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@@andrewwiddel77 I have huge respect for Serbia. I went in google maps and saw the street level views of Belgrade. It looks so clean and very advanced. For me Novak is the greatest sportsman ever and a very humble human being. A rare gem.
Djokovic in 2011 not only played his best tennis and won but he completely turned around his rivalry with Fedal. Its not easy to do that having lost to them so many times. Once he did that, he almost never lost to them again. There were close matches of course, but he was "extra" motivated to win and had that self belief to come through tough moments.
That "extra motivated" belongs to his mindset. Everything Djokovic achieved came from there. When he dominates - he wins. When his opponent has a good day - Djoko just REFUSE to lose!
What is so special about Novak? 2011 was historically the best season ever for any player, but in 2021 and 2023, 11 and 14 years later, he was overwhelmingly dominating like he did in 2011, may be even a shade higher. It is this consistentcy at the highest level which has transmogrified him to be the Greatest Athelete in the history of any sport.
@@Juanhop So what ?? Nadal has been injury prone from the beginning of his career, strangely, outside clay and more so during the indoor hard court season.
2011, 2015 and 2023 were the best seasons. Then, he was injured in 2017. Which Rafa and Roger took advantage of. Then Djoker returned in 2018...just to remind them who is the boss.
@@michael8597 I am not pretending Nadal could have had a better career as Nole, just stating that the latter had the wit and guts to put his health over all, and it paid off.
@@mysticnomad89 3 times lucky ay ? 2010 ,2011 US Open semies and 2019 Wimbledon final . In all 3 matches Fed had 2 match points and he lost . Novak didn't get ,, lucky ,, . Just because you have match points doesn't mean you won the match , you have to win 1 more point . He played either poorly or didn't do enough and Novak made sure he would not give the matches up easily . His mindset was like if you want to win you will have to earn it , I won't give anything away for free . If anything it just goes to show how strong mentally Novak was and how shaky Roger got once he had chances to seal the deal . Novak's never say die attitude is why he ended with the most slams and overall big titles , and why he is the GOAT .
As a RF Fan - Novak & Nadal have a Brave Hearts & steel body’s , when I see that matches of these legends I feel it’s a war between The Rocks .. But with Roger is different Way always , Federer trying to end the point quickly & easily .. He don’t have patience like Rafa & Nole 😊
I have to say that the first two matches of that year, Nadal was really close to win (especially in Miami when it coud have gone to either side) but that Djokovic was a player nearly imposible to beat.
Novak Djokovic is a very good tennis player the accuracy of his shots are so good, he mentally wears down the opponents by hitting some unplayable shots, if not for Djokovic, Nadal would have been the GOAT, now Djokovic has won 24 Grand slams compared to 22 of Nadal now he has won the Olympic gold defeating 21 year old Spanish tennis sensation Alcaraz, no doubt Novak Djokovic is the G O A T of tennis he has proved once again he his the G O A T of mens tennis .
I had the same feeling but when he beat Nadal in Australian Open 2012 then i firmly believed Djokovic was destined for greatness. No one else could have stopped Nadal if not Djokovic, Nadal would have had 30 GS Titles atleast
Djoks double handed cross court shotmaking must be the best in history,but yee what a pleasure to see such high quality tennis,but yeah nadal more than most others hated losing
Just like Nadal Federer can complain that he beat everyone at FO but lost to Nadal several times. If Nadal was not there Federer would have won 5 more FOs and 1 more Wimbledon and 1 more AO
There will always be debates about what is the best prime version player, fed 06-07 or 17, Djoko 11, 15-16 or 21, but what makes the debate absolutely clear is that each and every version of those had some asterisks, fed didn't have to face blossomed djoker, Djoko at 15 didn't have to face healthy rafa, fed 17 didn't have to face healthy Djokovic, Djokovic 21 didn't have to face fed. But, Djokovic 2011 had literal no asterisks like that, fed was perfectly healthy in his youth, so was rafa, and Delpo and Murray, and to dominate like Djoker did, you gotta be the absolute GOAT.
