Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic Extended Highlights | 2013 US Open Final 

Like Darth Federer, so cool indeed.

Federer’s worn some cool outfits at the us open too over the years - that slam generally helps everybody up their fashion quotient I think lol

@@akhileshagarwal1573 2014 US Open Federer night outfit is my favorite of his. The black with red accents looked sublime!

It is so cool. But I wouldn't say "bar far" Nadal is however "bar far" the best dressed on the court since about circa 2010.

2011 US open nadal outfit is the best IMO

He was scary that summer. I admit I did wonder if he was juicing or blood doping. I think his first serve average speed suddenly increased 9 mph that summer and that summer only.

Canada Cincy US open insane two against nole

​@@pertjacanape2010 Nadal was serving bigger at the US open what doping are you talking about

@@pertjacanape He was doping his whole career.

Prime Rafa was 2010, then comes 2013.

​​@@elliotthoskins1590 yeah but 2010 rafa was better

​@@elliotthoskins1590Primero fue 2008

His forehand at any age is the best ever, and I am a Djokovic fan

Prime Rafa was 2008 and beginning of 2009 when he won on all surfaces...

Djokovic is the classiest of the big 3.

@@invictuz4803 Nadal never breaks his racquet, Djokovic does. So no, he is not "the classiest". The 3 of them are equally classy and nice gentlemen.

@@invictuz4803 d eso nada, los tres son elegantes, i Nadal el q siempre se ha portado mejor n sus reacciones n la cancha,núnca a roto una raqueta ni ha tenido una mala reacción, i el peor Djokovic, no solo n romper raquetas

That's is Novak idol...rafa is goat

Todos han tenido malas reacciones, y romper o no raquetas es irrelevante.@@manuelsanjose5926

나달 포에버~!!!🥰

Rafa 🐐

That was the key & deciding moment of the match for sure.

Especially he was down 0-2

Pues normal, también tenian 5 años menos, i eso n un deporte como el tenis tan desgastante, se nota

They were much younger then

@@quagsirefanboy281 they would destroy them, it’s amazing how much speed and power they’ve both lost. But can still beat them

Not true really. Nadal hits the ball harder now.

​@@domagojhrgovic7419 are you high?

It was last time Nadal beat or won a set against Djoko outside clay 😂😂😂😂 10 years ago

@@novakgoatovic Djokovic got lucky Nadal lost a bunch of his speed and strength from 10 years ago

.djokovic has more forehand power today than he did 10 years ago. Nadal won here by taking djokovic's pace with slice and of course by positioning himself on the baseline deciding to attack first. and detail djokovic usually starts his first set as a counterpunch waiting for his opponent to miss. That's how Nadal obliterated Djokovic in that game with just 27 unforced errors, which is a very low number for someone who plays aggressively.

@@rafaeldeleo92 the most complete version of Djokovic was 2011 and the most complete version of Nadal was 2013

@@patcisz3474 I think that djokovic 2011 was not his best version and I'll explain why: This djokovic lost to federer at roland garros because he decided he was going to attack federer from the right (on his forehand) instead of attacking federer from the backhand. and he made that decision because federer's backhand was very stable. and that djokovic was unable to beat Federer as an aggressive baseline player against Federer. In my humble opinion, the 2020-2023 djokovic is better than the 2011 one precisely because he is able to attack anyone on the right with a much more reliable and solid forehand.

This match was last When Nadal beats Novak except clay surface.

@@athletes6724 crazy to think about tbh

You are the one who was shouting while they were serving.

So jealous

Yet Nadal has more US Open titles than Novak and leads the H2H over Novak at the US Open, so Nadal is still a better US Open player than Novak.

@@levronyames6680 😂🤣

2-1 ,4-3😂🤣 on Novak's favourite surface

Don‘t forget that US open is a slow hardcourt surface. Even though Novak has won many Matches at US open, he didn’t win many titles. We all know slower is better for Rafa and faster is better for Novak, that’s why Rafa is better at RG and USO and Novak is superior at Wimb and AO

@@Leon-oj8cu Novak is pretty much equal on all courts. The only reason he has more titles at Wimbledon is because grass has the weakest competition as nobody besides Federer can play well on that surface (but he's old obvi). Even Nadal is not suited to grass.

Totally. You can see that his left foot is inverted due to the orthopaedic insole, trying to protect his necrotizing navicular bone. Amazing that Rafa has carved out such a record-breaking career despite having a permanent disability since at least 2005.

@@mainemceachern1521 efectivamente, i esa maldita lesión d ese pie és lo q hace q se lesione tantas veces, así i todo és tan gran deportista q ha hecho una carrera espectacular, imaginate si no hubiese tenido esa lesión, hubiese sido insuperable💪

​@@manuelsanjose5926 Exacto. Es una de las razones por las que lo considero el GOAT.

@@mainemceachern1521 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏

​@@manuelsanjose5926 Thats why he uses steroids and never get caught

Djokovic plays like Nadal

@@estimadooiga208 Not really

​@@loic951he plays better

Djokovic After this match do not Los any single set against Nadal on hard court. So Djokovic is way stronger.

