Novak Djokovic on Roger Federer's retirement | Eurosport Tennis 

Yes he sure is

The thing is that It you take the Venn diagram of total tennis fans, pretty much all of them support one of the Big 3. And the Fedal fans are greater in number compared to Djokovic fans and have suffered in their following of Fedal vs Djokovic by far (far, far, far) compared to any other player. So you frequently see many trying to knock him for anything, even completely imaginary stuff. But not surprising given the results.

@@huzcer yeah, it’s really because he came in later than the other two. Circa 2014 when he exploded.

@@007therealjamesbond You're correct in your assertion that that's the main reason (that he rose after) but also you might need to check 2011 for the other.

@@huzcer I was going to say ‘11 but he dropped off after that and then changed his diet, regime and mentality from 2014 onwards.

Coz he thinks he is himself this perfect mix of the 3 others… The dude is just best returner of all time, and probably the strongest athlete mentally I have ever watched. Who looks more stress less than him

Unlike Zverev

Damn right. He don't belong

"that player is already pretty good".... [...inside voice: "and I will beat the shit outta him!!"]

@@strikerbowls791 bull shit

Paire disrespected Novak for his stance and added more chance for us to win who cares, now retiring with chest pain and lack of energy is all Paire can do at challengers. Chardy and Monfils are not doing well either and Dimitrov retired with same chest and lack of strength recently. Novak also knew he was not a favorite to get a placebo.

I dislike Joker, however I respect him for his own personal choice and right not to get the vaccine. He stood up for what is right.

It was not the pandemic it was the political decisions of not very “Enlightened” government in Australia and the US

the "pandemic" did not deny us that. It was the fascists with their hands on the levers of power in OUR governments! I am disgusted that the US Open did not allow him to play. I know Australia was a mockery of what it is to be free and righteous, but the USA is supposed to be better than that. Embarrassing. Sorry, Novak! ... P.S. kudos to Wimbledon and Roland Garros for allowign him to play.

by the way, I am a HUGE Federer fan. I appreciate Novak immensely for the stance he took and continues to take. P.S. Nadal's Australian Open will always have an asterisk next to it. Novak would most likely have beaten him in the semis. Nadal knows it.

I mean, djokovic shows the most respect out of the 3 by far, but yeah

Two Legends in Sport, because they can win everything, but they say no! ALI&NOLE BIG EGGS

Novak is a classy gentleman. He had very nice words toward Federer, he respects him a lot.

Absolute truth! Beautiful words man

Hilarious😅

its all planned bro they hate novak

@@matriXDzonyy djokovic won dude

@@caprise-music6722 you are blind I think Djokovic didn't play at all how can he win it which doesn't make sense.

absolute gangster

It was a diplomatic answer, but he doesn't have the net play that the others have (which is why he sucks at doubles).

@@my8osprive ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4iTiRvk4FHY.html&ab_channel=TennisTV

top 10 for sure

@@sooparticular top 3

Top10🤣🤣🤣

@@sooparticular top 2 and he aint 2

@@petarveljkovic4906 da on je sto posto deveti hey from nyc!!

you mean the 3 of the big 3 not both~ but yes you are right, they have all respect for each other, fans need to stop arguing and hating on the players like 5-year olds

Exactly! I’m so happy to see someone else who gets it! Cuz “all I see” in the comments are extreme religious fanism towards one player, and disgusting hate towards the others. Absolutely embarrassing. Novak, Rafa and Roger would be so embarrassed of those fake ass internet-hooligans. They need to stop this ridiculous behavior and start enjoying the beautiful game of tennis before all 3 of these legends are gone. Rant over lol

@@caprise-music6722 Well said, the so-called fans have become fanatics. Far-left, far-right, no middle, no balance. State of the world, I suppose. Thanks Federer for the memories 👏🫡

i hate "nice guys", so i love nole:)))))

@@zackmayo7219 In maybe some few years, another group of youngsters would be dominating the game, maybe winning more grand slams than the current trio. What matters it that sanctity, decorum and tradition of the game(Tennis) remains alive because without players the existence of Tennis is incoherent.After all sportspersons are professional entertainers 🎉

Lol

Technically then they shud also add stan wawrinla

@@tenizgurl3523 Stan totally disagrees with you that he is on Murray's level. Stanimal, who appears once in a blue moon, however, he is the actual GOAT, haha.

Bruh, even Novak, Roger, and Roger agree that Murray is part of their group. They’ve dominated as the four best players in the world for so many years 2008 to 2013

@@tenizgurl3523 Stan is too inconsistent. He loses in R1 while the Big Four makes semifinals consistently

Lol true

Murray could be put for Backhand and Return. And he’s the third best volleyer in the Big Four

I think Novak easily takes the mental one,the guy is a mental beast

agree with nearly everything except that I don't think that nadal is that close to roger in volleys and that novak is better and not tied with rafa physically.

I did think about just putting Novak for physical I wasn’t sure you might have a point. I stick with what I said for volleys though Rafa has one of the most underrated volleys ever, he just didn’t use it as much as roger

Slice/Dropshot: Roger Lob: Andy

who aRE U TALKING ABOUT??

lol

@@sooparticular to you media fan boy.. he didn't take covid shot

Mostly agree, but a couple of additions: Forehand: del Potro Pure force and precision from both sides when playing ‘in the zone’: Wawrinka

All of the above combined-Alcaraaz.

