical. if u want mor high quality, u hav to b physically stronger and keep pushing the limits..a good player isn't necessarily defined by how hard he hits, and all the risky shots he tries. it's about understanding the court and how to play it, and how to adapt.
JiraiyaSama86 2 months ago
tennis has just gotten very physical. if u want mor high quality, u hav to b physically stronger and keep pushing the limits..a good player isn't necessarily defined by how hard he hits, and all the risky shots he tries. it's about understanding the court and how to play it, and how to adapt.
JiraiyaSama86 2 months ago
epic. respect to safin
jalanmills 2 months ago
one of the best matches ever. federer was in top form but safin was just out of this world.
xridethelightningx 3 months ago
When I watched this match, I said to myself "the winner of this match will win the Australian Open" and I'm glad Safin won hewitt because this match was so intense
Zac674 4 months ago
@Zac674, well both finalists from the previous year were versing each other so it wasn't really an 'out there' prediction.
depor23 3 months ago
Safin was a great player. When he played at this level no-one could live with him. He just didn't do it enough...
RubberEad1979 4 months ago
This is when Federer's age started to get to him - started declining
ZXcannon 5 months ago
@ZXcannon uhhh you do realize he dominated the next few years by taking 3 out of the 4 slams in the next 2 (or 3 years?)
tekniqs 5 months ago
@tekniqs the field was very weak those following years. federer said it himself "22 years old is your peak in tennis" he was two years past that. look at 2:40, 5:42 (he just didnt have the legs like in his early 20s and gave up sometimes).
ZXcannon 5 months ago
@ZXcannon Nadal and Djoko were coming up, the field was hardly weak. 06 and 07 were Federer's prime, if u saw him play then and looked at the stats now you would understand.
c3vzn 4 months ago
@ZXcannon Nah, Federer's prime was around this time. Actually it was longer, 2003 Wimbledon-2007 Shanghai Masters Cup. He won 26 straight matches (hadn't even lost a set since the US Open 2004 against Agassi). He won 81 matches in 2005, and lost only 4! This one to Safin, one to Nadal at the French Open, one to Gasquet in Monte Carlo and one to Nalbandian at the Masters in Shanghai (in 5 sets). Each of these matches were extremely tight, could have gone either way.
davd1986 4 months ago
@davd1986 ok, i'm bluffing. but Federer did say your tennis prime is 22. he said it at the Australian open 2010 while being interviewed at the live booth.
ZXcannon 4 months ago
This is when Federer started
ZXcannon 5 months ago
i remember skipping school that day to watch the match. for me one of the three best matches ever. probably the best match safin has ever played.
Wed85 5 months ago
That end handshake would be one of the best handshakes of all time as well. Fed slowly coming up and then the embrace..... brilliance.
BrotherTree1 5 months ago
I haven't seen this match, but Jesuschrist this is inhuman quality from both players!!!
gyozop 5 months ago
I haven't seen this match, but Jesuschrist this is inhuman quality from both players!!!
gyozop 5 months ago
This was by far one of the best matches i've seen in my entire life. Hope Roger can come back to this level to win a few more slams
sirch6669 5 months ago
This is the first match I ever remembered watching as a kid, now every other match looks like piss...
CurryMum 5 months ago
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how do i know i'm not gay? i noticed the rack at 4:15
lancerslug311 6 months ago
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lancerslug311 6 months ago
At times it looks like badminton, the way they move on the court.
pundittranscriptioni 6 months ago
@tennisdudeintx Safin was an underachiever and Roddick was an overachiever. Safin was so technically sound. Roddick's game is so technically deficient. His backhand sucks. He does not rotate his shoulders on the shot, and does not hit thru his forehand, leaving the ball in the middle of the court too much.
mrbobevans 7 months ago
Insane shots in this video: 0:13, 0:46, 1:01, 1:08, 3:21 (brilliant), 3:36, 4:21, 4:47 (HUGE), 5:58, 6:03, 6:20, 7:11 (clutch), 7:30, 8:22, 8:35 (whole point was absurd), 9:08.
:O. Not bad. This of course without mentioning one of the best rallies of the new millennium at the beginning of the 5th that isn't in this reel.
choyothe 7 months ago
Taking into consideration just "talent", and not consistency, or other factors, the best players in the last decade for me were:
1-Safin
2-Federer
3-Nalbandian
Safin and Nalbandian were the only ones able to beat Federer in hard court in an important tournament (Gs and MC) between 2004 and 2007.
