Andre Agassi v Pat Rafter - Australian Open 2001 Semifinal | AO Classics
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Agassi respected Rafter a lot. Said a lot of good things about him.
Seeing someone like Agassi play against a serve and volley player like Patrick Rafter is always great fun. I miss that about the game
Me too. Everyone is a baseline machine nowadays.
Yep. Changes in courts and strings have rendered the serve/volley nearly obsolete. Sad.
@@vgr112261 there’s a tennis civil war that’s going,people that dislike serve/volley and those that dislike baseliners
@@possesedcake5422 we need the variety that’s all. What made Agassi special is that he was able to navigate the different courts in his career. He adjusted his game as needed and low and behold he was a complete player.
@Eric Estrada oui on apprécie les 2 sauf qu'il y en a plus que 1 c'est ça le problème
Man... I miss watching Andre Agassi!!!!
Tennis Guy71 you can play this video more than once
It was fun to watch these guys play, exact opposites in playing style.
Two of my favorites. Love these guys.
Back in the day, the surface MATTERED. Later on Rafter beat Agassi on Wimbledon, where the court was still fast enough for him to have an edge against Agassi's insane groundstrokes. Today, all court types are kind of the same. Grass is not fast how it once was, US and indoor courts got slowed down too. I'll never understand why they thought it was a good idea to "kill off" the diversity of the courts. Specially on this day and age, where "diversity" seems to be the holy grail for all things considered
As i read this post i hear it in Agent Smith's voice and tonality as he is speaking to Morpheus in the matrix.
I want it back too. You go from one court strategy to another. Now it's just only ONE strategy in every court.
@Leaving Blank You've got some issues, nothing in this comment justifies you insulting anyone, neither OP nor Rafter. Adding to that you didn't even understand his comment which was all about Rafter being inferior to Agassi, except for a court as fast as Wimbledon.
Funny enough that Rafter actually won the US Open 2 times in a row incidentally winning against Agassi one time and Sampras at the other. No one here said anything about him being the most consistent, he just might've been and that only against Agassi, because Sampras was the true master of the speedier courts...
Leaving Blank didn’t Rafter win the US Open twice? That seems pretty consistent to me. A lot of layers struggled with his serve volley style. With that game on today’s slow services he wouldn’t make the top 100.
Us tennis purists hate the slowing down of courts in modern tennis but they changed it to benefit the casual fan and draw new fans. Someone who’s new to tennis will not appreciate the skill and athleticism involved in serve and volleying and can only be entertained with long rallies.
I sure took Rafter for granted. What a magnificent player.
One of the best serve and volleyers ever. A classy low key guys but a fierce competitor capable of concentration at a very high levels through his long matches.
Win or loss, Rafter is the coolest guy in the tour!
I think coolest guy was goran
@@meenak3351 I tend to aggree, but then I remember, that Goran had no chill.
True. But Agassi also was very kind while handshaking after match. I mean except facing Becker.
Klaus Überhauser Becker had it coming
@@Krischan04 he lost his cool in finals vs rafter Wimbledon
Safin v Agassi 2004 upload would be nice guys. Thanks!
My admiration for AA has only grown over the years. The purest most clinical and decisive striker of a tennis ball ever, especially on return and on the backhand. If he had a touch more athleticism and commitment he would have doubled his GS tally
Yeh he could crack that ball as good as anyone , just lacked the movement of the big 3.
Everyone says Djoke is now the best returner of all time. Nope. It’s still Agassi. The fact that he returned insanely well on FAST courts says it all.
I miss Patrick Rafter, such an excellent player and guy. X
Rafter's shirt looked kind of heavy? him and Andre had some great battles at grand slams. they might be pretty much evenly matched wins and losses. Rafter won the last two between them at Wimbledon. I thought Rafter retired a pinch early, but in hindsight it was right before Federer's dominance would emerge. gotta give Agassi some props, being able to 8 win majors as a baseliner in an era against serve and volley players and fast courts.
t down templedown rafter had shoulder problems the last few years. He couldn’t maintain the level on his serve.
Rafter is the reason I got hooked on tennis. Gorgeous (good player too).
2001 was a good year for Rafter. Epic semi in the Oz Open and then one of the greatest Wimbledon finals ever. Gutted he didn’t win Wimbledon
I would have loved to see him win Wimbledon too but at the end of the day he is a multiple GS champion and for Goran that was his only one so for that, I think we have to hand it to him. And yeah, it sure is one of the greatest finals, maybe even one of the greatest matches ever.
No... He should have won this australian Open. Very bad year.
@@vagsanchohe got his revenge in the wimbledon semifinal against Agassi as well. From 1999-2001 they met in the semis at Wimbledon, Agassi won ‘99, rafter won ‘00 and managed to win 8-6 in the 5th set capping off one of the best rivalries in tennis when it comes to total opposite playing styles.
