Man, when Del Potro was on form in 2013 he really was great. Played 2 excellent Masters 1000 finals against Nadal and Djokovic and that Wimbledon semi final against Novak was just amazing. Such a shame what happened with all those injuries starting in 2014.
This is one of my favorite tournaments that Nadal won. Everyone was writing him off after his injury in 2012, but this match showed that he was back. He then went on to win Madrid, Rome, RG, Montreal, Cincinnati, and the US Open.
In 2013 Nadal was unbeaten 27 matches on hardcourt. He won Indian Wells Montreal Cincinnati and the Us Open. The streak ended in the final of Beijing against Djokovic
@zakaria djouzi the best player has 2-0 at AO HARDCOURTS. so basically it is 3-2 for Novak and he leads 2-1 at Wimbledon in which he won both finished matches. Remember 20-7 in hardcourts
@zakaria djouzi the thing which mattters most is slam finals and they are 4-4 in finals. AO 2019 is straight set win for djoko which Nadal rarely achieved or not achieved since 2008 or 2009
Cincinnati and Canada are held back-to-back, no breaks in between. As soon as Nadal won Cinci, he only got a few days rest before playing in Montreal. Then it's just a week's break before US Open. What a tough schedule, fatigue surely sets in very fast.
@@superx1457 As soon as Djokovic was confirmed getting deported my guts was screaming Nadal will take it. After all both Nadal and Federer deserves more than 1 AO and RG, respectively since they reached 6 finals, but only the former did it.
This was such a fantastic match! DelPo was in terrific form, and Rafa was just a maestro in 2013. Matches like this (as well as Nadal’s 2013 season where he won IW, Cincinatti, Canada, US Open, etc) shows that anyone who says Nadal is “a clay court specialist”...is lying through their teeth. Rafa has been winning on HC since 2005
He’s an amazing hard court player but almost statistically unbeatable on clay . He has an 19-8 record I believe against djokovic on clay and a losing record 7-20 on hard . Against fed it’s 14-2 on clay and 8-11 on hard . A lot of it is matchups he can give Federer a hard time on any surface because of how they’re games matchup. He also has more us opens than djokovic which is incredible even though he hasn’t been as consistent there throughout his career as djokovic .
Del Potros Forehand was one of the best and beautiful i ever saw. So sad he had such bad luck with injuries. When he was fit he was definetly a serious contender.
zakaria djouzi he was seeded 12 at Wimbledon and finished the season as no.1 that's 4-5 months after an elbow surgery. Can you explain to me why it that isn't a top 5 comeback?
@zakaria djouzi Federer in 2017: 2 grand slams 3 masters 9000 points Nadal in 2013: 2 grand slams 5 masters WTF finalist 13,000 points Djokovic in 2018: 2 grand slams 2 masters WTF finalist 9000 points Djokovic did pretty well considering his comeback began in Wimbledon. Federer and Nadal had their comebacks way earlier in the year and had more time to win more tournaments. If you count a whole calendar year(Wimbledon 2018 - Wimbledon 2019) for Djokovic, the stats would be: 4 grand slams, 3 masters WTF finalist 12,000 points
@@damerkmawphlang235 simply because he caught fire after playing a lot of tennis . After injury , but not putting that in top five is not justice to novak
Watching this in 2022, when he is unbeaten 15-0 on hard courts as well. He looks more invincible nowadays actually, which is kinda incredible for a guy everyone said he’ll be out at his 30s.
Thanks love the video That year was Amaizing when he play you geting so involved it's unpilevimple it's so sad we haven't see tennis I hope they came back soon.
this rafa was a warrior unlike any other. he would run and run and run no matter how hopeless, and still pull miracle winners out of thin air. even today rafa has become more tactical with his effort, but this one might be the most demoralizing opponent to ever play on the men's tour.
