Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal - Australian Open 2012 Final | AO Classics 

I woke up that Sunday morning ready to watch the replay and when I walked into the living room, my dad was watching it live. I could only laugh in disbelief.

The most well-earned shirt rip in the history of tennis.

Thinking Novak also had a five-setter against Murray in semi final. This man is so tough, physically and mentally.

This is not tennis This is the battle of 2 Gladiator

I remember that they had to bring chairs for them to sit on, because they weren't able to stand during the speeches after the match.

Im serbian and i was in Melbourne watching this, i ve cried when Djokovic won

After 11 years Djokovic won Australia Open again 🏆what a legend

I don’t care what anyone says: this was the greatest men’s final ever played.

I'm a Federer fan, but this is the BEST Tennis match EVER.

I remember watching this match from just getting up from my afternoon nap till late night bedtime that Sunday 😂 Have been die-hard Djokovic fan ever since!

Amazing game by both, shame there can’t be two winners in tennis. One of the best ever matches in tennis history alongside Roger and Rafa's Wimbledon final of 2008.

The way he took of his shirt at the end just gives me chills. The sheer confidence and raw desire of the man is warrior like

This match was like an encounter between two Greatest Gladiators fighting till death.

Now this is what I call a classic! ;-)

Golden Age of Tennis. This was 7.5 years ago..

These guys are amazingly talented. What stamina. And Djokovic did it again at Wimbledon 2019. Incredible.

Here after the 2022 AO Final. The fact that Nadal can pull off a match of comparable intensity even 10 years later, against an opponent who is 10 years younger, is absolute nuts!

i’d say Nadal involved in the greatest match played on grass (08 wimbledon), hard court (this) and clay (13 RG vs djokovic) amazing

The match which will be remembered till decades.

You can see high tension of the match that Rafa even grunting on his slice lol..

7 years later.. here we go again..

this is UNBELIEVABLE!!

I'm lucky to say, i watched the whole match almost for six hours from the beginning until the happy-end for Nole. Both players weren't able to stand on their feet anymore, so the organizers took a heart and brought two seats to the two totally exhaused fighters. That was the most brutal tennis match i've ever witnessed. There was pain, there was drama, there was luck and there was total exstacy in the end! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

23:55 The eye of the tiger.

This match was unbelievable. The rallies were so intense even in the very last game.

Best match in history of tennis and only these two can produce such classics

I am speechless. Stunning, this match was just stunning! Two warriors at the peak of their powers, just refusing to lose.

Record broken for most weeks at #1! Congrats to Novak Djokovic! An absolute pleasure to watch! I love him, and his mental strength is at another level! So much fun watching the big 3 battle it out, what a phenomenal tennis era for true fans that value great tennis 🎾

10 years on, this time he WINS in 5 sets...congrats Rafa!

What a match.. the best I've ever seen

10 years later, Djokovic has 360 nr1 weeks. Record that will stand for 100 years. What an athlete

This is probably the greatest match in the history of TENNIS and maybe the biggest battle in SPORTS HISTORY! There is nothing that tops this match for me! Maybe Wimbledon 2008 comes close because of shotmaking and drama but this match is a WAR!

Djokovic is a warrior..he is not normal human being while he play matches.. i think in this world very few people having physically n specially mental strong like him...most of this games almost he lost the match but finally he will come back like a PHOENIX. finally GOAT, True Warrior. Hats off Legend.

Nadal and Djokovic raised the physicality of tennis to another level. Otherwise Federer would have totally dominated and won 30, 40 grand slams. Watched the semi highlights, how Nadal physically outplayed Federer, thinking it’d be hard for anyone to stop him. But Djokovic did, stroke for stroke, movement for movement. These guys are amazing!

so both then and in W'19, Djokovic won in the fifth serving second- the resilience and mental strength just eclipses everything!

I am so lucky to have watched this match and all other historic matches between these guys, Novak, Rafa, and Roger. This match is the one I surely cherish for a very long long time.

