The Day An "Old Federer" Became A "Prime Federer" And Completely Destroyed Nadal (HD) 

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lol, Nadal's reaction at the match point was like "yup, I guess this was his day. Nothing I can do"

Roger's best tennis for me, beats both Nadal and Djokovics best tennis.

The Indian Wells match against Nadal was the best I had seen Federer play..my other favorite was the 2005 US Open Win against Aggasi and Aggasi played really well for a 35 year old back then. Federer made changes to his backhand but unfortunately could be to late in his career but I am glad he had made the alteration. Federer has struggled during the early years of the last decade. Courts were slowing up which did not suit Federers style of play which was the go to style back when Federer started out. Attacking serve and volley which he perfected. This change in court speeds for extra tv coverage and money allowed the likes of Nadal Djokoviv and Murray exceptional players to hit more balls with top spin to Federer's one handed backhand on the slowed up courts which he struggled with and especially on the slowest surface which is clay. If he had made the alteration back then he would have won the grand slams he won in 2017 and 2018 back then plus a few more and a couple of French Opens which I think why he is the goat in my opinion. He has adapted the game old gen and to modern tennis but the game has become for physical too due to slower courts which will put more strain on these older players hence why they get injured again as soon as they make a return..looking froward to seeing what this new decade has in place for us.

The year Federer decided to use the topspin backhand more.

The 2017 season was just two players for all four grand slams. 2 each by Federer and Nadal. Incredible feat by both.

2:41 it's Stalin :D

Nobody can beat Roger Federer at his best

Beau tennis super à voir de grand joueur bravo Roger ..

ROGER FEDERER IS THE GOAT

2017 Federer is the best tennis player of all time!

GREATEST COME BACK EVER FED!!!!!

Well, come on, let's get real here - look at Nadal's stats vs. Roger and Nole on any surface other than clay since 2014. He is 1-15. He's 0-8 vs. Nole and 1-7 vs. Roger. If that was Roger's record vs. his 2 biggest opponents the media would be calling for him to retire. I chose 2014 because that's the year Roger changed his racket to the bigger head. The AO was Roger's first Slam with the new racket and he lost to Nadal in the SF. Since then Roger has only lost to Nadal 1 time - on clay at the 2019 RG. Otherwise he's 7-2 vs. Nadal since 2014 when he changed rackets. Overall Nadal, since the beginning of the 2014 season Nadal's overall record against Roger & Nole is 7-19 (5-12 vs. Djokovic, 2-7 vs Roger) with all 6 wins coming on clay. NOT a good record for someone trying to lay claim to the GOAT tile vs. his 2 greatest opponents. Hell, until the 2019 Wimbledon SF Nadal hadn't even broken Roger's serve since the 1st game of the 5th set of the 2017 AO final. Now THAT is truly scary. I've said it for a decade - Nadal is the King of Clay and that's about it. If you look at his last 4 Grand Slam wins - he only played 3 top 10 players and all 3 times that player was in the final (Medvedev at the US Open 2019, Thiem are RG 2019 and Djokovic at RG 2020) in 27 matches and had a bye in one match. The average ranking of players he beat hovers somewhere around 62. Sure he just drubbed Nole at RG - but again, it's clay and clay isn't Nole's best surface. The last time Nadal had to play more than 3 Top 20 players to win a Slam was the 2019 RG - Nishikori in the QF, Roger in the SF and Thiem in the Finals. No offense to Nadal, but he hasn't exactly had the most difficult draws. And the 2019 US Open he won playing on 6 matches, so again, he's not exactly playing the cream of the crop all the time so when he gets to Roger and Nole he's used to being able to easily intimidate his opponents and he can't do that with those 2. Having said all of that, my point is - Nadal isn't "great" on hard courts or grass. He's just very good. Against the rest of the players that's good enough to win Slams. Against Roger and Nole - it ain't gonna get the job done anymore. Not if he continues with the same game plan he's had his entire career. Roger, more than any of the 3, can change his game and play any style against any player out there. Nadal has no Plan B. Actually, Djokovic doesn't either but he rarely needs one against Roger and Nadal. He just waits for Roger's aggression to generate enough errors that he wins the match (See Wimbledons 2019, 2015, 2014 - LOL!). With Nadal he just out-hits and out-defends him. And therein lies Nadal's biggest problem - of the 3 he's the least aggressive and the most predictable.

When Federer played at his best in 2017 he was better than anyone ever -- even better than himself in 2004 or 2006.

This is how tennis is played when you know how to play tennis 🎾🤣

At the match point Nadal smile..

Hi, may I ask what that "NEO style" is?

Federer is a much more complete tennis player than Rafa on all 3 court surfaces

GOAT for his fans who refuse to accept the fact of statistical records😂😂

Prime Federer it’s like a god but that’s something we won’t ever see again, time pases for everyone

Is that Roger actual face in the thumbnail? Or is it faked to look older?

Thats how dangerous federer is at his prime. So stop bashing him that novak is better

Fed needs to do more no fap to get this level back!☺

Took long enough to get to some playing, for God’s sake.....

Dislikes from nadal fans 😂

This is not a Grand Slam . The RG 2008 final is much more impressive for me.

Nadal goat only guy who can change that DJOKOVIC

Novak - i was away , injured . Otherwise he would remain at 17 grand slams .

You won't get a lot of subscribers when attacking the goat season ever (2006 RF)

He got the knack of defeating Nadal many times later in his career than early may be he will do the same with Djo who knows