But Federer was the best of the three as an overall player.
tomyrosicky 8 months ago
@tomyrosicky I really do not think so. If Federer is not the most talented guy, at least of the 2000s, then.... well, everybody has his opinion.. by all means, Federer might not be the GOAT (how can we seriously compare players from different eras?), but he is THE tennis talent of 2000s. Actually, even Safin said so. I agree with the 3 names you made, though: Nalbandian (and Safin) are very talented, too. As to Federer: his "limitations" are in other sectors, not in his endless tennis talent..
marinost1 8 months ago
@tomyrosicky
You are so funny...
The most talented individual in the History is Federer.
You are giving too much credit to Safin or Nalbandian. Of course they are extremely talented.
But Federer is just in an other sector. He's just so much more talented. He's got all the shots in his repertoire and he invents some more. Is it the case with nalby or safin ? No ! They are from our world.
But this guy, this federer, he just hits shots you can even imagine.
jonatev00 7 months ago
@jonatev00 You're pretty ignorant. Just because he's won more than someone else doesn't mean he's more talented. I do believe he's possibly the most talented player of all time but nobody can say for sure. There's guys like Rios, who didn't win a grand slam, who are clearly more talented than Courier or Djokovic.
Safin was also nearly 6'5'' tall, how many guys do you see playing at this level this tall? He was a one of a kind. Nalbandian is another story.
SoooBlue 6 months ago
@SoooBlue
I am ignorant ? you are getting even funnier ....
Federer can make every shot in the book if he really wants to. Federer can invent shots. Federer can do the most improbable shots in the most improbable situation. No one in history can do the same! That is why he is the most gifted player ever, and the best tennis player of all time. You don't believe me ?
Well ask Sampras, Agassi, Courrier, Nadal, Safin, Nalbandian etcetera etcetera ! They will all say the same.
Now close your mouth
jonatev00 6 months ago
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@jonatev00 Yes, you're ignorant. The game has changed due to the court surfaces, rackets fully developed by the mid 90's and stringing continues to improve, so how can you compare eras?
Juan Carlos Ferrero also said he played better tennis in 2008 than 2003, does that mean that is also true?
Players have to say certain things to avoid coming off as bitter, you idiot.
You're a tool.
I swear, tennis fans are the most uneducated, ignorant people on the planet.
SoooBlue 6 months ago
Dramatic finish.
ispaht 8 months ago
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0:44 U can see Federer clap his racquet for a good point of Safin. He doesnt usually do it ¬¬
yogu17 9 months ago
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yogu17 9 months ago
Why do videos look better in 360 than 480p, ITS CRAAAZYYYY
AdamBob89 9 months ago
most overrated match of the decade
ez44567 9 months ago
You got to be remember just from looking at federer ball's striking and liquid movement, this was Fed at his peak and he was in the form of his life at aus 05. So for Safin to meet Fed's level and beat is recognition of how good Safin is and his tennis talent. I think the unfortunate thing for him was he never quite figured out how to play like this on a regular basis and that was why he always got frustrated and was troubled. Fed was really enjoyable back then and still is!
opium1510 10 months ago
Марат лучший!!!!
rustamacho777 10 months ago 8
I hate these times of Nadal...
Nadal for me is like a Lady Gaga
fejuncor 11 months ago 2
@fejuncor so true....imagine the tennis world without nadal, what could have been since 2005!
contactafc10 10 months ago
3:20 That is ridiculous power. Leaning backwards, no pace from Federer. Bang, precise and bouncing off the advertisements. Very Kafelnikovesque, that one.
SoooBlue 11 months ago
Safin.. Probably the best two-handed backhand ever.
Paranoiaaak 11 months ago
Safin's Australian Open had to be one of the most memorable championships to watch. Amazing determination, talent and brilliant play in semifinals and final
Bobby61189 11 months ago
Safin's like "Screw the umpire."
s900203 1 year ago
In the Aussies 2005 Safin was in the zone.
The8arber 1 year ago
one word. Classic.
chibi33097 1 year ago
to temperamental for any consistency
thisoldman99 1 year ago
@thisoldman99 That's the lazy and oblivious mans answer, Safin got injured every time he was playing well.
