Roger Federer's forehand is one of history's most remarkable tennis shots. In this match against Gael Monfils, one of the fastest tennis players, Federer's forehand was on fire. Quarter-finals of the 2011 Roland Garros.
I love watching this man play. Even his half volleys are amazing. Everyone is talking in past tense about his career. It's heartbreaking to me but I get it. But there's this part of me that can't give up, that still hopes..... Thanks, RTT!
In his prime, his forehand was unstoppable in every match. In later years, particularly with the new racket, he has been hitting with more topspin and giving the opponent more chances to get it back. But in general, it's still as effective as before but just not as brutal. However, his backhand has become the near equal of his forehand. 2017 was the year of his dominance and was the most feared weapon that year. I hope we see it all return next month.
Not necessarily spin as much as the courts slowing down and opponents getting smarter on the defense. Opponents simply avoid hitting to the forehand. The Fed Forehand hasn't been an omnipotent monster of the past, but it easily troubles opponents very badly and never allows them to play their usual game.
@@Diogene_Balbeur guess you weren't around to witness it. They're 5-6 years his junior. Federer started in a vastly different tennis era (serve and volley) and adapted his game over the years. Something Novak or Rafa could have never accomplished as they're both one dimensional. Raw tennis talent and attacking tennis ability, they're not comparable.
Everyone's talking about how good Federer's forehand was, but can we just appreciate that Monfils didn't give up even though he was clearly outmatched?
He was on fire in this tournament, 🔥 in the next match he broke novak's 42 Match winning streak unfortunately in the finals was king of clay, but still stretched him to 4 sets.
If Rafa wasn't injured in the first set trailing at 2:5 Roger would had not lost rythm and might had been completely different match but we'll never know.
2017 he only won 2 majors. And it’s fair to say the reason he did was because Djokovic was horrid and not in good form. He was probably at a similar level in 2016 and 2018, it’s just his competition was superior.
The courts were made slower somewhere around 2008 to 2010 and He started complaining too but the broadcasters wanted to make it even and interesting for people and players...
The courts were made slower somewhere around 2008 to 2010 and Roger started complaining too but the broadcasters wanted to make it even and interesting for people and players...
Nadal was only a "weak clay era champion"... No real or good clay courters in his time. No Musters, No Borgs, no Kuertens, No Vilas, no Wilanders, no Couriers ... Federer and Djokovic were never good clay courters, they were exeptional hard & indoor & grass court specialists. Federer more so, if courts hadnt slowed down he would have won 30 grand slam titles. And Clay was never fasten up. Nadal was very lucky. Nadal was a bad indoor player, no ATP Finals won, just 1 title back in 2005 against Lubijic. Federer and Djokovic were far more succesfull on clay than Nadal indoors. Nadal a weak clay era champion.
@@rebecalinares5393 the homogenization of the courts made that happen. Back then, you had clay court specialists that didn't even bother to play wimbledon.
