Indeed, he is missed!!! He may not be the GOAT anymore, but no one ever played such elegant free-flowing tennis. I just wish he'd be mentally stronger at some important matches that shoulda gone his way. He should have 23 slams at least.
I gotta say as a RF fan US Open 2015 was one of his biggest chokes…won Cincinnati before that (beating Djokovic and Murray without facing a BP!) then he flew through the draw and once again couldn’t get past djokovic…I remember he was like 3/21 on breakpoints or something like that…
Would also miss too many 1st serves on game/match points... Like the 2019 Wimbledon Final. 40-15 serving for the Championship and missed the 1st serve on both points and gets broken and eventually loses the match. Tough loss!
He was 34, facing a 28 yo, full prime, Djokovic. Yet the Djoker needed to grind him and take advantage of every drop of stamina he had on the aging Maestro in a best of 5 match.
There just isn't another player out there with his class, his finesse, his artistry and his creativity. No player today is such a pure joy to watch.@@andreandree4384
@@stonew1927Sure, well I think an argument for the claim of a close match could rest on the presence of close sets with only one break, and yet straight sets couldn't be less close on the match winning calculation. I'm also not sure it matters for opinions to differ here
Yup, so glad for channels like this who re-show these delightful matches that showcase his talent so well. It’s just like having great orchestras playing the music of the great composers; we get to enjoy their talent and output and learn to appreciate them all the more. Thank you! 🎾🍾❤️
To make a comparison here: Tennis vs Football Federer vs Djokovic/Nadal = Messi vs Ronaldo = Raw talent & joy for the game vs hard word & dedication = Winning ppl's hearts as well as titles vs winning as many titles as humanly possible = Ice cream the evening before a match vs a strict diet, both food & sleep Who's the best? We can't say that. We should be happy we live in the era where we can see all these sportsmen reach new heights.
I remember watching this match live and giving Roger the under on where it would last a full 90 minutes. For the record - 1 hour 27 minutes. I gave Gasquet an extra 10 minutes just for showing up and not making it a walk over.
If you watch how deep Gasquet hits his groundstrokes, you get a clue as to why the Fed could eat him up. Almost every time that Gasquet's shots hit near the service line, Fed just blew him away.
True: We somehow know that Roger was gifted with what is takes to rise to top of this sport and then go beyond to an even higher level. But no one can explain why and how that happened.
Final vs Djokovic on that US Open 2015 was his second biggest choke after 2019 final... Went there in a better form, looked almost unbeatable... And then missed all the shots he could miss in important points. Djokovic is not a better player than Federer, he is however mentally stronger.
It’s not all mental tho. Novak has a more high percentage tactic and Federers game is so aggressive that if he is even a tiny bit tight or slow I think it just piles up fast in big moments. And against a 2015 nole you can’t do that.
You are comparing a 34 year old to age 28. I would take peak Federer on a fast court, or peak Nadal on red clay, over peak Djokovic in a heartbeat. It is not about mental toughness; the Joker's main rivals weakened physically (not too much but enough) during the period where he was dominant whereas the other 2 were fighting each other during their strongest years and thus taking titles off each other.
@@UTUBE3JC that’s a really good point…djokovic I would say has more margin with his game…roger has to be 100% on point with his game..he can’t just grind matches out
I remember this tournament very well. Federer was flying on the court. The final was incredible. Djokovic ... to beat THAT Federer shows how good he was.
@@davidevans1611 true. I guess back then he was the Great Wall of Tennis. Now he is just q regular wall. Which is still better than everyone hence the #1
@@UTUBE3JCSo many tournaments which Federer would have won if not for Nole. Roger's GOAT crown wasn't in danger from the likes of Rafa or Murray, for it was always the Nole.
yep you didn't see the game x) ... Gasquet did realy well considered how strong was Federer on this tournament. + ok it's 6-3 6-3 but a lot of 40-40 40-30 so no
Federer...he is a person that does not like to lose. You can feel his energy, especially when he is behind. You feel him. That is great so we can watch his losing and you see in his face...'oh, no, I will get this.' And, he does.
Nothing cruel about it at all. Cruel means to intentionally cause pain or suffering. People pay and expect players to play their best. What are they expected to do... tank points in order not to be regarded as cruel and protect their opponent's feelings? Great performance by Roger here. A pity he couldn't maintain this level in the final vs Djokovic, but Novak was at another level compared to Richard Gasquet.