SoooBlue 11 months ago
best match ive seen!
trinitylimit720 1 year ago
INSANE quality. Nadal would've probably kept slowing things down and looped the ball to Federer's backhand all the time, damn good old tennis back then
89Pleasek 1 year ago 10
highlights couldve been better (matchpoint Federer e.g.) but still thanks for uploading
Lithium001 1 year ago
i've noticed that safin started getting a little too passive towards the end of his career, u can see how well he hits when he plays aggressive and utilized the power at his disposal. If only he kept playin like he did here
taiqi121 1 year ago
@taiqi121 Yes, but let's not forget that he had a potential career ending knee injury a couple months after this tournament (which he won), missed like 7-8 months after Wimbledon and was really never the same after that. Pity, because that would have been his prime, or pretty close to it!
davd1986 1 year ago
I really think Roger was at his best in this game.It's just that on his day, Safin could beat ANYONE. This is by far the best match i've seen in my 20 odd years of watching tennis
Minkki82 1 year ago
It's a match that could've gone either way really. I think Federer screwed a match point in the 4th set, hit a tweener in the net and laughed it off, Safin on the other hand never looked back.
This was the only Slam outside the French Open that Federer FAILED to win in 2004-2007.
89Pleasek 1 year ago
I can't believe how poorly Safin is playing compared to how well he is playing here.
hattrickster33 1 year ago
Safin was playing even better than he was in 2000 when he ran through Sampras at the U.S. Open final. I don't think I've ever seen him play at that level before. And even at his very best it took a 9-7 fifth set to beat Federer who was also playing some of his best tennis.
I think Fed's best match would come two years later at this same tournament and in this same round, the 06 Aussie Open semis, when he ripped up Andy Roddick 4, 0, and 2. He was unbeatable that day.
Amar283 1 year ago
@Amar283 That would be 2007 AO, not 06
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donsaturn2 1 year ago
Safin may the only player who can truly say he beat Roger Federer at his best in a huge match. Federer wanted this one so bad, was playing great, had a 4-1 lead in the breaker and a match point and still Safin turned him away.
A shame that God never gave Safin the head for the game because had he done so the results could have been remarkable. The destruction Safin delivered to Sampras in the 2000 USO final makes the case.
RBaltovi 1 year ago
Totally agree with that. Beating Federer in 2008 or 2009 when the dude was in his latter 20's is nothing compared to Safin's win back in 2005. This proves that no-one is unbeatable but it was still darn hard to beat Federer at his best.
89Pleasek 1 year ago
@89Pleasek
It's also kind of silly to hear the younger players dismiss notions that Federer hasn't declined and that the rest of the tour has simply gotten better. The tour may be deeper but the Federer of 2004-2007 moved better, served better and had a much more solid backhand. A shame that this Federer only played Rafa twice on a fast HC - the 2006 and 2007 Master's Cup - where he got him in straights. Let's hope that we see a little more of that magic before he hangs up the sneakers.
RBaltovi 1 year ago 2
@89Pleasek - this wasn't actually fed at his best, he actually picked up an injury in the agassi match before this match, it started to hurt him a lot in the 5th set it says in the new biography of fed, he had a trapped nerve which caused shooting pains up his right arm, he was still playing extremely well but and absoloute full i think he could of squeezed this one out. This has my vote as the greatest match ever for sure in terms of quality.
TJFederer15 1 year ago
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89Pleasek 1 year ago
@89Pleasek - Its the new biography by chris bowers i recommend it, its really just like an update from the version done by Rene Stauffer obviously this time inluding the years up until 2010, im still reading it atm and have just got past the safin match.
TJFederer15 1 year ago
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89Pleasek 1 year ago
this match is overrated... besides federer was messing about a lot of the time. he should have won it in 4 really.
the masters final of 2005 was better.
ez44567 1 year ago
@ez44567 the year end masters cup final of 2005 was about the same length of time around 4 and a half hours but no where near the quality of this match. For one the spirit of sportsmanship in the Safin match was way better than the bitching Nalbandian during that match in which Federer's fitness caused him to give away the third and fourth sets. However masters final of 2005 is vague i don't know if you are comparing it to that match with Nalbandian.
