The Day Roger Federer's Backhand Was Unstoppable (60FPS) 

Roger Federer improved through the years and finally learned to desactive those "tricks" of his greatest rival.

@@Videos-sobre-punhos-e-rodas rivaL. It was the other way 'round with the other one.

The ridiculous thing is that only the Big3 is capable of beating Nadal in "good condition" in Australia. I say good condition, because Medved and Shapovalov had their chances to beat Nadal in AO 2022 and they didn't take it.

Absolutely. H2H Rafa usually always had the upper hand against Fed except on the very fastest surface (grass), because he could better exploit the forehand to backhand exchanges; Fed could seldom generate enough pace and/or unpredictability to worry Nadal on the backhand side, while Nadal's backhand could be deceivingly flat and effective. This was a night Nadal would normally have won; the difference was Fed's improved, versatile, powerful, Wawrinka-like backhand. If Fed had made this backhand adjustment early in his career, there wouldn't be a big-3, just a big-1.

@@Nkosinati HOnestly though, the surface in AO 2017 was a bit faster than the last few years and whenever you give Fed a fast surface, he is tough to beat. Yes he was also playing exceptionally well in that period but the court was fast which really helps his game. On fast courts, a Prime Federer will almost always beat Nadal and Djoker.

That's what Novak always thought!

U comment is a poetry

you spelt Wawrinka wrong

That's right- I myself have never seen it that good

Yep.. there wont be any guy winning 13 rg or guy winning 9 so.. oops

@@abeguy7981 there can be guys winning 15 RG or 12 AO still none with the imaculate tennis technique here. Hope to see at least 1 more during this lifetime

@@Alex-zd8hj Sorry mr Borg but guys winning 12 or 15 slams hasn't happened as yet in 150 years of tennis. Only nadal has won 13 Rgs and that record wont be broken in at least 2decades.. Meanwhile enjoy a huhu bagel ;)

@@abeguy7981 The guy was talking about creative genius, master at work, etc….and then you pop up here and start rambling about 13 RG victories….as if anyone was arguing with you about that…smh.

@@michaelbassey1993 I'm free to post my response as I like. Instead of countering logic with logic, fed fundos like you try to give up a shut up call but fail. Creativity , determination, intelligence are required to win 13 slams on any surface but mr rg skipper shows running skills at fleeing rg, then he gets humiliated at halle and at sw19 with a bagel. Now dampen my comment with logic and prove rg skipper is the most intelligent and determined player or just stfu... His determination is evident when he flees seeing nadal at rg ..hehehaha

It wasn’t a backhand, but I couldn’t resist.

lol I know, i was teasing. that point was iconic of that whole match.

And he actually turns that point around by some more brilliant backhands, so it’s completely justified.

That point was driving the crowd nuts

Hell yeah! That forehand down the line needs to be in every highlight video lol

Indeed (alhough, I'd say Ronnie O'Sullivan in full flight matches closely Federer's genius, unfortunately snooker is a much lesser known sport, and it's not very physical).

@@fujiwarasai5976 i agree. Ronnie and Roger are the two greatest talents ever in sport for me.

Hell yeah, guess some people do know snooker after all! Ronnie and Roger are unreal.

Ive never seen a player play better than Nadal did at Roland Garros 2017. That was out of this world! But this is definitely the best I’ve seen Roger play. He was too good for Rafa that night.

Seriously. This match is chilling. He made Nadal eat his backhand after all these years of experts saying RF BH was his weak side. And to come back the way he did in the fifth on such a stage in such a moment! Truly one of the greatest major finals in tennis history! RF is the swiss maestro, the GOAT!

Same when players played against Aggasi

@@amanpandey2210 no. Roger will be the ultimate in all 360 degree angle. There will never be another player like roger, past, present and future. Millions of agassi will come but never another federer. Avatar of god as a tennis star can be only once. It is just like comparing the greatest shivaji ganesan with an ordinary rajinikanth. Crores of Rajinikanth will be there in the future, but only one ganesan, like one Sun, one moon etc. Avatar of God as a cinestar can be only once in this kali yuga

​@@mahalakshmid8613damn bro calm down

new players are boring we will never see such a talent and beautiful player again.

He makes me wanna go play every time I watch him. Rhythm and melody 🎶

Beautiful comment

well said

#aho

Thank you, everyone for so much appreciation

Especially given his 58% fifth set record

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Rafa played great...thought he would pull it off. Down a break in the fifth? Feds never EVER done that vs Rafa. The MAIN difference is Fed HAS lost on a GOOD BACKHAND DAY.....but Never to Rafa,,,,,it was AAAAALWAYS the reason Fed lost to Rafa. Two HOURS of even the SIMPLEST ROUTINE BACKHANDS.......all having to be hit from OVER ones shoulder......would DEFEAT anyone..........it's a simple club tactic....but it's the ONLY reason Rafa ever beat Fed. I looove Rafa....but if he were a righty....he'd never even beat Fed on Red Clay. Not to mention the 99 MPH serve would cause SEEERIOUS problems for Rafa if he were serving righty...........just ask Andre.