Rafter was obviously the reason I got the Prince Triple Threat Warrior 💪
Lol. Me Wilson because of Sampras
Same here
@@Drzakkubaby-naik I just got Andres Radical :D We have got to play sometime gyus to pay the tribute to proper tennis players :D
Los grandes clásicos dignos de recordar.
Both are Legends
Agassi‘s return position always close to baseline..
Today I would perfect my underarm serve to upset those guys standing 6m behind the baseline!
Andre agassi hellooooooooo
Once upon a time ,I was a huge fan of Rafter .
Agassi would just grind guys down, which is why his nickname on tour was “The Punisher”.......Agassi never cramped or had a loss of fitness over 20 yrs on tour, he was one of the fittest guys his second half of his career from like 98-99 on, he was a beast as far as strength and fitness....He could bench press almost 3x his body weight it was said. He had one of the best trainers in the game for his career in Gil Reyes!!!
"Bench press 3x his body weight"......dude....just think it through one sec...don't believe everything you read
John Doe that was meant to say 2x his body weight, fat fingers ya know....... but seriously he could bench close to 300lbs, and he weighed about 170
Performance enhancing drugs
@@alexaltman7301 he never did PED’s, they test for that every tournament they play….dont be a hater dude
@@10scoach33 how does that make me a hater. Am I hating. You’ll hate this one, and this is from a very reliable source, someone who’s good friends with Paul Annacone, Roger did too
this was the real final
The sweaty Aussie Open.
The great match!
Feel sorry for Agassi at times
If it hadn't been for a certain compatriot he might have been the Federer of his era. He could win and did win on any surface.
If he was as good as fed he would of won more
Uma coisa aprendi com rafter saque e voleio o tempo todo
Back before baseline bashing became the only way the game was played.
A sleeveless shirt would have done so much to appease the perspiration, which would have helped with the cramping.
I remember this. Rafter sweated buckets in this match. Cost him the match.
But ever since this match rafter won Andre in all subsequent grand slams
pidoos pidu Rafter won Andre? Weird, I don’t remember Agassi being offered up as a prize at any tournaments.
And Agassi looked fresh and mysteriously retired from the AO the next year...
With due respect, was Andre on performance enhancers?
He was too fit for his own good unfortunately
Pôde ser o melhor passador do mundo
1:16, Agassi's collar...
Tu nous manques André
Who can forget the Wimbledon pat rafter vs Andre A. Rafter is king.
They played 3 years in a row in the Semis. Great rivalry.
@@brandnew9834 yep
First Rafter topspin backhand 9:31 into the video😮
Não tem tempo ruim
Wow.
This was better than the grand finale
I wish Australian Open TV would show "highlights" of the entire matches instead of cutting it up they way they do (including all of the filler, replays, and commentary, while missing entire sets of the match).
I reckon Rafter would be a good role model for Nick Kyrgios. Cool, but still a good mindset.
I definitely believe they have done some chatting.
How good were the baggy fits back in the day
Rafter;incredible serve and volley,awesome movement at the net....but can't return a serve on forehand side,his baseline game is non existent...
World number one. You don't get to that point in any era without being good at what you're doing.
Kronos and grand slam champ
His forehand is perfect with rafter. His back h wasn't too powerful but however you get into rally with rafter would cost any opponent most of the times
Великий Агасси!
This is good shit. Folks can we really believe it has been 20 fucking years????
How you gonna not show a single point from the first two sets??
😭😭😭
The only tennis player that hè Agassi was not negatieve about in his biography Rafter.
Imo, the most enjoyable player to watch. Not bad on the eyes either 😂
17:48 pat is still a winner tho catdamn
Is Rafter the greatest underachiever in Tennis history? By underachiever I mean how great he was. 4 Slams finals (winning two) and reaching world number 1 is not enough
Respect to Rafter for fighting.
Djokovic would be injured in the fourth then suddenly run like a freaking duracell rabbit in the fifth after a 15 minute break between the sets.
850617and rafter didn’t have sports gel available.
A little " pick me up" maybe?
its just me but agassi and djokovic have very similar players
They are. Nole’s serve is a little bigger.
Jose Hill No,Agassi was an excellent serve during the second part of his career,he was serving faster than Nole
@@aleksthegreat4130 But Nole is far better for hitting the spot with his serve, and he is Mr flexibility with his stretch and twist and turns. But Agassi was playing in a different era, the string and racquet are different, the court speed also favours defensive play.
They are,Novak with a bigger serve, better movement and better defense..Agassi may have a better offense,but only slightly slightly..
@@aleksthegreat4130 Novak’s second serve is far superior to Andre. His first serve has slightly more pop on average than Andre as well. Even more than that, Novak has way more variety and better placement on serve than Andre. Overall, they have very different serves.