After Djokovic and Federer actually in big 3 era. Nadal won 25 Hard court ATP titles 6 major titles 10 ATP masters titles 1 Olympic gold medal 6 ATP 500 hard court titles. 2 ATP 250 hard court titles Nadal is one of the greatest hard court player of all time in open era
Just look at Rafa how fast he was back then in his prime years! Nowadays he's half as fast and half as strong at rallying than in 2013.. especially on HC. On clay though he sometimes reaches this level of rallying.
@@tennisradu lol.. I don't have to claim anything to you to say the least. I just stated a fact.. as the end result, Djokovic has retained much of his baseline control gameplan of prime days than Rafa did. Rafa's intense baseline exchanges are what I miss nowadays especially against Jerkovic ..to be precise, it's what keeping Jerkovic advantageous against Rafa.
@@truthseekertitan3986 You must understsnd Rafa's game has changed since 2017. He no more relies on baseline rallies or anything you say. He's more aggressive, he comes to the net more often, because he can't only defend as in the past, again, be grateful for the fact he's still playing and he does it amazing. 😁
thanks tennis tv for listening to my requests. could you also upload delpo vs murray and delpo vs djokovic in 2013? Sorry the moleetias caused. these highlights brighten my quarantine
Nadal hit ball delpotro’s backhand mainly, and Nadal performed nice catching and footwork against very powerful forehand. Those made the way of winning of delpotoro crazy.
@@viccelito Yes, but the problem here is that "clay-courter" is used as a pejorative, while "hard courter" isn't even really a thing. But someone like Agassi won the vast majority of his tournaments on hard court, but because he won one Wimbledon and one RG people don't consider him a specialist. Whereas Nadal has won 2 Wimbledons, 5 hard court slams, 10 masters on hard court and an Olympic gold medal. While also being better on clay courts than anyone on any single surface in tennis history. Imagine if Agassi had 2-3 RG, 2 Wimbledon, and 20+ hard court slams, plus 5-6 masters on clay and 40-50 masters on hard court. That's essentially what Nadal is.
I wish Potro was born 10-20 years later. He is truly an amazing player. If he were able to play today physically fit, he certainly would be the most dominant figure to entertain us esp with his best ever forehand skills. Love Potro!
To think it would be another 5 years DelPo would have to wait for his next Indian Wells final and his first (and only) Master's title. Really glad he finally got one.
I have only been to one tennis tournament in my life and it was this one right here. Was devastated to see DelPo lose after witnessing him blow Andy Murray off the court in the quarters.
It’s honestly pathetic how slow these courts were at this time. Leave courts that slow for the clay court season. It’s crazy how much they changed the surfaces to help out some players
Nadal had won 10 titles on the year by that point, including 3 Masters Series on Hard Court, two Slams (including a 2nd US Open), and secured the #1 ranking. I’m sure he sleeps well at night when thinking about 2013
Why nobody talks about nadal's knee injurie? How could he recover from that within 6 months. Federer had knee surgery in 2016 and he wasnt the same after that. Maybe nadal uses some steroids.
If Potro wasnt that tired (mentally and physically) after beating both Murray and Djokovic, the result might have been different (different surface but look at Shanghai later in '13)
Oh gimme a break. Since DelPo was so “tired”....should Nadal have postponed the Final for 1 or 2 days??? Folks will say anything to not give Rafa credit for a win lol
Man, when Del Potro was on form in 2013 he really was great. Played 2 excellent Masters 1000 finals against Nadal and Djokovic and that Wimbledon semi final against Novak was just amazing. Such a shame what happened with all those injuries starting in 2014.
Also a shame the injuries starting at 2010 after a great 2008/9 lol
@@MgoUmkand the injuries from 2019 onward after a great 2016-2018…poor guy
@@Entername-md1ev he was legend tho. he won his last match with the broken knee against shapovalov before withdrawing. just legend
2013 was one of his best seasons in his career 💪💪🤩
This is one of my favorite tournaments that Nadal won. Everyone was writing him off after his injury in 2012, but this match showed that he was back. He then went on to win Madrid, Rome, RG, Montreal, Cincinnati, and the US Open.