Poetry in motion

I know... like a machine. Such a contrast with Nadal's perma-grunts

Ahahahahaha federer can play quiet vs NADAL.... but vs NOVAK DJOKOVIC is whole different story.... NOVAK vs FedEx is like battle mongoose vs snake we all know who is going to be Winer hahahaha

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Fed said no mas

So true!

Are u stupid? Nole won slams at 35.5 and he will surely win slams at 39-40 but you know Djoko is goat

I think Federer won the last 10 matchs against Nadal IF you dont count clay matchs

That damned 2019 Wimbledon 😭😭😭😭😭

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What's special about it?

@@brokeguy5607 are you blind lol

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i couldn't agree more.he seriously needs a sports psychologist.because when he is at his absolute best,i don't think anyone in the world can stop him.even djokovic(who has been at the receiving end of some ass whoopings by fed early on in his career) has admitted that if fed plays at his best,he wouldn't be able to stop him.that's because perfect attack always gets the better of perfect defense in tennis imo.and in the modern age,nobody embodies attacking tennis more than roger.but his weak mindset has been his kryptonite for most of his career.even the brilliant backhand we see here is because of a pressure -free mindset. but after ao 2018 he seems to back to his old nervous self. as a die-hard fan i just hope we get to see him in this kind of form a couple of more times in a few more future slams.but his present form makes chances of that happening low.:(

Djokovic at his best would have a chance to stop this Federer i think :)

Joshu Koshy He doesn't need a psychologist, what are you talking about?? He's just old, you can't expect the same consistency as he had when he was young. And he got unlucky with the weather in Cincinnati and US Open.

Dr. Mr. Person Guy what are you even talking about saying young and old?this was not 2006 or 2007,this was last year.and to be honest,physically he says he feels much better than he did last year.this is 100% a mental problem.and he's had this pretty much all his career...struggles early on in his career against nadal and later Vs Novak were all because of his mental fragility.on the occasions when he was able to overcome those fragilities,he was truly an unstoppable player.thats why I think he needs a sports psychologist to guide him to 2 or 3 more slams before he finally rides off into that sunset.

Joshu Koshy And he was already old last year? Last year after his terrific start he lost in the first round of Stuttgart, in the first round of Dubai, then he won Wimbledon. You can't expect him to be consistent at this age, especially with the bad weather luck he had, he doesn't need any "psychologist", that's ridiculous. He's been very calm and collected. "this is 100% a mental problem" Stop acting like you know him, he's perfectly fine mentally.

Or even the Olympics final, big backhand down-the-line winner to finish the trophy room with that Olympic gold in singles

I would also !!!!! unfortunately he was just one point from doing that at wimby :(

He will be lucky if he can win Basel and Halle in 2021

@@hahaha-po4qh I’ll come back to this comment in a few months to shit on you

@@markyconfident plz comeback if he couldn't win even this two tournament as well

i can see why

Well said brother...same here

He look like that frogmouth turtle thing in yogi bear

He looked so happy 😁

@@hobojobo6331 has he ever reacted like that recently? For the last few years he just looks dead even on winning lol

@@pleasecontactme4274 yea lol

@@hobojobo6331 just like ur pfp

Jaw-dropping stuff!!!

Novak's favorite

@@laurentcompagna6166 poor Thirderer

@@laurentcompagna6166 haha I'll leave that to the people still referring to Federer as the GOAT.

Translation: I have nothing to do so I think I'll piss people off on the internet.@@huzcer

@@thewatcher8939 Musetti is the only player under 25 in the Top 100 with a 1hbh. Federer killed it off.

@Dertray in the point

No , he got Federered ! :D

@@Laland_1196 wtf? Learn English first let’s save the roasts for later

@@kevinsampson9217 ok professor..teach me

@@Laland_1196 why'd you have to insult the guy then dumbass

it gave him break point not championship

Nadal won the next point with a winner serve, but the confidence that would him to then break was super important

mrpen tapper he didn’t say it gave Fed championship point actually... maybe should have said, that it was the point that made the difference ?

Right up there but there were plenty of those in their encounters in Wimbi 07-08 finals.

@@user-gj2um5hx9s when you force an error with your serve

Andrea1491to where has he gone am I right?

Seems like there's honestly something wrong with his health. Like mono again.

Matt Clark stop spreading bullshit

@@ertugrulkorpinar51 chill out, he's only giving his opinion. If there is anything even wrong I don't know. But he hasn't been his best in over 8 months now. So maybe something isn't right. It's possible he's finally starting to age, maybe but I doubt it would come on quite so fast. Is it possible he has a small injury or illness or that he has maybe just lost a little fitness? Possibly. That would be my guess because it's definitely not desire or focus. So I don't see what's so wrong about someone saying it looks like there is something wrong with him, Because it very much does look like he's not quite right. But if there is let's hope it gets resolved soon, because even though he is not playing terrible that small drop is more than enough for me to say I think he won't win any more slams playing like this with Novak and Nadal playing so well. I'm not saying he won't win another slam, but I am saying there is zero chance of him winning another slam ever unless he can get back to the form he has showed for just about a year between oz 17 and oz 18. People need to realize it's not a few weeks or a month or two of below par performances it's 8 solid months. A few sporadic matches here and there apart from that, he really hasn't been good at all, since oz 18.