As Novak fan they should both get the trophy. Epic match in my opinon the greatest rivaly in the last decade. #respect

look at the groundstrokes from both guys ... the quality is amazingly high, scary good and well-positioned, even when they're tired to even lift their arms. Just respect for both

Imo, the greatest physical match and tennis match I've ever witnessed.

With beating Nadal in most of the matches in 2011, I expected Novak to capitalize the advantage in the 4th set. But what a monstrous efforts from Nadal saving that 3 break points in the 4th set.They both deserves something for this performance 👍👌

That fifth set might just be the highest order of tennis ever. It's something only these two guys can reach and I think the third set of the semi final between these two at RG 2021 comes close but my god, a mid game standing ovation just sums that set up totally. This was also the greatest slam ever with respect to ELOs and overall matches. The last time that The Big 4 were the semi finalists at a slam and Novak playing two five setters that too against two of the greatest fighters the game has ever seen and winning them both just makes his status/case as the GOAT even stronger. I think he is the greatest to ever grace our beautiful sport.

That's what happens when the 2 best fighters of the game meet! Nadal should have lost the 4th set as Djokovic was better. But he somehow returned everything in the important points and managed to steal the set purely by heart and mental strength. A truly amazing fighter in every match he plays! In the 5th they both had some games where the exhaustion overwhelmed them and you could see that on their feet movement and rushed shot selections. First it was Djokovic who quickly seemed to be struggling both physically and mentaly. Which is understandable since he had played another 4 hours 2 days ago and also had given everything in the previous set and came sooo close to winning the match but somehow he is still on the court! But then it's his time to show what a fighter he is. He survives this breakdown and manages to take some breaths and refocus. Then it's Nadal's time to struggle (especially since the middle of the set) and Djokovic doesn't miss the opportunity to capitalise on this. Nadal was still fighting at his best (he came really close breaking back) but unfortunetely this time his best was not good enough due to the exhaustion. And aaaall this when they had already played 3 extremely physical sets! If that's not a classic match and one of the best in tennis history I don't know what is..

after 8 years, they are still meeting at finals amazing

Anyone here after Nadal's we win. He truly derseves this one after this loss real inspiration and a real goat 👏

THE GREATEST GS FINAL EVER... Super crazy tennis match.

This man is unbelievable!!! Novak Dejokovic is the King of tennis 👑👑

Two best players in the game fights against each other bringing out their sublime performance making it the longest game ever played.. History rewritten as the Best Tennis Match of the History...

I was so disappointed for Rafa, who had a 4-2 lead in the fifth and survived in the fourth. But at the end, Djoko always had the control of the game. It was attack vs defense. The only chance for Nadal was his ability to return the attack with forehands and backhands along the line. I was so impressed by his mental in the fourth

this is the best mach in tennis for all time . i watch on live this mach 6 hours.. and will be remember this final forever

This is has to be the best final of any grand slam...

This is and will be the sickest rivalry in sports history forever.

The best final in the history in Grand Slams

The best match of the entire open era!

One of the greatest matches of all time .

after all of these years i couldn't forget this match

The best match ever!

this was the greatest match i've ever seen in my life ^.^ how can you run like that after 5 hours ? this is so awesome and proves what your body and mental strenght can do

Fun fact: Last time Claydal won against Djokovic outside of clay was 9 years ago. Claydal 0 - Djokovic 9 in hard and grass courts following that

Hands down, this is the best ever tennis match played by two legends. Finally Novak proved he has more steely nerves than his opponent. Go champion go, 20 is not too far and 25 is smiling on you👏👏👏 love from 🇮🇳

Never saw two players hit the ball so hard. Amazing match

26:12 Praying for divine intervention 26:25 Prayers answered

NADAL FEDERER AND DJOKO THE THREE GOATS.....ANOTHER EPIC MATCH FOR THE HISTORY OF SPORT NOT ONLY FOR THE HISTORY OF TENNIS.....