لا ليس أقوي منه نادال خرافي على الملاعب الترابية وممتاز على الصلبة وجيد جدا على العشب ​@@tony81pc

Roger was not out of gas after a long match against Rafa the previous match in Wimbledon 2019. Novak had to fight tooth and nail to get that trophy. Even after being 6 years younger.😅weak era champion? Don’t think so.

@@vidyasonavane9602 was 4 sets, not the longest. But yes the level of Federer at this age was Incredible, but still Novak won earlier against Fed in 2014 and 2015 on grass when the Swiss was supposingly on top of his art.

@@Eudemoni_ Federer's peak was from 2004 to 2006.

Fed’s peak extended to 2012 easily.

​@@davidmarcanosalcedo6158weak era peak

2019 Australian Open was pretty close, just hit a buzz saw Djokovic in the final.

Nadal was juiced to the gills here

@alexkennedy7186 it's debatable. 2008 was peak rafa on grass, but he had not yet mastered HC. 2010 the competition was weak. 2013 was the only year when rafa dominated a prime nole

Yeah but now rafa is struggling with injuries and aging whereas Djokovic improved more in hardcourts..so it's tough for Nadal to beat him in hc but let's hope

He’s lost too much speed

​​@@johnj1573Lo raro no es q Rafa haya perdido velocidad, lo raro es q Novak no la haya perdido, es como si no pasara el tiempo para el

que lastima como desperdicio la oportunidad este año, jugo sin ganas y con la cabeza en otro lado, no era el rafa de siempre

@@InfoRU-vidr7 pero se entiende también. Al final la familia es más importante

@@manuelvaldivia1682 Contra Gasquet jugo muy bien, pero contra tiafoe jugo sin ganas, sin el espiritu de lucha de siempre, algo se entero antes de jugar

Rafa will win 2, maybe 3 more US Opens. He still has the skills and energy.

@@tore705 yea where is his energy when tiafoe beat him

Yeah he was younger

Also his racket is more powerful now ; doesn’t need to swing so hard to get the ball deep

He became a full time pusher

Djokovic's forehand is more potent these days

Murray the 2012 US Open as well.

No lie lol

Than Nadal is not fit in last 10 years after this match because he never won against Novak after this. Even ignoring Novak in hard court in last 7 years 9 big hard court tournament every year still only 2 matches against Novak.

2011?

@@menziboy2072 At slam level.

2021 french open

@@arslaanpasha3334 nice logic that a half fir nadal in his 36 year of age is prime nadal

​@@arslaanpasha3334He was injured??? Isn't he??

No, 2 sets, not 1. 2 sets at 2018 Wimbledon semi finals.

Yeah, but it is not that big a deal if you consider that they have only played 7 hard-court matches in more than 9 years since then, and only one was a Grand Slam match. Djokovic did not beat Rafa on clay the first six years of his professional career and he lost 9 matches straight on clay against Rafa then.

@@rajeshr5261 lol he's avoiding Novak for long periods in Hard !!

@@Noleka154 Not really! By that logic, Novak avoided Rafa too in 2017 and 2019 at the US Open when Rafa won there. The fact is that both Novak and Rafa are seeded high in tournaments that it makes it tough for them to meet unless they both make it to the SF or final. Novak is more consistent than Rafa in that regard, I agree.

@@rajeshr5261 They 've met 10 times in French alone & 8 combined in the other 3 !! He dint even play the 2017 Us open & how can u say he avoided ?? He was injured in 2019 Novak has made atleast the semifinals in the other 3 slams 33 times !! Do u really feel Novak has avoided Rafa ?? My point is that the Grandslam h2h is very misleading in favor of Nadal !!

Last set Nadal won against Nole on HC

Wrong video.

Incredible stat..let that sink in

Yeah obviously he was healthy

Ya I know, seems unbelievable, but they barely met after this and between 2014 to 2016 nadal was unfit af and out of form, and after that his new style didn't suit much to hard courts against players like djoko,

That's because they never have chance to meet in American hardcourts again ..They met in Djokovic favourite Australian courts and indoors

​​@@Laland_1196brother Last 10 years record In clay 7-5 Nadal In hard 7-0 Novak In grass 1-0 Novak In clay 60-40 % Nadal In hard and grass 100% Novak If Novak could beat clay champion in every tournament Than why Nadal can't win against Novak in hard court or grass court

@@athletes6724 it's because of 2015-16 meetings ..if they met in 2017 Australia open indian Wells Miami Wimbledon US Open and 2018 Australia you know how the result would be

@@athletes6724anyone could beat Nadal in 2015/16 lol. He lost to Verdasco, Fognini etc. Djoker usually beats Nadal when lots of people can beat him… even Kyrgios beat Nadal right after Djoker beat him in AO 2019. Right before Djoker beat Nadal in ATP 2020 on hard court, Goffin also beat Nadal

After this match nadal never won any matches against Novak in hard or grass court. Never won against Novak in hard court in last 10 years In grass last 15 years. After 2016 he started ignoring Novak in hard or grass court tournament's. Clay has 4 big tournament a year and nadal played 7 matches against Novak in clay in last 7 years While Hard has 9 title More than 2× than clay still Nadal only played 2 matches against Novak in last 7 years.