@padard Was the heat and humidity bothering him for the past 8 months everywhere else too?? (P.s that was sarcasm) We're not fucking thick, but maybe you are. We follow Roger, watch his matches and interviews. How clueless are you to think we don't know this already??

so easy to forget sampras?

@@golfmaniac007 Sampras is fantastic, but based on their bodies of work, Federer and Nadal edge him out. Just my opinion. No disrespect to Pete.

They've had one of the greatest rivalries in sports history who have contributed so much to the game, and they both (seem) like good people as well. It's hard to dislike either of them.

Don't forget Novak.

What about Djokovic?

Federer dropped his level of play in Sets 2 and 4 to conserve energy.

@@Ben6164 Fed was always conserving energy against Novak 😂

Federer had very poor tactics against Nadal in the earlier years, it wasn't just a matter of Rafa's forehand killing the one handed back hand. For example Nadal would serve 80% of the time to Roger's backhand and Roger still did not commit enough space to it. Every time he approached the net he got smoked. Roger has bageled Rafa on clay before so it's not like Rafa is unbeatable without the right strategy

​@@JL-fh4qwit's not about strategy, it's about the matchup, it didn't favor Federer in those slow courts and his playing style is to attack and finish the point as quickly as possible, Nadal was a beast defender and he moved very well and his topspin didn't allow Federer to play his game especially with that smaller racquet that he had. the only mistake Federer did I think is that he should've changed his racquet way earlier and maybe take some breaks to come back fresh.

i thought that was some type of different stat. LOL. i said no way fed could be 17 and nadal 9

Yeah they had both just come back from months out That’s what makes this all the more remarkable Let’s not forget to shoutout Denis istomin for making this possible

@@BrandonSG13 can you explain the istomin refererence cheers

MrAmericanbeauty istomin defeated Djokovic in the 2nd round, which potentially made it easier for Nadal to advance through his half

Georgios Mat yes he has, did you not see 2009 FO, pretty sure fed won that Title :)

@Ryo Shusuke is Gay yes

This was Isabella Godsick, daughter of his manager.

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self-belief and a new bigger racket made the diff 🙂

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Novak was able to bring out even more variety from Fed's backhand -> the low backhand into the net, the one into the tramlines, the backhand shank - lovely stuff to watch over the years.

@@huzcer We should watch Novaks match against Alcaraz at Wimbledon or the final at the olympics against Zverev. That was some lovely stuff to watch!

@@Deido112 Ah yes well all players do have some off days now and again. Even the outright GOAT. Alcaraz and Djokovic should have some great battles over the next couple of years. Funny to see Alcaraz making a joke about him not wanting to do a Fed 40-15 meme to the King of Spain lol that never gets old and has crossed the generations. There won't be any excuses about the 16 year age gap between Djokovic and Alcaraz, just two gladiators duking it out. Djokovic is still out there at the top of tennis, Fed is long retired finishing up going down more than 2 to 1 in finals 13 to 6 to Djokovic, almost 2 to 1, 11 to 6 in slams. At the end of the day, Fed's shanky beakdown backhand was only more loved by Djokovic in Federer than Fed's mental weak mode in the big moments. Some players have a bit of an off day the odd time- for Fed it was more often than not against Djokovic in the big matches!

Greatest grand slam in history absolutely true!

;)

AO is my favourite slam too

That's wimb19

@blpdes weak era slams

That's what Novak always thought 😂 Could always be relied on in the finals and slams when it counted!

Do you understand what GOAT stands for?

@@danielprovost Yes do YOU?

@@MOORTENMUSIC yes, only if they are exactly equal. Let's not go down the rabbit hole of pretending they are considered exactly equal so that you win this debate.

@@vir72l You clearly don't if you said two goats. The AT in GOAT stands for "all time" not "every few years". Don't defend yourself if you're clearly wrong.

@@danielprovost go AWAY u keyboard warrior! Once a doosh always a doosh!

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Till seniors. Xx

right so im guessing he just didn't want to win for the last 2 and a half years.

What a joke r u kidding me so from 2 yrs ,he's playing an exhibition or what get real douchebag ,the only reason he dominated 2017 because djokovic was absent .

Well…….. I don’t know ……it just so happens that the 17th seed is someone called Federer and …..the 9th is a guy called called Nadal….? Like I said …I dunno …..😂😂😂😂

Yeah that was nice

Hey now. You can’t leave out Novak like that

Nicholas Missette considering their age, I agree.

Agree!

And I've been there 🙏🏼♥️

Forever

Wimbledon final 2008?

After won Wimbly, Alcaraz continues to losing.

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Agreed. That 2008 loss at Wimbledon haunted Federer for years