Roger Federer at Roland-Garros: The story 

He wouldn’t have ever won if soderling didn’t win though

@@mikemoggerson6651 good thing is we'll never know because Roger found a way as usual😉

@@mikemoggerson6651 always one bitter person… 🤡🤡

@@mikemoggerson6651 Just like Nadal wouldn't have won AO 2022.

@@nonody8125 that’s not nearly as important, considering Nadal had already won the career GS. Fed never would have if Soderling didn’t win that day.

One of the best ever on clay. Just bad luck playing against the best ever on clay

@@edwardramirez9630 Exactly. I don't think people realise just how good a clay-court player Roger is.

@@leiya107 Roger would have won like 4/5 RG if Nadal wasn't born. On the other side, people also like to diminish Rafa's talent on other surfaces than clay, but he is also one of the best ever at each surface

@@edwardramirez9630 For my money, Roger is a better clay-court player than Rafa is on grass and hard. I really do think so.

@@leiya107 yeah very likely

He's definetely top 4 clay court player of all time.

That's a match for the ages 🖤 in many ways far more special than even some of his wins in the finals of majors ⚡

I agree with you

Only because Rafael Nadal wasn't there because of injury

Nadal lost to soldering...fair and square

You're right, and he still had to win it. Whether Rafael was there or not. Roger won it☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽

@@sriharsha5036 he sure did mate ☝🏽

Djokovic is better

He is one of the best ever at clay.

Same for Djokovic

Dude like 75% of the schedule is hardcourt. What more do you want? lol

@@Romans8-9 correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t hard court just 50%? Unless grass is considered hard too? Just basing it off of how there’s 4 majors and the tune up tournaments are usually corresponding to those surfaces right?

@@vincentyou266 The grass court season is tiny. Its like 1 month long and theres only two 500 tourneys held at the same time. Halle and Queen´s club. Then Wimbledon is worth 2000. So if you are a pro, you are only really playing two tourneys a season on grass. On clay you have 3 1000 events. There are none on grass. Rome, Madrid and Monte Carlo. Then Roland Garros worth 2000. And its like 2 months long. Not including South American clay season. The rest of the season is all hard court. So yeah 75% is about right.

Yeah, 2006 was the year, I think. Had he converted that 2 MPs in Rome, two weeks ago, I think he would have won in RG. He started very strong with 6-1 in the first.... 2011 was the second best chance

Roger was very good on clay. From 2005 to 2010 he was only behind Nadal. However, overall I think Djokovic is a bit better on clay.

@@AlejandroGarcia-wz1qi djockovic can better adapt to any surface hands down But if Rogers is feeling it , then he can demolish anyone in their prime Onlyone who came close and beat djockovic and Nadal at their prime He's a streak stopper

@@adhireddy7771 the problem is that this relies on Federer playing his absolute best. Djokovic has the occasional bad match, but his average is still extremely hard to beat. His game is built on consistency and Federer needed to play at his best just to beat Djoko’s normal level. Djokovic in top form is much harder to beat, because he is like a machine that will return everything and not make errors.

@@mikemoggerson6651 feds A game better than novaks but agree with Djokovic the most consistent player ever

@@mikemoggerson6651 Bullshit. 2011 FO SF should make you shut up. 30+ Federer beating the shit out of peak Djokovic. Djokovic avoided Prime Federer.

Meh, hes never taken Nadal to the deciding sets. When Nadal's a kid he couldn't have done it, no chance when Nadal's in prime. Djokovic fought harder, it's like 8 losses Vs Nadal in RG and won 2

@@NamTran-xc2ip He dit it on clay in Rome 2006 and actually got to two championship points after 5 hours.

@@molybdaenmornell123hopp5 I meant RG. In masters he defeated Nadal on Hamburg 07.

Well there's no "deserve" in tennis but he did get to four finals against Nadal and also the 2005 semi. In a Nadal-less world he probably wins minimum two of those 5 to give him three RG titles. But in a Federer-less world Nadal wins two more Wimbledons and another Aussie Open.

​@@NamTran-xc2ip its a bad matchup with the one hander against rafas lefty forehand on clay, its not that roger was much worse than novak on clay

Nalbandian should have won 2/3 GS What a player

Yes, Guga was in top shape on this day. Bad luck for Roger.

And he was right to have that pressure. Nadal apparently had no plan to stop winning. Fed never would have won one.

Exactly, it was then or never, and that point Vs Haas featured here at 4:15, with bad quality was probably the most important point of all of these, and there's a reason why bad quality and all they HAD to feature it, up to that point he was losing the match, if he'd missed that one, he'd have lost without Nadal in the draw anymore. Long live the King(s).

