Rafael Nadal v Fernando Verdasco - Australian Open 2009 Semifinal | AO Classics 

Dude had taped up knees before the SEMIS...then went 10 hours on the ground with verdasco and federer over a single weekend. What is that about lol

He is not a human

He takes plenty of rest between points 🤨

Doping

Drugs are powerful drugs :)

It is definitely in the list of the greatest matches I’ve ever seen. I’m honestly not sure I could only pick one but this would be a contender. Roddick vs ElAyouni is another

Agreed. Beating Verdasco, who played the best tennis of his career in this match, then beating Federer in a five setter in the finals is probably rafas greatest grad slam achievement. The only match I would put above this one is 2008 Wimbledon.

The recent zverev vs nadal Roland Garros semi final had this level of quality for two sets before zverevs injury. Shame it ended

In my top 10 tennis matches ever played for sure.

In my top 10 matches of all time. It's only not the greatest because it's not the final and non rivalry. Skill wise it probably is though. But the best matches due to rivalry and weight of history are (in no particular order) - - Novak vs Stan Aus Open Hard R16 2013. - Nadal vs roger 2008 Wimbledon final. - Novak vs Nadal 2012 Aus open final. - Novak vs Rafa 2018 Wim SF. - John McEnroe v Ivan Lendl - FO final, 1984. - Rafa v Novak - 2013 FO SF. - Novak v Federer - 2019 Wimbledon Final. - Federer v Andy Roddick - 2009 Wimbledon Final. - Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe - 1980 Wimbledon Final.

IKR!!!!?!?!?

yeah i mean i was eager to see that action and crowd and commentary but they just cut that

Tey missed several beautiful points. Anyways, Goats

S23G ha ha! Nice!

Imo the greatest point in tennis history.

Mutton he's just choking. See he still played two double fault in final game.I'm his fan too. He's now using head. C'mon go buy one

@@youshenglv5616 Tecnifibre is better brat

I agree with you about what you mentioned above. But I think throughout his career Verdasco should have taken medication for his ADHD. Would have really helped but it's too late now.

LOLOLOL me too. I was such a fan of his hysterical antics that I was doing that crazy open palm pump

It should've been won 7-0 but was won 7-1

Verdasco was a beast in that tie-break

I spent 10 minutes looking for that shot...

@@FeatureTennis yeah they missed several interesting points

Yikes bro

They new that who won this semi final will win the championship

@@abhyuditnagar1319 Verdasco would have no chance in final looool

@@djordjenikolic9059 I agree, only Nadal at that time could of beaten an in form and rested Roger Federer after such a brutal match.

2022 Australian open men final

Not really. Verdasco's best rank was four years later, 8th on 2013. Maybe he will improve if he wins that Match and reach the finals. But we didnt know really, although he had tennis to be a top player

Por que dices que verdasco no volvió a ser el mismo. Verdasco fue un jugador muy intermitente en el circuito esta fue una de las pocas veces que verdasco llegó tan lejos en un grand slams en máster series tampoco era muy común verlo en etapas decisivas de estos torneos así que verdasco fue un gran tenista no más que eso. En esos años estaban los 4 fantásticos djokovic, nadal, federer y murray detrás estaban berdich, del potro, Fernando González, cilic etc

@@bryanladroup8603 Ya digo yo mas abajo que el mejor ranking de Verdasco no es en 2009, si no cuatro años después, 2013. Si tengo una teoría enrevesada a ver si me la compras. Verdasco es un personaje muy pasionaje, un poco gilipollas, un algo torero. Ya se ve en estos puntos o como actúa contra Gasquet en Francia. Mi opinión es que Nadal ha impedido que Verdasco fuera mejor con sus altibajos, siendo un tenista de sensaciones, Nadal absorbe un foco mediatico que antes de el estaba más repartido entre Costa, Moya, Corretja y Ferrero. Dos de ellos consiguieron el número uno y tres ganaron Roland Garros. Mi opinión es que Verdasco hubiera intentado con más fuerza si conseguir una Semifinal de GS se viera como algo increíble como antes y no como algo común con Nadal. Si los españoles hubieran estado pendiente de Verdasco, yo sinceramente pienso que siendo tan pasional como era, hubiera conseguido más motivación por conseguir mejores objetivos. No los de Nadal pero haber llegado a un par de finales de GS en dura. De hecho Nadal evita que juegue una final. Joder, Verdasco gana en ese Aus Open al 4 del mundo (Murray), al 5 (Tsonga) y lleva a cinco sets al 1 (Nadal). Es obvio que tenía tenis de sobra.

Samuel Brown the best tiebreak ever played by an individual, no one in tennis history would’ve taken that tiebreak from him

Ertugrul Körpinar Totally agree

@@ertugrulkorpinar51 Except federer!!!Federer goat invincible !!!!1!!!

@@aleksamilosevic8792 not goat anymoree

@@imaginesleeping9640 I was sarcastic.

where did he say that? Tbf this is also one of my favs

@@kakashihatake1029 on a interview where he was on a golf cart something

lol me for one!!

yep, me.

Well Thiem also produced a similar marathon match against Nadal at US Open 2018. He surely learnt a lot from this match!

This match was better

GOAT is whoever has most majors. So technically he is the goat

@@untilmorning9634 Agreed…mostly cause the 5th set in Nadal/Federer was completely one sided. The most memorable thing is Federer crying because he thought he was done/completely surpassed.

Atharva Thatte Djokovic in 2012 played 5 hours and 5 sets against Murray in SF and then beat Rafa in 5 sets and 6 hours match of atomic tennis. 💪

But yeah, Rafa is amazing player and human too. I love them both 😍

@@dimitrijeigic3176 Rafa played nearly 4 hours against Berdych & then Federer. Then 6 hours against DJOKOVIC!

But time proved that this is not the most efficient way to play this sport :)

@@babasemka Obviously. Not only this sport but any sport we can say.

Exactly.

The music is godly tho... and the moment at the end when the winning point happens and it kicks in...

i mean for the average viewer this video is great. everyone is mad because they didnt include the shot. you can't insult everything else about the video and just chalk it up to the fact that they didn't include the shot. these are the types of videos that get people in to tennis imo

@@mrmaxmo1670 fully agree. I knew nothing about tennis until 2 months ago. Then, I started watching these AO highlights of rafa and roger and got hooked. They are HD, free to watch, lengthy and have good music and helpful voice over commentary. For a beginner these are great videos.

You are right. I mean, I am a huge fan of this match. So much so that I even remember bits of the commentary during the match, and the fact that in the pre-match segment, Verdasco was called "Nadal on hard court". It is blasphemy that that shot isn't here.

Well thats a Rafa thing :)

Emre Kaya true that!

@@Emre-fk6hm peds

Federer choked the last set, the pressure probably came from breaking Sampras’s record

@@casey4664 please shut up. Nadal was just a beast

Not really lol. I beat him pretty bad in a practice match

Not really lol. I beat him pretty bad in a practice match

Novak vs rafa ao 12 and stan Vs novak 2013 are right up there

Super G! Verdasco is not in the top 3...

Where do I find this?

@@richieortiz5 I came here to watch the 4th set tie-break, i only know that, that is on YT with Jim Courier commentary

Who's doing the commentary here

New type of angle creates om thia day

Thank you hahaha 👋

AO 2017?

@@strikerbowls791 ?? What's wrong

Worked out well didn't it?

This aged well. haha

Rafael Mertin this is the original quality

Not just is this not upscaled, they also had much better quality options in 2009. Lol

Rafael Mertin 1080 is not enough?

Dimitrov's girl.