One of the best tennis matches ever..!! Huge shout out to Novak.!! He is one of the best tennis players. Huge Fan..!

Roger fan here, but my respect for Djokovic is raising higher and higher. I totally believe he is going to overcome Roger's and Rafa's numbers. Looking forward to watch US Open 2019.

Greatest GS final. A trully WAR.

The most gruelling FINAL EVER!

I love how Djokovic thanks god for Nadal’s net ball going wide at 26:36

I don't think I've ever seen two players hit the ball so Fucking hard on the lines in my life.

Djodal in this match:”we can do this all day!”

The Greatest Tennis Match Of All Time No Question!

This is the greatest match ever played

I am watching this match after 10 years, still my heart was beating fast. This guy is just out of the world ❤❤❤

This match has all the emotions that any tennis lover want . anyone see this match from beginning to end is really the luckiest.6 hours.the greatest match ever.

What a great rallies they made again & again. Novak's heavenly strokes & Rafa's hellish defences..

this is a sick match. they're both legends

Note how in the shot of Djokovic's girlfriend watching that long point in the fifth set, she gets out of her seat a beat before the rest of the crowd--she rises not when Djokovic actually wins the point, but when Nadal goes to the backhand slice, setting up the approach and volley. Lady knows her tennis.

I think most people in Australia stayed up and watched the whole match, even though they'd have to go to work on a few hours of sleep, cause they knew they wouldn't see anything this amazing again.

This was brutal, violent tennis for 6 hours. I don’t see how either of them were standing after.

You got to be fit to sit and watch the whole match. These two are unbelievable !!!

This is the greatest battle ever seen in the tennis history

One of the greatest finals in the whole of sports history!

Greatest match I've ever seen in my lifetime

GREATEST MATCH EVER, considerably better than that Wimbledon 2008 final. The level of Drama was very similar, but the quality of the tennis played on this one was superior.

Why did you not show Nole getting back the break in the fifth.

Djoko has played so many great matches. Man of Steel. This match for me is still the highlight match of all of his Grand Slam victories.

This match is just insane.

This has to be one of the grittiest, toughest and most competitive individual rivalries in sports history. Up there with Ali and Frazier, Messi and Ronaldo, Senna and Prost... People may argue Federer V Nadal is a more exciting matchup but apart from their Wimbledon final in 2008 and AO final in 2009 I don’t see any of their other matches dragging each player to their both physical and mental boundaries as this one. I’m so glad I was able to see this match live and though I wasn’t there in person I felt the tension from both players through the tele screen. As Marvin Hagler said before his fight with Thomas Hearns ‘’It’s a mental toughness and that’s what I feel war, that’s what’s on my mind.’’

It's so painful to watch as a Nadal fan. But what can we do. Djokovic is just a monster. Btw type "Djokovic monster" and u will see a video by owl productions. U won't regret it especially if u r a Djokovic fan

Surely one of the greatest matches of all time!

Before that Novak Djokovic had to spend more than 5 hours defeating Andy Murray in the semi-final . In this final, he spent almost 6 hours to defeat Nadal to win the Championship. Nadal had one extra day rest before facing Djokovic!

My favourite match ever.

The most intense and physical tennis match I have ever seen. And by the way the Djoker is the GOAT.

Djokavic is the greatest tennis player that's ever lived hes the best I've ever seen and I've been watching for many years.

Tako se igra brate moj BRAVO

And he just won 2021 Australia Open final again. What a champ👍

The best tennis match ever!!! :D

And 10 freaking years later, He does it ! :’) #VamosRafa

One of the best matches in Tennis history👏👏👏Love Rafa & Djoko🥰

I can proudly say that.. i am fortunate to lived in the time of Federer Nadal Djokovic..and watched almost every grand slam match

Only ONE....CHAMPION.... NOVAK