One of the best players in the decade? What does that even mean? What's his h2h against post 2010 Federer? The guy won't get any respect playing against the big 3. He also thinks that Roger is the GOAT which is a controversial position to hold
I’ve seen all this and still don’t understand. Somebody please help. I saw Cinci 2015, which he won without dropping a set, including beating Djoker straight sets in the final, just outplayed Djoker there. Then in USO 2015 early rounds Fed wrecked some good players, was unplayable. Like Cinci, Fed did not drop a set for 6 rounds. Does anybody realize how rare that is? Djoker dropped a set in 4th round and quarters. Fed never even got pushed to a tie breaker (except for Isner of course). Wrecked both Gasket and Wawrinka, only got 7 games ea. Then the unplayable drops no será Fed loses to Djoker in the final. What happened? Maybe, this late season slam was too hard on the body come the 7th round?
He was always too tight and scared against Djokovic in slam finals. His aggresive game relies o low % shots that you can't make if you're not loose and the right state of mind. Djokovic had the advantage of not being forced to attack first as he could defend better than Federer. And that's why he always won the important points
@@lukerne9260 ok, your theory was Fed was “always too tight and scared” in slams against only Djoker, so Djoker must have “always” beat Fed in every slam. Checking … turns out Fed beat Djoker in 07 AO and USO, 08 USO, 09 USO, 11 RG, 12 W, six slams total and in general had a winning record against Djoker the first *ten* years Djoker was on tour, until Fed was 35yo. You might as well have said Fed wore an unlucky color 2015 USO. Bzzzt.
This is amazing considering how good you have to be in order to reach the quarter finals of the US Open. Federer made this look like he was playing a club player.
What he did to himself is even worse, though. after he got the pointy to b able to travel etc, his performance went downhill, same as nadal, who cannot play or have endurance as the hrt/lng damage is extensive. novx was the smart one on this issue. He KNEW what was in it and refused it.
Nothing cruel here…just one of the best player of tennis history dominating a very good player like gasquet. That’s all. Only cruel thing is your clickbait’s title
Shame on Federer for beatng a big 'ol meanie pro, whereas his rivals were just amateurs, softies, who were in it just for the fun and would never hit a hard shot at Roger. 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 Seriously, Roger loved tennis as an experience and exhibition of amazing skills. If you wholeheartedly took on that challenge the audiences appreciated the effort so you could lose to Roger and come out with your dignity intact. Quite often, however the rival would force a grim baseline slugfest on Roger, and then lose anyway.
Gasquets was an average player at best, I don't think he ever attained a top 5 ranking or won a grand slam. Any of the top 3 when playing at their best can do the same to any average player who is not playing his best tennis. Nadal, Djokovic has also done the same to many players.
Ah, yes, the MASTERCLASS, RF fans always like to use that word, for some reason or another. It is always fun for Federer's fans to watch a guy who is not in his class or level get humiliated by good ole Roger, and in the meantime,of course, nobody will even try to remember to mention that poor Gasquet was 3 - 32 vs. Federer and Djokovic in his career.
100% - Gasquet was solid and had his success, no doubt, but of course not at RF level. The RFans will show this match (QF) and the following Semifinal match & claim "Masterclass" but they'll be oddly quiet about the Final. All of a sudden it's not "prime" Federer anymore, trophies aren't everything, blah blah LOL.
This just shows how good mr 40:15 was in 2015, partuculary the Us Open swing Cincinnati and Us Open. Way better than in any of the years from 2011-2015. I even dare to argue this being his best version ever. Still got rect by Goatkovic in the final though 😂, but at least he got his ars handed to him by the real GOAT so no shame in that 🤣🤣🤙
Yup. Definitely better when he was 30+. The first player in tennis history to play his best tennis after turning 30. Whereas literally every other player in men's tennis, including modern players declined after reaching the age of 29 (most actually at 27), Federer has done the impossible and actually IMPROVED after he turned 30. Unfortunately for him, he came up against the superhuman Djokovic and kept losing to him when Djokovic was 23+. Clearly, age has had no impact on this man, but he was just overwhelmed by the greatness of the God that is Djokovic. We can only bow to his greatness 👑 🙄
@@michaelklos8089 So, if there wasnt for Djokovic that year, mr 40:15 would be easily at 2+ slams and multiple masters 1000 tournies, plus WTF. That is like of of the best seasons in history. So, why are you Fed fangirls have to be sarcastic and trying to undermine Goatkovic achievements by downplaying the level of mr 40:15. He was clearly better as i said than in any of the 2012, 2013, 2014 seasons. Just like Goakovic actually. What seems to be the problem ? These two players were visibly playing better tennis than the rest of the tour, Murray played great also. Wawrinka. Weakdal got his ars handed to him, but he was never spectacular anyway off clay v in form top players, he schawanged a lot when Djokovic formed dipped in that 2012-2014 period, particulary 2013 when Djokovic lost that FO SF that he should have won and then was mentally out of the Us Open swing, and Weakdal used that to his advantage. Mr 40:15 was terrible that season, compared to 2015. So he did improve with age. In 2017 actually, with no Goatkovic there, he rect Weakdal bad off clay, and i think he finished the year n1. Thats exactly what he would have done in 2015 + WTF probably. So ? Whats the problem ?