And number 1 ❤️
Yeah, absolutely amazing! 😍💪🎾
March 2023 and I am missing him. One last great comeback please, Rafa!!🥹🙏🏻 Vamos
@@zimplyzee he'll be back 🎾💪❤
@@Jacques1103By any miracle if nadal wins next year's French Open he should retire then.
In 2013 Nadal was unbeaten 27 matches on hardcourt. He won Indian Wells Montreal Cincinnati and the Us Open. The streak ended in the final of Beijing against Djokovic
Since then he never won a set against Djoko in hardcourts
Thanks for the info 👍
@zakaria djouzi the best player has 2-0 at AO HARDCOURTS. so basically it is 3-2 for Novak and he leads 2-1 at Wimbledon in which he won both finished matches. Remember 20-7 in hardcourts
@zakaria djouzi Nadal is 17-7 at clay. Please correct your data before Posting. Also Djoker leads 29-26 overall
@zakaria djouzi the thing which mattters most is slam finals and they are 4-4 in finals. AO 2019 is straight set win for djoko which Nadal rarely achieved or not achieved since 2008 or 2009
Thanks very much Tennis TV for uploading these extended highlights of classic matches.
Love the 2013 Rafa forehand, looks amazing
I think he puts less spin on it now and less pace
@@callum5244 more pace
Much more pace
He later injured his wrist and shoulder which led to the change of grip and motion. Hence his forehand was whack in 2015-2016
@GTS Just watch the 2014 FO final. The forehand was a bazooka!
Rafa was unbeaten that year on american HC, what a beast
Did he not enter Miami?
@@brianmannion7097 yep, injury
@Nikhil Joshi I don't think anyone else did that, yet they still call him a clay-courter. the big 3 are in a league of their own.
No ones close to Big3 performance
Cincinnati and Canada are held back-to-back, no breaks in between. As soon as Nadal won Cinci, he only got a few days rest before playing in Montreal. Then it's just a week's break before US Open. What a tough schedule, fatigue surely sets in very fast.
2010 and 2013 absolute monster Rafa, amazing to see!
And 2022
2008 and 2017 were pretty good as well
@@ismaeelbutt7112nah after 2022 it was all decline for nadal. He lost most of his matches after that
@@arslaanpasha3334 honestly early 2022 was something crazy. He was running like he was young again when AO started and I called him winning.
@@superx1457 As soon as Djokovic was confirmed getting deported my guts was screaming Nadal will take it. After all both Nadal and Federer deserves more than 1 AO and RG, respectively since they reached 6 finals, but only the former did it.
Insane that Rafa stayed in that 4-all, love-15 point for as long as he did
This was such a fantastic match! DelPo was in terrific form, and Rafa was just a maestro in 2013. Matches like this (as well as Nadal’s 2013 season where he won IW, Cincinatti, Canada, US Open, etc) shows that anyone who says Nadal is “a clay court specialist”...is lying through their teeth. Rafa has been winning on HC since 2005
He played great tennis in AO 2009,2012,2014 and 2017 and US Open too. Haters will always hates...
He’s an amazing hard court player but almost statistically unbeatable on clay . He has an 19-8 record I believe against djokovic on clay and a losing record 7-20 on hard . Against fed it’s 14-2 on clay and 8-11 on hard . A lot of it is matchups he can give Federer a hard time on any surface because of how they’re games matchup. He also has more us opens than djokovic which is incredible even though he hasn’t been as consistent there throughout his career as djokovic .
Damn I miss tennis
Indian Wells always brings us fantastic matches. Best M1000 hands down.
The good old times when Rafa had beautiful outfits... 😭
Radu Goran true I don’t know why he always get the ugly pink ?
@@dragonite6497 us open and RG 2019 were amazing, AO and Acapulco 2020 not my fav, but at least he won a title in it 😂
Also the time when Rafa was Rafa!