Andre Agassi is a tennis legend. Of course he was better than Rafter ...
22:01
oh yes
Rafter should have won a couple more grand slams while he still had chance! (Probably his best opportunities were back when he was still in his winning form back in late 90's, as opposed to what we see here in this match!) He should have won at least one Wilmbledon and one AO title before retiring on top of his two US Open titles, but oh well...talking about lost opportunities...yet again neither Nalbandian nor Henman ever won grand slam despite their immense talents...at least Nalbandian was in grand slam final once in his career as opposed to Henman, who was such a disappointment both for his compatriot fans and fans all over the world in general!
Rafter won all the grand slams except Wimbledon if you may recall
Not sure if its the sarcasm or you are actually serious...:|
@@Summon256 I mean against a. Aggassi. I'm serious. Rafter won the subsequent grand slams against aggassi.
See how aggassi lost to rafter in Wimbledon and other grand slams post to this match. I've watched every rafter matches
@@meenak3351 So he won against Agassi, so what?! Agassi is the only opponent of the tour or something?! LOL Why does it matter if in the end of the day he won only US Open and did it only twice?! So he defeated agassi at other grand slams i'llgive him that...what does it change?! He still has 2, Agassi has 8! End of story...in the mean time Agassi is an all-time great and one of the 10 greatest tennis players of all times, having won virtually anything one could win and achieved everything one could have achieved, whilst Rafter will always be remembered as a "two-slam wonder", that couldn't win anything of a note outside the US Open and choked badly after his third year playing at his peak, fading into the obscurity in the early 00's and until the rest of his career! I like the dude for his playstyle, don't get me wrong! But someone with his talent and abilities he should have won way way more than he did...a couple of great matches against Agassi outside the Us Open do not change that...sorry!
my biggest flex is that Pat Rafter is my cousin..
im sorry, don’t mind me asking but, why was everybody in the crowd going for rafter? was agassi not that well liked during that time?
Because rafter is aussie
@Logic M Still is
👏👏👏👏
Rafter could barely walk in the end. WHY DIDN'T HE STOP PLAYING SERVE AND VOLLEY ? If you play serve and volley, you have to walk more 🤦🏼♂️
Music at the beginning is boring
If only rafter mixed it up like 5050
I'm his fan. Rafter.
Loved the Agassi press-conference after this match. Will always remember what he said...
Share what he said...?
Rod Weir what did he say?
Seems Rod has forgotten what was said after all. What the...?
Dementia is no joke 🙃
Rafter is sweating like a bastard!😂 How can a man sweat so profusely that his shorts look like swimming trunks......Jaysus!
hmm.. You are very interested in wet Rafter with his wet shorts..
The fitter you are the more you sweat unfortunately
Omgosh I'm ready to marry wit raft by now
Why the hell are they sweating so much
Lmao! Why rafter just serve and volley. He should mix sometimes at least
You think it would be advantageous to prolong the rallies against Agassi? Are you stupid? He nearly died of dehydration with his normal game plan
Because he played a serve and volley game style...
only your playing style is right for me and a boring game just serve and volley all the time, but every tennis player has their style and play it their way
Maybe one reason Rafter never won at the AO, the hot and humid Climate is not good for his Serve & Volley game, US Open and Wimbledon are better for him.
cramp, don't watch
The tour misses class acts like Rafter. Australian tennis lately only seems to produces douchbags and clowns, unfortunately.
Compare this to Djokovic Nadal 2012. The differences in intensity and precision are ridiculous
Was that more intense and precise? What's your point?
@@SiddharthVaz was much more. My point is that due to acumulative knowledge, most athletic bodies and better equipment every sport has improved dramatically in every aspect.
Intensity no precision yes
Agassi doping during this time (?). He left AO 2002 for no reason...
@Logic M Supposedly. It was very fishy.
All i see is a solid background player against a total (and somehow dumb) serve volley game.
Sure Rafter would had have absolute 0 chance to win Djoko/Fed/Nad... They are too athletic, technique and have a very strong return/passing shots.
this was REAL variety, after federer we had just homogenisation
Pat Rafter has a 2-0 H2H against Federer you obviously didn’t know that then??
agassi doper!
Noooo match to current era. so outdated style of play, portraying the reason why Federer dominated the next era of tennis. Rafter has no weaponry to fight against modern tennis players
You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about, Pat Rafter has a 2-0 H2H winning record over Roger Federer….you didn’t know that then obviously??
This is amateur tennis compared to the big 3. Lol this Rafter guy running around sweating to death for nothing
You’re ignorant.
Congratulations on your idiotic opinion.
Prefer this over todays robot tennis.
Casey Colluci - You’re not just ignorant, you’re absolutely PIG ignorant!! Inane comment in every sense!!
Knowledgeispower _ tHe bIg tHrEe!!