Nadal is the only player in the history of tennis to face the humiliation of 3 consecutive grand slam final Defeats at the Hands of the same opponent Djoko, Remember Wimbledon and Us open final in 2011 and Aus open final in 2012 , Nadal was in peak form during that period 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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12:11 my favorite shot to watch looks so sick to watch and probably to pull off as well. He isn't doing this shot at Wimbly now due to that knee recovering or hardly from what I seen so far
Federer's game was more dangerous for Djokovic but the swiss had a serious mental issue against Nadal back then and he couldn't find the way until 2016 2017 so most of the finals that year were between these two
Roger f contributed to Nadal improving his game to compete with him and then Nole had to compete heavily with Nadal and Roger that contributed to improving his game ...thing Nole had going for his was his return game blunting their serves ... and his game kept getting better and so did his serve ... Roger literally stopped winning grand slams after 2010 / 2011 barring a few...he was untouchable for 6 years ... or so prior
Never liked Nadal all the fist pumping, and the over dramatics if he would win going on and on on the court no respect for his opponent. Body language tells a big story. And shaking hands with his opponents after picking his shorts on every point thru a match i cud go on but i see a very envious man its obvious hes very jealous of Djokovic its written alover him when he sees him . Novak is real and hasnt a jealous bone in his body watch closely .
djokovic looked away first wdym. Nadal gave a nod like usual djokovic celebrated a second after not even acknowledging that. Stop spreading misinformation just cause u dont like nadal. In madrid it was fine as well what do u expect. God damn ur knowledge is so bad
@@mattjagar6324 nadal heavily respects djokovic. What are you even talking about. nadal has said good things about Novak many times and shown great respect towards him. Bro just says shit to hate
The simulation required Novak to essentially end Rafa's career by in a crushing defeat at RG (Rafa's House), on his way to acquiring the only missing jewel on his GOAT crown.
Nah, Nadal was still beating Novak. It wasn't till 2011, and even then, after that season Nadal still kept ahead the h2h over Novak. Novak started gaining ground on their master tournament while was dominating their slam finals even until 2021 or 22 Nadal was However Nadal decline much faster hence opening for Novak to over take him
Djokovic should better retire, because history wouldn't have time to analyse age difference,but personalities. Djokovic turned pro in the year Alcaraz was born.He has the number one quality:STAMINA(ENERGY) but he is an old man. Let's see what a waits for us with Alcaraz and Sinner.One is having the 2nd and 3rd qualities,whilst the other has the 1st quality, around the same age.
Just like in the battles between Fenderer and Stanislav Warinka ,the slimmer -lighter player is moving faster and with less effort in the court .Nothing can be done on this ...
This seems like a good time to interject some Novak v Rafa stats. Novak needs 1 Olympic Gold to tie Rafa Rafa (209 weeks) needs over 200 more weeks at #1 to tie Novak (400+) Rafa needs to finish #1 at the end of the the year 3 more times to tie Novak Rafa needs 2 more GS to tie Novak Rafa needs to win 4 GS in a row to achieve Novak’s consecutive slam. Rafa needs 1 more AO and 1 more Wimbledon to get his 3rd Career GS while Novak needs only 1 more FO for his 4th Rafa needs to win the Paris Masters and Miami open to earn his 1st Golden Masters while Novak needs only 1 more Monte Carlo for his 3rd. Rafa needs to win Indian Wells and Miami Open back-to-back 4 times to tie Novak’s “Sunshine Doubles” record Rafa needs to win the ATP Finals 7 times to tie Novak While Rafa’s dominance at the FO is impressive, the flip side is that he has only won 3 consecutive GS once while Novak has done it 4 times. It also means that he has only won 3 in a season once while Novak has done it 4 times. Rafa hasn’t beaten Novak on a hard court since 2013. Thank you!
Nadal is the most humble, exiting champion ever lived. Novak is effective and great but quite boring to watch but still a great champion. Nadal is just AWESOME
