Roger Federer vs Juan Martin Del Potro / 2009 US Open Final

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Today Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro square off in the 2009 US Open Final. Del Potro got to the final with an impressive win over Rafael Nadal in the semifinal. Federer won in straights vs Novak Djokovic.

I expect Federer to beat Del Potro in 4 sets. Del Po was able to attack Rafa's heavily spun, high-bouncing groundstrokes. Federer, however, will feed Del Potro a steady diet of slow slices. Plus, Federer is playing at an extreme high level -- his serve and forehand are clicking, to say the least.

Who do you think will win Federer vs Del Potro?

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[saffronace]

Will,You seems to be a diehard fan of FED.Ofcourse everybody is FED's fan.You underestimated DELPO.I liked your analysis,But its more like a theory. which doesnt cover human emotions.DELPO mentally crippled FED with his hard hitting forehand.Interesting part of the match is DELPO slowing down his serve.I think that played a key part in winning the match even though initially it looked to backfire.DELPO not only played great game but made oncourt adjustments whenvr needed

[FYB2007]

Hey. You're right -- I did underestimate DelPo. I said as much in a subsequent video, which you can find in our channel.

I disagree that DelPo got in Federer's head. Don't think Federer's mindset had much to do with the match.

Rather, I think it was DelPo who became mentally stronger the longer the match wore on -- his mental toughness allowed him to recover after double faulting twice to lose the third set.

Impressive feat for a 20 year old.

I agree w/you regarding DelPo's serving.

[steve91803]

Will,didn't you see Fed unravel on that overule?He was swearing at the Chair Umpire.I've never seen him come unglued like that before.Of course his mental state came into play.He allowed himself to get totally distracted right out of the match.I can't believe you don't see that.

[FYB2007]

Hey steve. I saw it -- didn't think it had much of an impact on the match. Federer said as much in his press conference.

[Apituco]

Hi, i've been watching a lot of your videos and enjoying it a lot.

Im a big Roger Fan and i had the same impressions. Nadal lost because of Top Spinned balls in the middle, which Del Po could just hit up/down with huge pace, and Federer would slice Del Po all the time. But Federer stopped "slicing" after 1st set, you noticed that also?

Besides Serving horribly, and playing irregular, federer avoiding the slice i think was the key for his loss :P

what you think?

Grats for the videos agian.

[FYB2007]

Hi Apituco. I made a video w/my thoughts on the match -- it's the main video in our channel so you can check it out there.

Lemme know what you think!

[3timeMVPNash]

Yeah yeah yeah. I'm happy for Delpo; he played a great match.

Federer wasn't serving well throughout the whole match and he lost his focus after that line call in the second set, serving at 5-4. Del Potro was just getting every ball back hard at Fed, and he was getting a lot of 2nd serves to look at, which he hammered.

I'm just happy that Fed seemed relaxed after the loss. Tottaly the opposite of Australia.

[GatoTotal]

Un jugador FANTÁSTICO!!!

Este tipo con 20 pirulos va camino a ser EL MEJOR JUGADOR DE LA HISTORIA desde Bjorn Borg!!!

AGUANTE JUAN MARTÍN, que vas a ser más rico y famoso que Maradona!!!! juaaaa

[williamstdog9]

Good analysis (and although I'm writing this long after the fact - I'm not being sarcastic.

Just "discovered" you look forward to watching what you think re: future Slams. My love for tennis (and esp Fed) has grown the last 5 years, and now I follow EVERY SINGLE tournament throughout the year on ATP's site. I'd seriously love to sit down with u and talk about what 2012 will bring...

Keep it up bro!

[arkor7]

Del Potro was much better than Roger Federshit

[facu963]

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[CeruleanTwist]

@dura1mater Yes. Much better.

[oggy112]

Sir you were wrong. Very wrong.

[alfaiate99]

Godding Federer Syndrome!! Del Potro won that game playing always backcourt style, getting the balls as higher as possible, putting weight and spin on the ball, running like a maniac. No one can play always with slices all the game, who decides how high want to hit the ball is always the player, getting a backcourt position to get the ball in a high level. Because of this, a player like federer plays near the baseline and nadal further back from the baseline.

[dura1mater]

isn't Tennis warehouse better than Tennis express?

[XTdarkgainTX]

wata large comments, lol

[tennispwner101]

something ive noticed about rafas game as of late. He is becoming extremely offencive now days especially on the return. Hes been hugging the baseline or somewhere close to it instead of his typical hanging back on serve jsut to get the ball back with a bunch of top spin. Though his old style is effective we are seeing rafa evolve into a more modern player but i honestly think that rafas old style was more successfull

[santinio101]

i don't agree with you on the same, in th 3rd set when fed was swearing at the chair umpire, saying not so good things....even the commentator were shocked as delpo was listening to all of this...and next thing he lost the set with 2 DF...it wasnt the fed that got distracted...it was delpo...

and then he recovered...rest of the 2 set...fed was just trying to whether the storm...by the mid of 4th set it was clear that delpo is gonna win...he become mentally stronger and uplift his game...