Extended Highlights: Federer v Kyrgios Classic | Miami Open 2017 

That he is.

For some reason he always plays top form when playing Fed or Djokovic. Everyone else he just tanks

He is lethal and still lost...

@@Nixonbutcherhe doesn’t train like Federer does

@bullymaquire8797 Are you serious? Useless comment... everyone know that mon ami

DON'T LIE

@@airkuna why would you think is a lie? People go go watch tennis you know...

@@airkuna I'm not talking, "idiot".

@@airkuna geez you are one fucking idiot

@@luckyskin09 your mother

Totally agree on this

Should be replay the point

happened to federer in first set

i support this comment

i'd agree its unfair that the crowd makes line calls during a rally. but then Kyrgious is such a nasty fuck he deserves it

I remember thinking Fed was Jedi-like with that.

Maestro always produce these types of magic 😎

yeah, absolutely brilliant! have Novak at the net for the very same ball...he'd make an absolute mess of it->take it on body->and cry foul that the opponent has targeted his body :P

​@@raghavendragabbita2718 was it necessary to badmouth other players to glorify your maestro. No wonder, Karma is serving you guys dearly.

@@dakbabu that's 'memory' boss...when u see brilliance, memory would also bring up the mortality, which after all is why u 'recognize' brilliance for what it is!

Ayan Mukherjee he just stood there in awe/disgust. I had to laugh a bit lol

to be honest, it was hit right to him so all you needed was some quick reaction

@@sidusername all you needed was quick reaction.?.. dude most of the ATP would not get it

Was half expecting Federer's racket to break

@@sidusername that forehand was hit at like 110 mph… that close to the net 95 percent of players would get the racquet knocked out of their hand assuming they saw the ball at all

Marshall G I think that tennis crowd around the world will give hard time to Kyrgios's dick head, all his fault if you ask me.

young lad with a bad attitude and no respect for anyone, let alone the GOAT

Davide Pastore TBH I think federer's the only player he has respect for

@@RogerBiwandu Oh so calling "out" from the crowd is fair game if it's against Kygrios is it? Even if he is a dick head that is no excuse for someone from the crowd being one.

@@presidentfranklin5888 It happened to Federer as well. But that doesn't make it fair game either.

Wish he can convert that potential into grandslams

Too bad he's a lil bitch and loses to fed every time

@@Nick-wl4qr he's perfect against novak tho who owns roger in all GS

dor ryoku The transitive property doesnt apply to sports

@@Nick-wl4qr not always

warrenwolfe the whole crowd wanted him to lose. Pathetic fans hating on a great player

a fucking stupid one

@@dimipats258 true that

@@dimipats258 ikr, truly awful people

Americans

because it was straight at him. nothing great

@@MrRovoLova Sure Mr. Fearless

Sure Mr Shabbir😂 lmao Federer fans

@@sakshamteji6115 u think u can do better than Roger Federer🤦🏻‍♂️ the day u beat Roger, u can make comments about his tennis. Moron.

@@MrRovoLova bruh it looks fast on tv in real life it is like lightning that was looking as fast a frickin 110+ mph serve

Damn, that's a tough pick between this and the Aus open semifinal

I believe Nadal vs Dimitrov did win Grand Slam match of the year, or was atleast top 3

Nadal-Dimitrov Australian Open 2017 (5 hours and 5 sets) was better in my subjective opinion.

why was this voted match of the year? that was just a classic servefest where like 80% of the points ended after 3 shots. the only good thing about it was its closeness, but the tennis itself was as dull as it gets for the most part

@@LeMasterTrollious not really, actually it was a great match and both players played their best tennis, and federer that march of 2017 was playing probably the best tennis of his life, or it was really close to that. you need to also take into account that zverev ended as number 3 that year, so the top players werent playing that well except nadal or federer so there werent many great matches. the only thing i didnt like was that the crowd was completely disrespectful the entire match with nick.

Shame the crowd ruined the match.

and a victory for nick. Period. Homeboy got robbed by the crowd@@PB78341

they fucked Kyrgios and you wonder why why moans so much.

Audience was like football match

​@@marcinzagol6818 it sure was

you havent seen a french open match, madrid match or australian open match have you?