Prime nadal

He still leads him in wins in Grand slams what's your point

@@Mntguy-nr9vlcome now, 10 of those is in RG, where Nole consistently having deep runs, unlike Rafa getting knocked out in 2nd round by rosol and some chumps for 6 years straight at wimby

@@NamTran-xc2ip why RG is not a slam ? Djokovic also has 10 Australia so we can count out that tournament?

@@NamTran-xc2ip nadal was phenomenal at wimby till 2012 , where he got injured in the foot nd had to change his positiining a bit

@@Laland_1196 you see Nole making finals of RG much more often than Nadal at AO and Wimbledon, just saying. You mention AO, pretty funny since Nole won 10 but only played Nadal twice, shows how inconsistent Nadal is at AO compared to Nole at RG I'm not sure whether you are trolling or just in denial, but if it's the first, hats off to you, you really made me believe. Xaf21 2nd account right :)))

And he just get clapped at us open

@@iamertsahin so did Nov… oh wait he couldnt even play

@@sputnik8543 that's lucky for Rafa, that's why the H2H is so close as Rafa tried the best to avoid non-clay confrontation.

@@sputnik8543 ya nadal hasn't even won a set on hard vs nole since this match. pretty horrible

@@antinnijoseph8339 true can’t argue with that as its fact - and you said it in a way that wasn’t part of the toxic fandom present on both sides

it will most likely happen

@@samirsolai7579 I won't. None of them are retiring before their 40th birthday.

@@jameswalker6864 lol are you an advisor for both of them?

its august 2024...Federer retired, Murray just retired. Nadal hinting at it. So technically Nadal and Novak still playing. These rallys are insanely long! over and over point after point. They have def shortened points nowdays. These two players here on the video would eviscerate all the players on the tour right now. Maybe alcaraz and sinner could give them a hard time. But this Novak and Nadal would win.

Because in previous round , he played an epic match against wawrinka. That's why he was out of gas in the last set.

That's why I always said that Wawrinka took 5 Grand Slams away from Djokovic ... Outside Stan's wins at AO2014, RG 2015, USO 2016 or USO 2019. He also took this USO 2013 from him because he was exhausted and clearly diminished. I guess Nole was usually unlucky at USO.

@@sorooshalishahi9618 Yeah but he also played 5 hours with Murray and Nadal back to back in AO 2012. Maybe the conditions were different in US Open but for the fittest player on the tour I don't expect him to drop so hard

@@pekillas2593 don't find any execuses..Rafa at US surface is better ..In 2013 he won Rogers Cup, Cincinnati prior to this..He played better than Djokovic that's why nole lost

@@Laland_1196 although Nadal leads Djokovic 2-1 in US Open, this Surface was considerably slowed down from 2011 onwards and have a high bounce which really suit Nadal’s Game but still Djokovic looked ran out of gas in later stages may be Wawrinka match exhausted him mentally and physically, anyway Nadal Deserved to win this as he was brilliant throughout the tournament. also Nadal was extremely confident after winning Back to back masters prior to this US Open as you said which played some significant factor here.

真可谓是战神也😮

Yes nadal is. but djokovic would be the goat if djokovic had taken the vaccine. djokovic would lead 23 vs 22 in slams-count if djokovic had taken the vaccine. Djoko in fact missed ao open 2022 and us open 2022 due to not taking the vaccine.

Only clay!

​@@io147this is US Open not clay ..

​​@@scottwarren499824 > 22 now. Djoko got his revenge.

@alexkennedy7186 i dont think he just won this tournament only ..Google nadal titles and come here

Nah

It’s timing mainly. Most hard court after 2013 were 2015-16 when Nadal was in a major career slump losing to Fognini, Verdasco, Raonic etc on hard court and reaching no slam SFs. It wasn’t a Djoker problem, it was a tour problem. Then Nadal got back into form in 2017… but since then he played Djoker only 2x on hard courts, both in Australia where Djoker is king (and Djoker played out of his mind at AO 2019 like Nadal did at RG 2020). The courts there are fast and lower bouncing compared to the US courts. In that same period since Nadal got out of his slump, he played Djoker on grass and it was a 5 set classic which is considered one of the best grass matches of all time. This despite being indoors where Djoker is much better than Nadal. So Nadal could still clearly play well vs Djoker off clay… they just didn’t play much at all

That was 2014 RG.

Nadal is almost in his prime now...increased serve speeds, no loss at GS this year

Nadal hasn't lost a GS match in 22. I'd kil to be like that out of my prime tbh. Of course he was flying in 13, but is now an all rounder, way better at reading the game. Just slower due to age and not as fit.

@@NLLeFa That's because this is vintage Rafa. He always had incredible skills in shot making like Federer but maybe not the flamboyance. Now he fires winners whenever he can and he arguably has the best volleys(right up there with Fed imo but ppl may disagree). His game doesn't really have any weakness at this point(except serve maybe and that's understandable with his age and shoulder, abdominal injuries)

Nadal has won 9 additional grand slams since the 2013 US Open.