@@jokelot5221 don't you find it a little strange that Djokovic is finding it easier to win titles the older he gets? That he won 7 slams before the age of 29 and 17 after? Does he have an immortality gene? Novak played some great tennis in that time, but it was not Federer’s best years, and certainly not Nadal's. Djokovic won almost everything he played that year though, made almost every masters final and won 6 of them. Made all 4 slam finals, beat Nadal at RG (even if not at his best, lots of people still can't beat him at that level). Lost to Stan at RG but beat him at AO in 5. Nobody had an elite session without the competition at full strength, that's just the nature of the sport, it's not possible. It was an amazing season. The best in ATP history. Let's just be happy with that.
@@michaelklos8089 Similar thing happened in 2011. The 2011 proves, without a doubt, that the narrative of Fedal being weak in 2015, or any other year until maybe 2021 when Federer retired is a completw and utter bs made up by the salty Fedal fans because they couldnt accept that there was a guy out there that was simply better than their favs, when all 3 were at their best. And the western media supported that narrative. Djokovic wasnt at his best in 2008, 2009 and 2010. He simply was nowhere near his 2011. The guy was losing to some people he would have never lost to, and i mean never in 2011. And Nadal was coming off his best season in 2010, and would have had an even better 2011 season if there wasnt for one guy out there called Novak Djokovic. He said it himself, you have interviews. At the time there was maybe a spek of humanity left in that guy, unlike nowadays when he feels to buthurt to be a man and in every interview he has to take subtle, evil jabs at Djokovic. I respect Federer more, cause first, he had more guts to face Djokovic over the years at hc and grass and did not lose early to preserve his fake h2h, and second he achieved more on 2 surfaces compared to Nadals one. But in that 2011, Nadal was 25, and Fed was 28,9. If Djokovic wasnt injured in 2017, he would be 28, 29 at the time and he would murder everybody just like he did at the first part of 2016 and in 2015. I know that Djokovic was really injured, unlike Nadal that faked and amplified his i injuries over the years as i explained, and how do i know that. Djokovic faced Nadal(and Federer) on clay and grass many times, even when he was not in a great shape. Just look how many matches recently Djokovic played against Nadal on clay, and how many on hc. At least twice as many there are on clay. And Nadal cant even win one set v Djokovic on hc for 10 years. Again, in 2011 Nadal had reached like 8 big finals in a row or something, 3 slam finals in a row, just like in 2010, and he did even better on masters, only to get destroyed by Djokovic. Is that playing bad or simply being outmatched ? Nadal knew that facing Djokovic consistently on hc and grass will only boost Djokovic h2h over him, give Djokovic more confidence for their clay meetings and improve his already massive records. So he decided to dodge wisely. Unlike Fed, who got the short end of the stick. But at least Fed was braver, i give him that. So, stats speak for themselves what happened. I do not accept any other narrative. I know what i saw, and i saw these players at their physical, mental and technical best, and there is only one winner among them, and his name is of course Novak "The GOAT" Djokovic.
@@jokelot5221 look, say what you want about the other stuff, I'm just pointing out that Nadal and Federer weren't at their best in those later years 2014 onwards. Federer wasn't at his best even earlier but that should be obvious if you watch him play and watch his movement, power. Djokovic is the same, his movement deteriorated some time after 2015, he wasn't at his best in the years after. Ask players go through it. Federer was fantastic in his later years, so is Djokovic now, but saying they were as good after 30 as they were at their peaks is missing the big picture. That said, Federer fans saying he would wipe the floor if he was younger are delusional too. Djokovic was not at his full potential when he played Federer in his younger years and at his best, Federer didn't have to face a confident, experienced and physically taxing Djokovic. Djokovic in his prime was a beast. Different animal to his earlier years and later years.
Man you don't have any shred of respect this player is Richard qazquet and he was one of the best players in the big three era have some respect and put his name next time