​@@Beechaii2 lol, so your view is it wasn't trash? Did you actually watch it? If you did, you really gonna say it wasn't trash? Constant jeering and applause for Kyrgios's unforced errors. Shouting 'out!' in the middle of play? Yeah, French Open had shitty crowds as well. Australian Open, on average? You're kidding right? If you said US Open crowd during Serena's meltdown last year or Michael Chang v McEnroe in 1991, that would've made more sense. This match really had a extremely trashy, toxic crowd.

@@minatzuga5573 Of course I watched it. I didn't say it wasnt trash but its not as bad as I've seen before. Watch Kokkinakis vs Gulbis in the 2015 AO first round for example. It was exactly like this match like you described it but even more thunderous support for the local boy. Listen to the massive roars of YEAHH to Gulbis' unforced errors in the 5th set. Listen to the intimidating slapping of the ad boards from people on the front row. That was a tiny outside court compared to Miami's centre court. imagine if it was a main grandstand with over 5k extra people. I've never been to a more enthralling experience. poor Gulbis.

@@Beechaii2 Ah, didn't tune in for that one. What's up with that second and third set score? 6-0, 1-6.

@@minatzuga5573 Wasnt there for those sets. only managed to grab a sit at the 4th set. but you could tell the crowd had been rowdy for a while. the 5th set was intense. This Miami match crowd is a baby compared to that match. you can find some clips on RU-vid.

Yeah it's strange how it's more of a weakness for him now. Nowadays he's often just pushing the ball back with his backhand with no intentions of constructing a point with it.

dfsfklsj several factors come into play. He was much more fresh due to the long break, and there were less expectations which allowed him to play more freely. It was similar to how Nadal was crushing FH DTL in 2013. After that it is back to regular expectations and grind. That and players may have adjusted more to his game where now he needs to adjust. Even Federer isn’t going to just recklessly go aggressive with that shot unless he feels confident enough to pull it off. The backhand will always be the first shot in his arsenal expected to break. He can play great with it one season and then not so much the next. But his forehand and serve will remain the reliable weapons that they are.

@@JiraiyaSama86 well said

@@JiraiyaSama86 Good points. I will say that Fed not being aggressive on his backhand shots isn't necessarily gonna open up better shots on his forehand side. When he doesn't get enough power/depth/angle on his backhand it gives his opponent the opportunity to attack. Exhibit A his recent match against Thiem. I think he still needs to be more aggressive with his backhand, just not reckless.

I think he found it again in Miami 2019

Nope. Nadal-Dimitrov Australian Open 2017, Federer-Nadal Australian Open 2017 and Del Potro-Federer US Open 2017 were all better matches.

@@srkucrickk Well I meant ATP tour excluding the slams, though I definitely would question DelPo Fed US Open and anything with Dimitrov in it basically. EDIT, in fact I disagree with all of that, even Fedal Aus - that match was epic but it had lulls in quality. This one above was just lights out start to finish, albeit was only ever going to be 3 sets at the most granted. But it's the one match I can think of where both players produced their best tennis, which just so happened to be some of the most unplayable on the tour, almost non stop for 2.5 hours or whatever it was.

@@srkucrickk to be fair, Shaggy said "I reckon" and you reply with just "Nope" as if there's objective truth in one's favourite tennis match. Ok thanks mate, it's a subjective topic.

@@srkucrickk Slams are not ATP matches, they are hosted by ITF.

@@koushiksaha2810 You are right.

I like Nick and he's clearly immensely talented. But you can't be called a deity if you haven't even won a 1000 let alone a GS. But it seems anyone can be called a hero/inspirational/star these days - so maybe deity is just in that bracket of fanboy hyperbole.....

@@danguee1 He obviously played like a deity here.

@@ClareAmel His backhan is still quite bad, compared than what he produced this year so definitely think he did not

Agree!! I miss him

Yes abdolutely indeed

The volley of roger at 10:13 in that moment 3-4... crazy

No one tops this man when he's playing at his peak

@ianrodd9232 I agree with you .Roger was magic .

Same...i think also because both players are pretty aggressive and take risks

This match stands as a staple regarding how you SHOULDN’T become a Nick fan. Such a sore loser and just a tragic person on court

Ya i totally agree great summary. I also watched it live truly one of in not the greatest matches in tennis history at a non grand slam tournament, it really shows something that kyrgios can go head to head with 2017 fed. I think that the call from the crowd affected kyrgios mentally and instead of smashing a raquet he took his anger out on the serve and tried to hit a 130mph 2nd serve. If kyrgios had the mentality of djokovic to bring his best level at grand slams he could hold the title of grand slams. Now his attitude is definitely better but he doesnt take tennis as seriously. Very sad to know kyrgios is just playing for fun now couldve been a great player.