He did for Tennis what Michael Jordan did for Basket Ball all around the world

Wow, the real carlos alcaraz

@@Andrew-X he isn't

@@Laland_1196 no hes real

Yippee, his greatest achievement of 2011 along with the salty and bitter comment against Novak about his “lucky shot” 😂😂😂 Hilarious 😅

The only match that stopped him and his buddy Nadal from going 0-11 against Djokovic that year lol. 1-10 isn’t much better though 🤣

yea and 95% of it on clay LMAO.

@@MrTomNguyen c’mon..yes he’s a clay merchant but he still has 8 non clay majors. Few players in history have 8 majors in total. So he is great anywhere, but is the worst of the 3 outside of clay.

@@MrTomNguyen Nadal won Wimby 2x defeating Federer in his best surface. Fed win RG once never taken Nadal into the decider, let alone win

What about alien?

and gustavo kuerten..

Roger must send flowers to Soderling every now and then.

If not for Rafa or single handed backhand versus Rafa, I am sure he would have won at least 8 on clay. He always had Borg in his vision and one of his very first titles was Hamburg on CLAY!!!

He on clay had lot of timing to place his backhand except against Rafa. Those line up matches in 2009 RG Final were crazy! 2011 against Nole

@@NarendraNath Yeah, Rafa was/is a nuclear force on clay and he was the one to superiorly overcome his gameplay on clay!

@@NarendraNath Those times were so good. 🥹

Crazier than any other thing on earth! Those days!! Are pure NOSTALGIA

Absolutely agree, brother! I have followed Roger's career very closely for the last 15 years and 2011 was very very frustrating indeed. AO was the least painful I guess, as he was outplayed by Nole in th SF. In RG he should have won the first set 6-2 and then God knows... For me to this day Wimbledon 2011 is one of the great mysteries of Roges's careed. How he managed to loose on his favorite court from 2-0 from a Tsonga, who was not a grass court player at all. And US open is just a total hartbreak. Not being able to convert 2MPs second year in a row. I guess the 2010 match haunted him when he got to serve it out. Had he won, we would be able to witness the Fed Nadal final at the US open that we never had. For sure, 2011 Roger was pretty capable of winning 1 or 2 slams at least.

yes, I agree, 2011 was really frustrating season for Roger. When I look back, I also cannot understand how he could have lost to Tsonga in Wimbledon from 2:0 lead, thats crazy, as well as the defeat from Novak at the USO, but this is well known story where Roger really choked badly and didnt convert MPs on his own serve, so the loss from Tsonga was a bit forgotten I think. He was really capable to beat Novak at Wimbledon, so it is a pity he blowed it that year, and similar incomprehensible match and loss even from the MP came in 2018 against Kevin Anderson. Then again, the match where he defeated Novak at RG was great from Roger, now doubt about that, but still he could not beat Nadal and pick the title so again,he was a bit unlucky like many times in his career, had he won againt Novak at AUS Open instead of FO, he would have very likely grabbed the title there, what would have been better for sure. Then of course another frustrating match was W2019 Final, and I believe had he won the SF at USO 2011, he would have also won that match, but this came to his mind and choked again on the MPs, that was really heartbreaking loss. I also remember the USO 2015 final, another terrible match to watch..there were so many blown breakpoints from Roger that he could have also won it, but he wasnt confident enough to convert them, so here I would blame a bit Rogers team that he should have been prepared better in his head, but we wasnt. Similar story is I think RG 2007 final with the BP conversion against Rafa. So against Novak in those close matches it was realy about confidence since 2011 from Roger, he should have won at least 2 of them. When looking back to the rivalry with Rafa, on clay of course he was the beast and Roger had really bad match up with him, the one handed bh against his brutal topspin fh was a real issue on clay. I still think he could put up a better fight and get into the decider at least once, what he did it in Rome once on really slow clay, big pity he didnt win this match, he had 2 MPs there. He was playing with smaller rocket head as well, and should have changed it earlier, in 2014 it was too late I think. He should also have been prepared better tactically for these matches, like in 2017 or later he had no problem with Rafa outside clay so it was really possible, the "neo" BH helped him without any doubt to beat him, and who knows how it would work on clay in 2017, but Roger skipped RG that year. And I am pretty sure that he would have been capable to win at least one close match outside clay, either Wimbledon 2008 or Aus Open 2009 with better tactics. There are also two another GSs that he could have won both, or at least one of them for sure,it is AO05 and tough loss from MP to Safin and then of course USO 09, I like Del Potro, but this is really hard to understand how Roger could not win this. To sum it up, Roger had really great career, but still he missed so many chances to grab some more major titles against his greatest rivals or at those other two occasions I mentioned (apart from incomprehensible losses at W to Tsonga or Anderson, but these were only QFs, or USO2014 should be mentioned - everything was prepared for Roger after Novaks defeat,but suddenly Cilic showed up with performance of a lifetime so again bad luck for Roger..), and I am pretty sure he was capable to do it, but he somehow didnt manage to do...that still hurts a bit. Of course the age factor at least from 2014 favoured Djokovic in the Djok-Fed rivalry, thats no doubt about it,and slowing down the surfaces as well just at the time when Djokovic turned into his prime...still it isnt an excuse for US11 or Wimby 19 - this was only Rogers fault.