Bobby61189 11 months ago
I don't know if it is me, but Roger seems so much faster in this match than he does now. He is also more consistent too.
mrbobevans 1 year ago 21
@mrbobevans i think so too.but probably seems more consitent cause its the highlights though but definetly he seems a bit slower now. maybe that just me though.
indyk91 1 year ago
@mrbobevans what a foolishness....obviously he was 6 years younger, probably the best moments at his career....stop talking silliness, please....RF was, is & will be always the best of all the times¡¡
elkabras 6 months ago
@mrbobevans Sure he was more consistent back in the day, when he won almost every tournament he played, but I think the SF win over djokovic in roland garros
removed any doubt about his level of playing. It was one of his best matches ever imo
TomTrix99 5 months ago
@TomTrix99 Are you suggesting federer is as good now as he was in these early years?
pedrozzzzzzz099 5 months ago
@pedrozzzzzzz099 Well I do think he is a tad slower, and that he is a bit less eager to play EVERY point. But his serve is probably better now, and he plays more mature overall. He rises to the accession when he needs to and has a more relaxed attitude. But when he is physically and mentally on top, and in the zone, he is still better than anyone as of now. Imo Federer is definitely GOAT
TomTrix99 5 months ago
just looking at level of tennis, this is the best match of the modern era
jpl315 1 year ago
So privileged to be there live. Insane match. After I saw this match live I had to take a break from tennis for half a year
GyariSan 1 year ago
They were smacking the absolute Jesus out of those balls.
TheBig1dea 1 year ago
@RFedererGenius best match of ALL TIME?!?? man, you've missed some great ones....
drugstoremarc 1 year ago
si safin hubiese tenido mas calma hubiese sido igual de grande que Roger
sublimboy 1 year ago
Feel bad about the last point bcuz Federer
xRIC4RDOxSTAx 1 year ago
@RFedererGenius .. i gree
KKnever 1 year ago
god my heart broke seeing the desperation as Federer tried to crawl to the ball on the last point.....heart of a champ
futb0l4eva 1 year ago 3
best tennis player respect and never forget
Daniloeeed 2 years ago 2
4:18 , 7:27
eillescas90 2 years ago
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eillescas90 2 years ago
highest quality hitting i've probably ever seen kept up over 5 sets. They gave each other great rhythm on the strokes. Safin was an inch superior and a deserved winner. The game will miss him.
tiziano300 2 years ago 2
Funny how the four matches that people are talking about here are all matches that he's lost: vs Safin here, Rome 2006 vs Rafa, Wimby 08 and AO 09.
3timeMVPNash 2 years ago
I'm not sure what Roger did wrong here. Based on outside opinions, I learn that Safin reveals Federer's backhand weakness in this match. I think Roger's backhand has improved a lot since 2005, but is that the only thing that allowed Safin to win? I'm just not sure looking at the highlights.
JL6293 2 years ago 2
In my opinion, this match had higher quality. To me, Federer was playing much better in this match and that year as opposed to 2008. What the W match had however, was all the hype from Rafa and Federer's previous matches and their growing rivarly. Safin and Fed had a rivalry, but did not play each other 'that' many times and especially at majors, only 1 before 05. Safin's injuries and uncanny ability to lose to players he shouldn't early on where the main reasons. Also at W: rain, darkness..
davd1986 2 years ago 4
@davd1986 The 2008 Wimbledon final might have been somewhat "over-hyped", I think that this wasn't Fed's best match. He didn't start to get dominant until around 2006-2007 or so, and it's clear that his backhand in this match wasn't up to his current level. Federer didn't beef it up until then, and in this match, his backhand was constantly being exploited.
In a nutshell, Federer wasn't yet complete in this match; while this was an incredible match, I've seen much better play from Rog ;]
Zekk17 1 year ago
@Zekk17 2005 Wimbledon was probably his best Wimbledon performance. 2004 he defeated Hewitt US Open Final 6-0 7-6 6-0. The match with Andre Agassi before this match he served 22-23 aces totally outclassing the old man. His domination and aura of invincibility started as soon as he won the 2003 TMC. When he won the AO 2004 they were already starting to compare him to Pete Sampras. 2006 Federer was definitely the most rock solid, but to say his dominance only start in that year is ridiculous
GyariSan 1 year ago
best match of all time was rome 2006
TheMasterOfTenniz 2 years ago
great... Roger love ;
federerbestclass 2 years ago
Lol 6:23, Fed having a temper tantrum
terminator8338 2 years ago 5
Nah, wimby '08 was the greatest match ever
terminator8338 2 years ago
no way, that's just overhyped. the first 4 sets of the AO match was higher quality. even if fed's serving was bad and his fifth set was fatigued and terrible. Also federer sliced into the net on far too many breakpoints in that wimbledon one for me to call it the greatest. undoubtedly one of the greatest!
demondayzzz 2 years ago 4
I agree that Wimby 08's WAY overhyped too. What good is just the tense flow of the match, not the quality of tennis
ductrung3993 2 years ago 4