Djokovic vs Thiem 2019 Men's semi-final | Roland-Garros Classic Match 

We really missed out on a decade of the most exciting brand of tennis - that straight arm one handed backhand is amazing - able to hit back foot above the shoulder rifles due to the straight arm

I would be mad lol, the amount of bad luck for this to happen lol

I don't think the long matches are too much of a problem if you get a day's rest. But once again because the French Open are the worst, no roof to finish the SF matches the same day and handing over the trophy without a ball being struck to the first SF winner. Not that it was likely Djokovic or Thiem would have beaten Nadal anyway, but playing 3 days in a row doesn't help.

@@GameOvais what are you saying man that either of them would've beaten Rafa....LOL

@@GameOvais they warm up longer than they play on rest day , plus thiem at 25 should not complain at all

The last two people who commented on this are complete and utter clowns. I could go into detail why they are, but everyone who's not mentally challenged can see the reason, so I'm not going to elaborate. It would be a waste of time

thier matches become interesting because of thiem . we expect djokovic to play high quality but never expect thiem to do it . thiem is another level when he plays big 3 thats why he has a good h2h against them.

He's 28-29 lol, not a 'young gun' anymore

He's the only one other than Andy Murray with at least 5 wins against each of the Big3. Def would have won a lot more slams had it not been for his injuries.

@@jakehuang3545Five wins each? Really?

Rolland Garros YT channel has been absolute bomb lately

PE Expert yo

Only takes a global pandemic to force them to upload highlights longer than 2 mins

It involved a Djokovic overhead

it happens

the spin!

@@lifeisfine1997 Novak is a legend but he can't smash to save his life lol

He noticed the wind was his direction and so his shots were slow and he used that to construct the perfect drop. Very intelligent.

I think he will 😉

he'll have a good chance to own the future of tennis. pretty mentally tough kid compared to some of the other crybabies like Medvedev and Zverev

shortyrags medvedev is mentally tough

@@alecmorariu6291 yeah I think so

@@shortyrags very true man

Novak feels really uncomfortable against Thiem and Wawrinka, two guys who completely smash the ball with power and can get you a winner or a counter form loterally any position on the court. I think those two things are the reason he always has it so hard against them.

The RG 2012 final displayed a superior level than the RG 2021 semifinal, in my view. Both Nadal and Djokovic were younger, in their prime, and fiercely disputed the four sets. In the RG 2021 semifinal Nadal's foot injury pain increased in the last set, and therefore his physical shape was questionable, making it a boring, one-sided last set. In fact, only the third set of the RG 2021 semifinal was close and epic in a true sense of the word. Unfortuantely, Nadal had to skip the rest of the 2021 season due to the aforementioned foot injury.

RG 2011 Fed and Nole > this match

exactly. fucking clown he is.

@@TrollMagic1987 Stfu. He is the GOAT and you are the clown.

@@aniketbhat4962 He is currently. He will never be in the hearts of people throughout the world. Unlike Rafa and Roger.

He will be there. He is the goat. Just shut your mouth @ Abyssinia Selassie

@@dgmobbdeep yeah only because he is from Serbia, because of the 90' propaganda against Serbia from USA and Europe. Even so he is the GOAT, like him or not

Exactly .....i just asked the question lol

I don't get how they don't know their own stats!

The moment when fans know better than the ppl that are PAID for :DDD

It didn't affect the quality

Hopefully at some point he start showing some respect for the Game and stop mocking injuries to slow the opponents game when he is losing. #GulbisIsBigger

Stay salty lol

My thoughts exactly as I was watching this battle: Djoker was complaining, Thiem just dealt with the conditions and hit the ball accordingly.

@@MartinJohnZ exact same thoughts as you. Was a little disappointing as a massive Nole fan

Djoko hates 1. Windy conditions 2. Hot conditions 3. Sunny conditions 4. Humidity etc Rafael Nadal hates 1. Night sessions 2. Low bounces 3. Closed roof etc Rafael Nadal have more Vitamin D than Novak Djokovic is my feeling.

exactly they forgot that

2017 was a brutal display lol

@@jimnosnow4484 yeah it was

Thiem was a boy then. Djokovic got an easy opponent.