@@ondrejgeneric8980 slowing down of the surfaces around that time? Complete and utter myth with zero proof. They slowed down some courts in the early 2000s. Very scant proof of systematic slowing down of courts after that.

@@ondrejgeneric8980 Roger was getting beaten more often than not by Rafa on any surface, prior to the “slowing down of the courts” myth as said by you. Even though Rafa would have benefited from slower courts more than Novak, Rafa’s H2H actually was worse later in his career to Federer. Maybe they magically sped the courts up again? Lol

@@FacelessWarrior86 2011 was Nole’s year. After 2010 (some can even say after 2009), Fed was pretty miserable compared to Nadal and Djokovic. He won 1 slam from 2011-2016. And 3 from 2017-2018 specifically when Djokovic was injured and playing the worst tennis of his career. Excuses or not, Federer’s career took a horrible turn after 2010 despite the fact he was in great form and was still a top player for nearly a decade after. He didn’t have the mental toughness to beat Djokovic which cost him about 3-4 slams.

What ? Loooooool ! Have you heard of a human being called Borg ? Roger isn't even 3rd. Not even in top 5 on Clay. I can't believe what you read online sometimes 😑

@@Ky-fm8ho calm down Ky Jelly

​@@Ky-fm8ho Djokovic is 2nd best claycourt player.

Jeu Nadal, Jeu Nadal, Jeu Nadal, Jeu Nadal….

Yes Rafa is the king of clay but federer is the 3rd best on clay

@@healthylifehub8089 2nd best by far in his prime. Djokovic just avoided Prime Federer in French open.

@@nonody8125 Prime Federer - which years? Novak beat Roger in RG 2012 as well.

@@nonody8125 whenever Federer lose, he's out of prime right? Djokovic defeated Nadal 2x being practically the same age. Fed failed to get to a decider in RG, let alone win even when Nadal's a teenager

@@deisolwasser5625 to say Federer is better on clay than Djokovic is absurd tbh. Fed never won Monte Carlo or Rome, only 1 lucky RG While Djokovic won multiple clay masters

Djokovic is better than him and djokovic clay record against nadal dont lie

I would say around 26-28

What do you mean "nice long retirement"😂. Retirement is literally forever and permanent.

If not for Rafa, Federer would have won 6 FO titles in those 7 years and maybe a 7th in 2019. Federer was phenomenal on all surfaces, but Rafa on clay is just ridiculous. Two of the best to ever do it.

​@@Jonathan-xt6jw I dont think so federer would have won in 2019 because thiem was a monster on clay those years

Nah, both Djokovic and Bjorg are better than Federer on clay

@@NamTran-xc2ip arguably yes, but only marginally, and only at their absolute peaks.

@@siddharthraghuveeremadaboi2901 federer has only won 1RG and not defeated Nadal on it. Djokovic has 2RG defeating Nadal 2x Federer never won Rome or Monte Carlo, Djokovic did 2x. Djokovic won many more clay masters than Federer. The difference is not huge, but not marginal

@@NamTran-xc2ip Djokovic played in an era of a weakened Nadal, and a significantly weakened Federer. And there is never, ever a huge difference between those that are considered to be at the god tier of tennis.

@@siddharthraghuveeremadaboi2901 weakened? Lmfao 🤣😂😂😂. Nadal is only 1 year older than Djokovic. It’s federer who in his prime couldn’t defeat kid Nadal on clay

He'll be there to cheer and cry 🥰

I would say Novak is the 2 best, Roger is the third due to the number of titles on clay and wins over Rafa on clay.

@@deisolwasser5625 What are you smoking man ? The 2nd greatest Clay courter is named Mr Bjorn BORG ! No one else.

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