Playing Ferrero, Gonzalez, Hewitt and Roddick to win the title in 2005 and they claim this is a weak era. But playing Fuscovic, Shapovalov and Berrettini (2021) is somehow great competition.
Be for real, Roddick has nowhere near the athleticism and shots of Medvedev, Zverev and Alcaraz, Roddick is a terrible background player in comparaison, he is just a serving bot. Hewitt has no power in his shots, the court are slower now than they were back then, he would struggle to hit winners against the young players that are at average faster than the players from his generation, and that's actually a fact, it can be quantified. Ferrero and Gonzalez please.... Again in comparaison to Alcaraz and Medvedev, it's a joke. Djokovic has nothing to prove anymore, he dominated in the toughest era of tennis and even if you would consider this actual decade as weaker than the previous one, it's still way less weak than the "Federer's prime one".
@@unowen7591To be fair medvedev had to face alcaraz, rublev to his side. Ok, I believe without djokovic tennis will never be the same. Nevertheless, guys like medvedev, alcaraz, zverev, sinner, rune will be nice to watch them play.
@@KayleJudicatorprime Roddick on grass was far better than Berrettini and Kyrgios mate. Look at his 2004 and 2009 finals against Federer. Berrettini and Kyrgios would never push prime Federer on grass that much.
@@KayleJudicator LOL, this is a best of 3 era, almost every top "next gen" player has loss a final having a 2 set lead, Roddick would only have to hold his serve and they will self-destruct; Alcaraz its proven to be a more complete player but has to improve his consistency, also he barely played against Nole to be considered a true rival yet
With all due respect to all players, tennis is a golden square of 3 players. Federer retired, Nadal about to, and Djokovic in few years, after that tennis will never be the same they made us raise our expenses ration to see unbelievable level
Forgot how brilliant fed was in his prime. This was so much more fun to watch then anything I've seen on tour this year. Great players for sure, but not as fun to watch.
I feel like prime Federer in this time period had a better forehand than when Novak began to get the better of him. Federer improved his backhand over time when he needed to take Nadal's topspin early, but during his prime that forehand could hit winners from anywhere...especially down the line...and he attacked the net at all times so effortlessly. It seems like after his prime the forehand was still great...but not quite as potent.
exactly. Federer tried to improve his backhand but the only thing he got was worsening his forehand; since 2015 he hit better backhands and was able to beat Nadal a lot, but his forehand got worse and couldnt deal with Djokovic anymore. And that was evident when he played with a bigger raquet, just thinking about how to deal with Nadal only. So what benefited him on one hand hurt him on the other. Its like for Federer Djokovic didnt existed, he was stubborn and didnt tried to figure out how to beat him; never realized that the the worsening of his forehand was the main reason. Federer should have played Nadal with the bigger raquet and Djokovic with his former Wilson smaller version.
People forget that Roger is 5 years older than Rafa, and 6 years older than Andy and Novak. Novak came in at the end of Roger's prime (2003-2010) and Rafa's prime only overlapped with Novak's for a couple years due to the physical intensity of Rafa's playing style and the early start to his pro career (Rafa was already world #2 as a teenager). Andy Murray obviously had his joint injuries. Since Rafa's peak from 2007-2013 it's been a weak era of tennis, and it's when Djokovic won 18 of his 24 majors.
@@Asswipe44 Its the same as golf. You have to think which strategy is the best to win, and its 100% your decision which raquet to use, which strings to use, how much tension to use, which shoes to wear, which clothes to wear, all in pro to feel as confortable as possibly to achieve your objective.
In his 2014 - 2021 years, Federer should have played Nadal with the bigger raquet and Djokovic with his former Wilson smaller version. It was evident that his bigger raquet improved his backhand but worsened his forehand; so he got better results against Nadal but his performance against Djokovic worsened. With the smaller Wilson, Federer had problems against Nadal, but performed better against Djokovic, and that was because he had a better forehand, which was his best weapon.