@@atharvathatte9335 Rafa is always Rafa, your comment doesn't make sense 😂
@@tennisradu No Rafa is 50% now adays than what he used to be!
Lol the sponsor on the net😂😂
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Del Potros Forehand was one of the best and beautiful i ever saw. So sad he had such bad luck with injuries. When he was fit he was definetly a serious contender.
the first challenge & the first trophy of the best comeback from injury in tennis history
Federer's comeback in 2017 is on par with this comeback too
Djokovic comeback 2018
zakaria djouzi he was seeded 12 at Wimbledon and finished the season as no.1 that's 4-5 months after an elbow surgery. Can you explain to me why it that isn't a top 5 comeback?
@zakaria djouzi Federer in 2017:
2 grand slams 3 masters 9000 points
Nadal in 2013:
2 grand slams 5 masters WTF finalist 13,000 points
Djokovic in 2018:
2 grand slams 2 masters WTF finalist 9000 points
Djokovic did pretty well considering his comeback began in Wimbledon. Federer and Nadal had their comebacks way earlier in the year and had more time to win more tournaments. If you count a whole calendar year(Wimbledon 2018 - Wimbledon 2019) for Djokovic, the stats would be:
4 grand slams, 3 masters WTF finalist 12,000 points
@@damerkmawphlang235 simply because he caught fire after playing a lot of tennis . After injury , but not putting that in top five is not justice to novak
Watching this in 2022, when he is unbeaten 15-0 on hard courts as well. He looks more invincible nowadays actually, which is kinda incredible for a guy everyone said he’ll be out at his 30s.
Thenks u tennis Tv for this matches classic 🤙🏽🙏🏽
The level at which rafa played in this match
Is incredible!!!
It's impossible to hate delpo
4:13 Man I totally thought this ball from Rafa will go out 100% 😂
Rafa's swing is " OMBELIEBABLE "
dude is it called sidespin or what idk but godamn that ball turns so much everytime he does that
RudG I suppose you mean topspin when it comes to the spin of the ball.😅
Bogzy Olsson sidespin for it to turn like that
Th3speedoflight
Yeah, thanks for correcting me.👍 I meant ”alike topspin, but sideways”. I just wrote it very unclear.😅
Thanks love the video That year was Amaizing when he play you geting so involved it's unpilevimple it's so sad we haven't see tennis I hope they came back soon.
this rafa was a warrior unlike any other. he would run and run and run no matter how hopeless, and still pull miracle winners out of thin air. even today rafa has become more tactical with his effort, but this one might be the most demoralizing opponent to ever play on the men's tour.
This match was a turning point in Rafa's 2013 years
Rafael Nadal, one of the greatest hard court players of all time
After Djokovic and Federer actually in big 3 era.
Nadal won 25 Hard court ATP titles
6 major titles
10 ATP masters titles
1 Olympic gold medal
6 ATP 500 hard court titles.
2 ATP 250 hard court titles
Nadal is one of the greatest hard court player of all time in open era
He was finalist many times on hard courts also which should be taken
Best season of Rafa 😍🎾
another HARDCOURT title. Legend and goat, Nadal
Thank you for uploading this video
Inolvidable ese torneo que grande Rafa. También del Potro. 👏🏻🇦🇷
Man there is nothing on tv without them right now. I hope this will give Delpo a bit more time to get settled.
Very good memory !!!
Only because of him, meaning Rafa, I love tennis. As a muslim I always pray may Allah guide him and his family.
Just look at Rafa how fast he was back then in his prime years! Nowadays he's half as fast and half as strong at rallying than in 2013.. especially on HC. On clay though he sometimes reaches this level of rallying.
Well, he's 7 years older, what did you expect? 😂
@@tennisradu Djokovic is still going strong bro. That was my point.
@@truthseekertitan3986 if you claim to be a Rafan, you should know you can't compare how many injuries Rafa had with Djokovic
@@tennisradu lol.. I don't have to claim anything to you to say the least. I just stated a fact.. as the end result, Djokovic has retained much of his baseline control gameplan of prime days than Rafa did. Rafa's intense baseline exchanges are what I miss nowadays especially against Jerkovic ..to be precise, it's what keeping Jerkovic advantageous against Rafa.