@@ragas2845 lol call me when he achieves at least half of their achievements, than we'll talk about his greatness

@@heizeking3557 give me your number. How can I call you without your number?

Andy roddich had a good serve.. returns of serve ...oh my common man , kidding you who?

Stan man

True man, he deserves to be in some kind of 'Big 4' cause of being the only man in history of tennis to have 2 olympic gold in 'Singles', and being world number 1, all in the same era than the big trio.

@@natoskull2 Statistically there was both a big 3 and big 4. The gulf between the big 3 and Murray is as big as the gulf between Murray and the rest of the field. That's no knock on Murray. He is a great that would have achieved 10 slams in any other era.

Awwww....Brit-hurt

Only British people consider Murray among the "big 4"... Any objective person would know there is only a big 3 + Murray, Wawrinka etc... Sure Murray was amazing but the gap with the others is simple too big

if you think about it realistically Murray only won 3 GS in his career compared to the other 3 is this absolutely a JOKE! He doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same context as Nole Rafa and Roger!!! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Nah he won’t. His decline is already well underway.

@@whizkid4386 Totally agree - such a sharp decline evident at the last slam he played at Wimbledon! - or *NOT* And Djokovic will be playing in minimum 3 if not all 4 slams next year. He's not going to win everything but is likely to pick up at least a couple more slams before he retires. With another title there he will have 8 along with Fed but obviously having a resounding 3 to 0 head-to-head record in Wimbledon finals versus that same player he will unquestionably be the premier Wimbledon player of all time... The young guns just don't know how to do grass yet so at Wimbledon he's a very short favourite.

@@whizkid4386 Hahhahahha dream harder, you sound like a b.tthurt bitter and sore lil' biatch 😂😂😂 cry more, biatch. 😭😢😢

LOL, sure, now try that idea in reverse. Mostly they are responding to outrageous and frankly unhinged disrespect to Novak for decades now from Fedal fans. Many of those unhinged fans are in the media, making it really intense.

I hope so Roger and Rafa's fans will do the same, because very often you see them throwing hate and Novak and booing him. All the toxic fans need to learn how to show respect.

@@naysayer1238 Translation: "No we Novak fans will continue to be assholes"

@@MrGenexxx Translation: "No, we Fedal fans will continue to be a holes" Respect goes both ways. silly person. That's all I said.

I respect Roger and his career but I can't respect many of his fanboys. Look at the pathetic and toxic behaviour from fedtards fanboys in the stands when their guru face Djokovic in GS Finals (Wimbledon and US Open particularly). Cheering any double faults and unforced errors against Djokovic, even booing him during prize ceremony (US Open 2015)🤦‍♂️. Please don't turn the table, Federer fanatics are used to disrespect in many ways (criticism on his tennis style, doping assumptions, attacks on his personality and so on) the Serbian champion just because they have been so salty to Djokovic shattered Federer's records during the last decade. Most of Federer's fans have shown no sportsmanship toward Djokovic, whether in mainstream medias, forum discussions or social medias.

In terms of sanyaku rankings, Murray is one of only 17 Yokozuna (grand champions) of the open era. Fedalovic form 3 out of 7 Dai-Yokozuna. Yokozunatennis.blogspot.com

He has 3 grand slams... That's not one of the 15-20 greatest of all time

@@kirby4599 But has 2 olympic golds in SINGLES, was World N ° 1 and Y-E World Number 1. That is definitely for being considered in the Top 10-20 best players from the Open Era...

Distant 4. Ok?

I don’t know what you mean with ‘all time’. If you mean open era you’re simply wrong. There are 14 players with 5 slams or more in the open era. 3 players have 4 slams (Rosewall, Vilas, Courier) and 5 players have 3 slams (Ashe, Kodes, Kuerten, Murray, Wawrinka). Rosewall is a special case (he has many more titles pre-open era). But among the others Murray has the by far deepest record in terms of slam finals and semi final participations, beware of other achievements such as year-end championships or Olympics. At a minimum Murray is therefore #18 of the open era, more appropriate seems #16 or so. If you factor in the level of his competition - the top 3 guys of the open era - you may rank him even higher.

Stan Wawrinka:🙄🫤🫠

@@Florideanstarch Stan the man !

@@malhotraroger9106 I just wish he wins Wimbledon someday. That day would officially be the best day in my life and many people who Stan on Stan

I mean without disrespecting andy, he was the closest to them but still far away even in his prime. Yes he could beat them once a while but others could, too.

@@samsbookbook3425 Yet, Andy’s the only player who constantly made it to those semis and finals to challenge them. Wawrinka is so prone to losing to randoms.

5 years is not an era LOL

@@lancemasters7800 wawrinka is my/our secret all time hero 😀. I think hes prime Tennis is equal to djokovic

fact

Ignorant casuals

Andy was number 1 and 2 times olympic gold medalist....i think that is kinda thing that can separete them....al off big 4 was number 1 player ... Stan never was

@@stefanz993 Andy is a lil sh!t lol there is no big four, just big 3

Wawrinka doesn’t even come close. during 2008-2013 he was getting destroyed in the early rounds of slams while the Big Four where making quarters, semis, and finals easily

You obviously didn't watch much of this century's tennis

@@lancemasters7800 Stop using the Big 4, you Brit!

Lol Mr M I believe