@@shaanmajeed2489 And for Federer now ? 😁😁

That was the only problem, the crowd bias was such an annoyance on this match

I never like US tennis audience especially when they boo eastern countries players like Djoker and Medvedev. But Nick deserves every piece of this shit, because all he does is shit. You want to be a bad boy of tennis, you should be ready to handle the heat.

@@shaanmajeed2489 Definitely a possible grand slam winner if he can find inner peace and figure out whatever it is that gets him so emotional. So many people bash him and it's sad for people to pass judgement so easily without even knowing the guy. But it's so easy to see as a tennis fan that he's got incredible talent, really entertaining to watch and is great for the sport. I mean who else does trick shots against the GOAT himself?

Lol prime Kygrios didn't even beat 35 year old Rafa either

Sometimes I come back to this video just for that point, and Kyrgios' dumbfounded look right after 😄

Devolvió un misil, con una simpleza extraordinaria, la fuerza en su antebrazo para bloquear eso, es Brutal!

He had a good fall too.

Very well said.

Surely not the match of the decade.... The match of the decade was 2019 Wimbledon finals

when Federer chocked righttt@@yusufalam8639

NO NO NO YOU CAN'T JUST LIKE ONE PLAYER AND NOT THE OTHER! YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO CHEER WHEN THE POINT IS OVER NONONONONO!

@@kulio1214 Dude, fans were literally calling the ball out in the middle of the damn point.

Why feel bad for Federer when he has home court advantage basically his entire career especially this match?

They are the reason you know. They take down everything

The shot is insane, but Kyrgios' scream/grunt that goes with it is what makes it even more epic

Wouldn’t say it’s prime Federer

Prime federer was in 2004-2009

@@jorisw.6233 i mean the first quarter of Federer 2017 was prime+ Federer, even in His dominant years he didnt wiped the tour in that couple of weeks like he did in Australia, indian wells and miami 2017, he couldnt do that even in His prime years, It shows how amazing was His return, ofc this level would drop like It happened, but for those weeks was basically Federer posseaed by His prime self with the knowledge of the" old" fed

@@jorisw.6233 Agreed, this was good, but Prime Federer was something else.

Unfortunately he's just hit another low, losing a game by code violation against Sinner and losing the match, in Miami Open 2022

Most dramatic I would say

Del potro vs federer olympics sf 2012

And rafa vs novak madrid 2009. Those 2 were better

Nadal vs Djokovic madrid 2009 semifinal it was better Ertie.

It depends what you call the Best match: nadal-djokovic madrid 2009 was great in terms of phisicality and brutal hitting from the baseline. This one was outstanding in terms of drama and super offensive tennis. Surely, on of the Best in history in my opinion🙂

🤣 Yea sure.

Well he did something even worse in the 3 matches he lost to Nadal, he TANKED, in the other matches he just blew him off the court.

Rafael Mertin Don't worry It was intentionally a stupid reply to an even more stupid comment. Federer had set and match points here way before Kyrgios could choke, and the US open match was just a beatdown and Kyrgios didn't have himself in a position where he could get nervy. Madrid and Beijing 2017 against were classic tanking from Kyrgios, just giving up on every ball and volleying on every serve to lose as fast as possible. Now wipe your tears.

And this probably wasn't even a choke lol, the crowd just flared him up and he went like fuck it no more playing.

@@thomasbrunkle8389 you big dumb bro, big dumb

And that's the story of pretty much all the Fedal matches, no? IDIOT.

Nah Fed was probably disappointed that Kyrgios smashed his racket as he was coming to the net to shake his hand

One of the matches where I was in awe what Federer can do !

Kishore Babu Most disappointing day in federer’s career where Novak was miles away from victory and all of a sudden from no where he cracked Fed’s serve and later is...history !

Because he is Novaks bitch and he was lucky and this disrespectful crowd helped him win

Incredible match! Roger outplayed Novak for the most part, but Djokovic had it when it mattered most!

@Lakshay Shounak How many times novak has to make you fanboys cru until you realize its not luck? Or its just coping at this point?

@@diegosotomiranda4107 Nole's incredible mental and service return won him the match but Fed is possibly the best server in the history of tennis, and with 2 match point on grass, it was all on him to win. Sadly for him he chocked