@@truthseekertitan3986 You must understsnd Rafa's game has changed since 2017. He no more relies on baseline rallies or anything you say. He's more aggressive, he comes to the net more often, because he can't only defend as in the past, again, be grateful for the fact he's still playing and he does it amazing. 😁
thanks tennis tv for listening to my requests. could you also upload delpo vs murray and delpo vs djokovic in 2013? Sorry the moleetias caused. these highlights brighten my quarantine
Yes I want to see Del p vs Novak 2013 Indian Wells. Can’t find good high lights on that match
So incredible!!
Nadal hit ball delpotro’s backhand mainly, and Nadal performed nice catching and footwork against very powerful forehand. Those made the way of winning of delpotoro crazy.
Great retro vides especially for us new tennis fans
Perfect highlights, thanks !
This was when you realized Rafa was back. Before this there was a lot of doubt that he would get back to the top of the game after the 2012 layoff
cough.....steroids....cough
Thinking back the level of tennis that Nadal played back in 2013 was insane
When you call a 36 masters 1000 champion
A clay court player
25 of those 35 (not 36 btw) are on clay. Idiot.
@@viccelito he's still more than a clay courter
@@viccelito Yes, but the problem here is that "clay-courter" is used as a pejorative, while "hard courter" isn't even really a thing. But someone like Agassi won the vast majority of his tournaments on hard court, but because he won one Wimbledon and one RG people don't consider him a specialist. Whereas Nadal has won 2 Wimbledons, 5 hard court slams, 10 masters on hard court and an Olympic gold medal. While also being better on clay courts than anyone on any single surface in tennis history.
Imagine if Agassi had 2-3 RG, 2 Wimbledon, and 20+ hard court slams, plus 5-6 masters on clay and 40-50 masters on hard court. That's essentially what Nadal is.
@@jton6852Agassi used steroids to play, he was even banned for them
@@jton6852 No one has 20+ hard court slams, stop exxagerating.
This was best hard court performance year,Montreal,Cincinati,Indian wells and then us open
I wish Potro was born 10-20 years later. He is truly an amazing player. If he were able to play today physically fit, he certainly would be the most dominant figure to entertain us esp with his best ever forehand skills. Love Potro!
To think it would be another 5 years DelPo would have to wait for his next Indian Wells final and his first (and only) Master's title. Really glad he finally got one.
5:45 Hollyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Delpo got some big talent there.Like very much the shot.Soooooooooooo smooth
One of my favorite tournaments that Rafa won 🤩❤💪
The 2013 season of Nadal is one of the best seasons ever in tennis history 💪🤩
Chair Umpire sound is the best!
Del Potro's forehand so underrated.
it definitely isn't, everyone knows how good it is
Excelent videos!!
Could you please upload a highlights of "Del Pòtro Djokovic, Indian Wells 2013"? I can't found anything at internet of this match.
Delpo was a beast in 2013
Can you please post Del Potro vs Djokovic Indian Wells 2013 Semifinals
Дель Потро так просто не обыграешь, даже Надалю дал жару ))
2013 Nadal is OP! Look at that huge Forehand
Buen partido especialmente los dos primeros sets
Nadal just went straight up aggressive on the third set.
4:55 That was an unbelievable get from Rafa. Only other player who could've done it is Novak.
Mayank Sharma what about monfils ?
Cuando Rafa defendía como el mejor.
Nice highlights again,make highlights of 2005 and 2006 iw finals please
Hey Tennis tv do u guys have any highlights of Joachim "Pim Pim" Johansson ?
I got to see Nadal play this year on semifinals day at the US open where he destroyed Gasquet. At least I got to see this legend play one time
Rafa is definitely winning french open this year
I dare anyone Stop Rafa winning french open 2022
Gulbis vs Nadal, PLEASE.