Very good point about racket size. It took fed years to adjust from a 90sq inch to settling with a 97. When he did it helped him to be more aggressive with the backhand against Nadal. However, I think Fed issues with Djokovic was probably down to age as he couldn't keep up with him in extended rallies. Also, 2011-17 that was peak Djoko period. Additonally, Fed had a terrible breakpoint conversion record against Djoko in that period. Especially at Sw19.
2003-2007 absolute prime (no some performance drops at all like 2008) and then 2009-2012(his 2012 tmc final against djokovic was insanely good and then he had such a good performance at Australian open 2013 and then he started to fade out)
@@thesoccergod yea I think so fed won 16 slams novak had only 1. That's mean fed only won 4 and novak won at least 20 in the last decade or so. Don't want to play with numbers too much but he is still on top of the game at his age. Fed was long gone by the time in his early 30s.
Novak couldn’t touch Prime Fedal. 2011 was not prime Federer and 2015-2016 was not prime Fedal. djokovic won only 7 slams when fedal were at peak form during 2006-2014 and rest of field were stronger that time. Post 2015, once fedal declined due to aging and injuries djokovic’s grandslam and big titles tally increased. He won 16 grandslams between 2015 to 2023 (weakest competition ever except Rafa at RG) and that was proved this year with no Rafa djokovic had cake walk draws and could win 2 slams. this year Alcaraz proved Djokovic has had it easy since 2019. He defeated a bunch of nobodies to reach us open finals. Novak is not goat. Berettini, anderson, tsitsipas, ruud and Kyrgios in finals of a grandslam and thats strong era for you ? 😂 Novax not goat and is the weakest era champion 😂
@@mysticnomad89 Federer won in the weakest era of tennis, lost to a clay specialist at 2008 Wimbledon, lost to Novak in 2008 Australian open semi finals and is 6-12 grand slams against Novak. Federer win against 35 year old Agassi, Marcos Baghdatis and Roddick and is the ultimate choker in tennis history, 2011 us open semi finals and 2019 Wimbledon and never beat Rafa at French open, cry more fedtard 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@mysticnomad89 prime fedal only lasted 2003 to 2007 after which he kept regularly getting destroyed by nadal and Djokovic 🤣🤣🤣 which is why his prime ended before he even turned 30. He was 16-1 on total grand slams in 2010, at age 29, compared to Novak and since then Djokovic has gone 24 to 4 😆😆😆😆😆😆 and is still going, Prime Federer died due to Novak and nadal go back to sleep clown boi
@@gotohellpunk lets look at the 8 yrs from (2002-2009) and look at each season's yr end top 10, and let's see who the most prevalent top players were over each 8 yr period... I challenge you to name 2 better lists using your own method... Here it is... 2002-2009... Federer’s competition 1. marat safin 2. Roddick 3. Young Nadal 4. Davydenko 5. Nalbandian 6. Agassi 7. Hewitt 8. djokovic 9. Moya 10. Coria 11. Delpotro 12. Murray Djokovic opponents 2015-2023... 1. Nadal - Out of form Rafa in 2015,16,21 and 23 2.Fed - 33-38 year old grandpa federer 3.Murray - Crappy murray who was no good as his 2012 former self 6.wawrinka 7.Tsitsipas 8. berettini 9.kyrgios 10.kevin anderson 11.medvedev 12.thiem 13. Ruud Federer’s competition Roddick... he has a winning h2h over Djokovic Say Nadal's too young? - he's the greatest 18-25 yr old this game has ever seen. Davydenko... he's one of the very few who have a winning h2h over Nadal. Nalbandian... he's still the only person to beat all 3 of the big 3 in the same tournament, while also having a better win % vs the big 3 than even Murray does. Agassi - 8 time slam champion Hewitt... he's a former world number 1 and mulit-slam champion, while also having a better win % vs the big 3 than most Djokovic era players. Moya... he's a former world number 1 and GS champion. Note how I didn't even mention Safin lol, who is a grand slam champion and boasts a h2h advantage over Djokovic. now can you shut tha F up chokovid clown 🤡 boi 😂