@@TheRafaelBond yeah true

how do they play tennis if conditions are so bad that spectators can't/don't want to show up. Had to be canceled

they were empty only in the beginning

@@damerkharmawphlang4196 even on the second day of playing it was 2/3 full at best.

Damer Kharmawphlang still I feel so bad for them to come on court and there is no one to applause them. Really felt like a 1st round.

Arvid L even if people in boxes don’t want to show up, there are thousands of others who would still love to take those seats.

Federer vs Del Potro 2012 quarter final

Federer Djokovic 2011 sf

@@decoenedamien7808 There's already so many highlights of that match on YT, but I would love to see Roland Garros post some of their own. That match was truly a classic

@@jimnosnow4484 as a Fed fan , he won only coz of that injury Del Potro had , nothing special about that match.

Blend Restelica, I agree to an extent. Although great heart from Fed to come back anyway. But yh Del Potro deserved that match

yeah for sure, sometimes players don't think in the moment but stuff like that can go bad

He hit the ball right on the ground man. You guys try so hard to find an excuse to hate on the man😂

Sunflowers of inferno nah bro I love joker, idc who it is Federer Nadal him I’ll say the same, it’s clear by the sound the ball made that it hit the barrier with force, more than enough force to give someone a black eye if it managed to hit there, and that’s the fact...

@@sunflowersofinferno7904 lolll.. He hit the ball straight left, straight in the direction of the crowd. I'd say the same if nadal or federer did that

@@Tronny exactly

True i would always take thiem when they play on clay

Disagree. Both players are heavily affected by the conditions (wind, rain is going to throw off your game no matter what) and his experience actually winning RG and beating Nadal at RG always gave him an edge. As usual his antics always help, although not as much in this case.

Thiem would always be better during windy conditions cause of the spin he uses

Seconded. Also, how he complimented Thiem during the post-match interview, calling him one of the best players in the world.

Well, people seem to 'blink' a lot against Djokovic when they are on the verge of winning. Happened to Nadal (breakpoints deep in the fifth set at Wimbledon 2018, and break up in the fifth set in AO 2012), happened to Federer a few times (obviously), and yeah, Dominic should be proud to join that illustrious list.

ashb001 lol I wouldn’t say Rafa blinked at Wimbledon, that was a 50/50 match that could’ve gone either way. I believe Rafa saved some break points early in the 5th so he could’ve been out before 7-7 had Novak converted. Australia 2012 also hard to say a blink match as Novak was in control of that one before Rafa somehow wrestled away the 4th set and carried that momentum to a tenuous one break lead in the fifth. Should he have won it? Probably. But not comparable to Thiem’s choke job IMO. As for Federer squandering match points at Wimbledon ‘19, I’m gonna leave that for the Fed fans to dissect. It was a strange “meltdown” to say the least!

Ryan Knowles Gotta agree with you.Novak did nothing special to win that match(not taking anything away from Novak though,he is a great champion - one of the GOATs - but he played bad in that match).

@@ryanknowles I disagree with you on both examples - Rafa has now *TWICE* lost when *leading* in the fifth set - and regardless of how well he fought in those matches, he should have put them away: AO 2012 to Djokovic and AO 2017 (to Federer). In addition, he actually came very close to losing the USO 2019 after being *up* two sets to love against Medvedev, who was one or two shots away from taking the match. Djokovic seldom loses from a lead, especially as the match goes on.

And yeah, Nadal's misses at Wimbledon 2018 is just as bad. Who serves a weak 101 mph on grass at such a crucial juncture? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V96sSCV03ng.html ... In contrast, Djokovic's play at key points is on a whole different dimension. You wanna guess Novak's SECOND serve speed on the *first* point of the nerve wracking final set tiebreak of Wimbledon 2019? 105 mph. Yes, thats the difference. Its those 1-2 seconds of resolve and grit that define true greatness. See that second serve here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TUikJi0Qhhw.html

Nowac you mean, no?

@@thomasautengruber8369 shut up hater

he won 2021 soooo

given novak shanked two returns that were lucky to stay in just prior to the winning shot then I think Theim deserved that bit of luck there.