I have only been to one tennis tournament in my life and it was this one right here. Was devastated to see DelPo lose after witnessing him blow Andy Murray off the court in the quarters.
It’s honestly pathetic how slow these courts were at this time. Leave courts that slow for the clay court season. It’s crazy how much they changed the surfaces to help out some players
Ombelibable match
7:53 that's a new grunt from Rafa
@tennistv pls upload Murray vs Ferrer Miami 2013
alms in this hard times...
When Nadal smells blood in the water he dosen't let up. Creating opportunities with that spin /power to flatten that forehand.
Nadal not really care who got the most…. He is happy what he got now. Now approve 21st slam is nadal got first at least. Champion. Vamos.
Del potro i have to beat murray , Djokovic , nadal to win a masters . This is crazy .
Later that year Delpo destroyed Nadal in Shanghai 6-2 6-4
But this was final which mattered!
I’m sure Nadal is fine with that. He does have 18 more slams than Delpo anyways
Anthony nobody talked about who has more grand slams fool
Nadal had won 10 titles on the year by that point, including 3 Masters Series on Hard Court, two Slams (including a 2nd US Open), and secured the #1 ranking. I’m sure he sleeps well at night when thinking about 2013
@@nujeru99 Nadal lost in the first round at Wimbledon that year. That tarnishes his 2013 imo from being an all-time great year.
1st of all Rafa is looking very smart and cute❤❤..
2013 was something special for Nadal
One of my favorite tournaments that Nadal won ❤💪
first hc title since tokyo 2010 👀
I bet there will be war between nadal and djokovic fans in comments
How many finals did Delpo have to lose to finally get one.
and almost lost that one too, Federer had a 40-15 while serving for the match (iconic scoreline)
@@thenewguy7527The biggest choker of all time
2013 this following a 6/7 month out of tennis for Nadal with knee problems
Why nobody talks about nadal's knee injurie? How could he recover from that within 6 months. Federer had knee surgery in 2016 and he wasnt the same after that. Maybe nadal uses some steroids.
@@arslaanpasha3334 What are you talking about????
2017 fed was legit the best he had played since 2012
By the time there is a covid19 vaccine everyone will be much better learned in modern tennis history.
Real ones know nadals favorite tournament is Indian wells.
Se le escapó a Delpo. Se quedó sin nafta después de ganarle a Murray y Djokovic.
Del Potro choked.
Cuz he played Nadal. Just like Federer choked 3x. The superior players made the inferiors choke.
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
❤️
Stop fucking CORONA!!!
We want to see the end of the story with Roger, Rafa and Novak!!!
fatto buco del culo il penultimo, pero bravissimi/.
هذا نادال يا أنذال 😜
If Potro wasnt that tired (mentally and physically) after beating both Murray and Djokovic, the result might have been different (different surface but look at Shanghai later in '13)
ductrung3993 Shanghai is also one of the fastest courts left on the pro tour
Oh gimme a break. Since DelPo was so “tired”....should Nadal have postponed the Final for 1 or 2 days??? Folks will say anything to not give Rafa credit for a win lol
Very true. Delpo is definitely better than the one surface wonder on hard when he is fresh.
@@jacobschmidt2709 one surface wonder? He’s also really good on grass and he played pretty well on clay in 2009.
DelPo is so 1 dimensional lol. Big FH can get you so far
Nadale était toujours obsédé par gagner...
Corona🤣🤣
First
why no 60 fps or 50? its yr 2020 get with the times kid. downvote
This is 60fps 🤷♂️
@@tennistv can you upload rafa vs djokovic 2007 final?
Buttdal cheated his way into this title like he did many other times
Cheated how exactly?
@@sidhantluthra2756 by being nadal, playing too good.
How did he cheat ?
@@ciprianghenghea7779 By cheating he means triggering him because he won the match
Aww, cry me some more of your salty tears. 7 years to this match and you still can't move on?