Federer v Safin - Australian Open 2009 - Remastered in HD 

Bro... he was onw of the best player in tenis i seen. Technicaly was perfect. Here was close to his retire. Playing after surgerys. With 11 years in tour!! And still playing close to roger level in his best years. This is just aweome bro. To all the kids idiots about the weak era, put to play safin from 2000 with actual guys.... please.

@@heynow1988 Amen

@@heynow1988 prime safin would destroy Rublev, Tsitsipas, Zverev, berretini etc

Roger hits winners off his opponent's (apparent) winners- (no one else can do this on a regular basis).

Marat had the best drop shots I've ever seen.

Roger Murr yesss 🤩

Yesss🤩

He hits (his opponent's) "winners", for winners- (no one else can do this).

mishit xD

surely Federer could have gotten to that one

agree. He was the first in that gen who beat Sampras in final 2000 US OPen

Super talented player but very lazy, poor footwork

Safin great player but he doesn't have Fed's range of shots, half volleys or feel at the net.

@@g2tennis poor foot work? Lol he was way too fast for his build

@@oot007 Safin doesn't need those to win 😊 he has his own set of skills

I think people are saying that mainly because he has been beating Rafa recently. But I think he has only made a tactical change against him. Had he made the change earlier on, he may have fared much better in their H2H.

Smite Stuff to be fair, the h2h is how it is mostly because in 2013 when Rog was recovering fro his back surgery he played Rafa 5/6 times and lost all of them. Rogers major problem against Rafa has been a mental one. Of course the backhand was an issue, but his overall game was always able to compensate. If he had played Rafa anytime in 2015 or 2016 he'd have beaten him.

Josh Fayemi True.

Josh Fayemi His main problem against Rafa has been his defensive backhand. Roger was confident. Even at the WTF 2011, when he had lost to Rafa in the RG final earlier that year, he was still mentally capable of beating Rafa as much as any other player. I think 2009 was one of Roger's best years though. He was in every single major final that year and even beat his biggest rival on clay. Roger in 2017 is solid, but nowhere near as good as he used to be. Competition is just scarce nowadays.

Not really 2006-10. His best years were, by far, from 2004 to 2007. He started to slow down (just a little bit) after the end of 2007

Yeah, added a bit of extra drama to the tiebreak which wasn't included in my original video, so along with the quality enhancement I decided to slip in a few additional moments from the match. Hope you enjoyed the highlights!

Federer later said he was having flashbacks to their tiebreak in 05 at that stage.

Beechaii2 do you have fed vs djokovic ao 16 with Channel 7 coverage ??

Lmao no

Yes, at least. Federer in his prime here, in next rounds wasted Berdych and Delpo like droping few gemes or none per set

Roger best back hand? Lmao what did you smoke 🤣. Forehand you meant to say?

ffallenaangel This was the 3rd round

I disagree- (and I'm a Fed fan). His talent covered way more territory than just a powerful serve- footwork/court speed, brains/tactics, athletic ability, and shot making- (he had it all).

So so wrong lmao...

No. That shot is classic chip and charge

Lol this again? Nadal on grass and clay in 2006-2007 was better than he was after 2010. Djokovic in 2007 was not very far from the Djokovic we know now. And lol at the choice of opponents listed. It’s funny to see guys like Ljubicic being lumped in with Safin and Roddick. What about Hewitt? Nalbandian?

@@CK-iv1lq I named only a few opponents of the so called "weak era." Of course you can expand this list: Nalbandian Hewitt James Blake Nikolai Davidenko Marcos Bagdhadis JC Ferrero Philipoussis Robin Söderling Fernando Gonzalez Radek Stepanek Richard Gasquet Tomas Berdych Gael Monfils JW Tsonga David Ferrer.... And yes Rafa had a bad phase on grass after 2010 but last years half final against Novak has been extremely close and he could olso have won with a bit more good luck!

Nadal was still far from his best on grass. He was a step below 2007, 2008, and 2010. As for that list, some of those guys were Djokodal’s opponents more than Federer’s, such as Tsonga, Ferrer, and Berdych. But none of these opponents are as weak as the players Nadal and Djokovic (especially Djokovic) have to face: Dimitrov Nishikori Raonic Tomic Goffin Sock Isner Anderson Kyrgios Pouille Monfils Tsitsipas Medvedev Shapovalov Zverev Etc. But I don’t pay much attention to this list. Why? Because big names =/= form. For example, Roddick in Wimbledon 2003, 2004, and 2009 played better than Nadal in the Wimbledon 2011, better than Djokovic in USO 2007-2010, and definitely far better than Berdych, Tsonga, and Ferrer in their slam finals (in which they were taken out by Nadal or Djokovic). I agree, however, that Federer had a weak era from 2003-2006, but to call that a weak era and not call Djokovic’s 2014-present era or Nadal’s 2010 (and other slams where he received very favorable draws, especially in the US Open) season is hypocrisy at its absolute finest.

this era of Federer has the most talented and fun to watch players ever. if it weren't for the slowing of the courts and play, Nadal and Djoker wouldn't even get to 10 Slam each. Nadal would definitely not get a slam outside of clay. Just the fact that Nadal and Joker got to win Wimbledon with their boring defensive style is the death of Tennis.

@@CK-iv1lq plis,,, ur list of good players sucks hard. its obvious u a kid a of 20 who never watched old years tenis.