In the Wimbledon 2019 final that net cordon saved him during first serve when fed had a match point at 40-15. Destiny had other plans 😁

power, endurance and technique are nothing without mentality; look at Wawrinka

No one likes sand in their mouths

Weather conditions are parts of what tennis is. I agree that it's a shame for the quality of tennis they produced on that day, but you can't blame the FO's organization for that

@@mariussaur8870 youre right, but on that day the wind was extreme i never saw something like that

@Luis Alejandro this is a straight lie. Thiem complained numerous times during the match (for example he yelled at least twice in German "Scheiß Beton-Platz" = shitty concrete court) and Federer complained too during the match. Don't remember if Nadal said something but he was winning in straight sets so there was no reason for him to be angry.

@Luis Alejandro of course it is. The wind blew all the clay away on one side which only left the hard ground of clay courts which is similar to a concrete court.

Yeah. I feel the weather in Roger vs Rafa's match was really bad. Could have been a much better match quality wise. I remember it was getting impossible to hold serve from one end in that match. Btw, if anyone is interested in joining a tennis WhatsApp group (ATP/WTA combined) for tennis fans, please ping me up at this number. +91 8638525631

Lol Thiem doesn't even have a single clay masters title. Djoko is the number 2 on clay. I would even take old Roger over Thiem rn on clay.

@@arvidl5666 Thiem is just 25 dude and though he has beaten prime Djokovic on clay...just wait for 2-3 years and then compare their clay titles

@@arvidl5666 and it's not always about trophies...just look at their game on clay....one can easily figure out who's better...obvsly Thiem

@@atharvaj3302 Thiem is nearly 27 years old, not 25

@@atharvaj3302 it's about trophies my guy. It doesn't matter If you don't finish the job in the Final. Winning a tough semi-final is cool but if you lose the next match it doesn't help your case. Only the Greats are able to win two high quality matches in a row. Thiem hasn't shown that so far, maybe he'll be there soon, but I'm not sure

And The Cecchinato vs Djokovic match point in 2018

It's not really atp cause grand slam are host by ITF

Yenamarre Oh ya thanks for your information

@GTS Novak seems to love challenges so I don't see why not.

@GTS it dosent really matters djoko already has the french open and he has beaten nadal in every clay masters title and was very close to doing it in french open when nadal was playing his best and 2015 fo win over nadal was nothing because he was not at his best but djoko is way above nadal in every aspect of his game nadal is too one dimensional player to be compared to djoko he is better then nole only on clay every where else djoko is way above nadal

@@prashantSingh-ot7oj nadal has more slams outside clay than novak outside hard,nadal has 7 non clay slam,djokovic has 6 non hard slams,federer has 12 non grass slams

@@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960 u dont have any logics there is 1 clay court slam and three other surfaces for nadal and u talk like shit because nadal is the most dominant single surface plyer campared to roger on grass and djoko on hard look at his track he has 26 masters title on clay out of 34 this is fucking too one dimensional and 12 french open out of 19 salms where as djoko has every masters title and he has beten nadal on every important clay event whereas nadal has not done that look wins in salms dose not only matter djoko has more weeks at no and nadal has not even won a single world tour finals and bro nadal has three sal;ms to win on his not favoured surface and djoko has only two according to ur dumb logics. did u forgot how nadal was fucked by 17 year old nick kyrgios, unknown steve darcies, out of 100 dustin brown, and lucos rosol, dude u can not be called a great with that kind of poor record in wimbledon and that also coming from a rg win ru joking me. djoko has played 7 us open finals dude that is big. nadal is too one dimensional to be in GOAT contention. he too inconsistent as compared to djoko and roger even murray was more consistent then him no one can forget those embarssing early round losses in wimbledon and that was hind of shameful for a great

@@prashantSingh-ot7oj djokovic has won 25 of his master on hard court,11 of his slams on hard,5 world tour finals on hard,41 of his 56 big titles are on hard court 73% while out of nadal 55 big titles 37 are on clay 68%,out of djokovic 79 titles 59 are on hard 74% while out of nadal 85 titles 59 are on clay 69%

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Not in these conditions

I think with Thiem's solid mindset and talent, if he can minimise his errors he will be a real threat over the next few years, I think he'll win a slam on clay at some point (maybe catching Nadal on an off day)

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