It's strategic. Roger is a sure win player and so is Rafa in singles. Not wise to put two of your best resources into one match because that will just equate to one win. Besides, you don't need to win every match with this setup. All you have to do is just win the majority.
Andy Dang so happy. I loved the relationship between them during the match joking around and having a good time. When they needed to close the match, they did. Maybe we could see it in a official match.
Nadal carried the team in this match . Aside from some good returns Berdych mostly made errors and didn't put away some overheads/volleys that he should have .
I think it was a revenge against Rafa, as he knows well how Rafa wants to win no matter what :D Just kidding of course, Nadal was much better than Berdych yesterday, let's see what our Fedal will do Today!
The Laver Cup has made me love watching the double play. It’s fun & exciting. The teamwork’s is quite interesting and impressive. Very much enjoying your video. I’m coming back often in the past years. Thank you for the post. I’m appreciated.
Really entertaining... sock suits playing double.. nick is so talented...berdych looks uncomfortable playing double. Nadal is good but not as good as when he plays single..
beno jojo Nadal has a great net game, but a majority of his success comes from out rallying his opponents and hitting great shots on the dead run. You just don't get to do that in doubles. Points are short and snappy and there is no time to prepare a powerful groundstroke most of the time.
yeah double players fatigued easily when playing singles but singles player like nadal would struggle with limited spaces and lack of strategy in doubles.
Nadal won a gold medal in the Olympics in doubles as well as singles. He's a great doubles player, it was pushed to a 3rd set super tie breaker, and those are sometimes decided by 1 or 2 points.
I believe it is generally accepted that he is one of the best few doubles players in the world. Without looking it up, I am pretty sure he has advanced late(quarters+) into grand slams and/or masters 1000s with at least 5 different partners. I am not sure what happened with Vasek/Sock, but he is an amazing doubles player as well. They were a lot of fun to watch for their short run together.
moonkid125 C'mon, man! Nadal hasn't played doubles for ages?! I don't know about Berdych, but Rafa won gold in doubles last year at Olympics in Rio. This year he also played at least more than one dobles match, for example he teamed up with Tomic...
Doubles is interesting. Two versatile singles player don't necessarily add up to a invincible team. Berdych singlehandedly achieved more than Sock&Kyrgios combined in singles, let alone adding Nadal. But teamwork matters more in doubles.
Nadal is a good doubles player.He won the gold medal with mark lopez in rio by the way.There is no coordination between him and berdych.two different styles and have never played together if I'm not wrong
Vice captain Thomas Enquist. Pretty decent player himself back in the day. Loved his serve. The way he jumped up and kicked into his serve was a thing of beauty really. One of those guys who never bounced the ball before serving, so it really stood out even back then.
I noticed Zverev looking across the red team. I think he wants to join them to have some fun. Similar age group too. He doesn't want to stay in the snobby, perfectionist blue team who talk about tactics.
you mean the blue team who has 5 victories over what you call the funny team?? haha. Please, i'd rather be in the blue team learning real tennis and hearing tactics than wacht kirgyos playing the retarded, or the red team trying to be cool and friends when they clearly arent.
I tend to disagree, being 20 Sasha is still more suited to the composure of the European Team. Even before this event he doesn't look like he's the type to do certain things, he is always super composed.
Doubles is so much fun to watch. The ATP and WTA have completely missed the opportunity to make it as popular as singles. They need to hire the advertising team that convinced Americans that soccer is interesting.
It seems that Berdych has NEVER played doubles in his life, makes mistakes worse than a rookie. It would have been better Nadal-Federer, they would make perfect against that pair of idiots of the equipment of the rest of the world, without a doubt!
Team Europe vs Team USA/Canada + Kyrgios. Next year it will be Team Europe(Big 5) vs Team USA/Canada+ Del Potro and Kyrgios. Team "World" will be less representative of the globe than Team Europe is.
This is nice to watch, but not necessarily well played. Staying back after serving? Run around your backhand in doubles? Hm.. not sure they would get away with that like that against the great doubles players of the past..
Berdych and rafa no chemistry whatsoever even though rafa played well. Berdych too many errors and kyrgios showing his arrogance as usual coming out swinging
Sock is so impressive to watch in doubles. What a natural volleyer and quick hands
Sock has won Wimbledon in men's doubles and the US open in mixed doubles. He is a great doubles player
ambdance00 His volleys are a bit rusty at times....to say the least. He's a bit uncomfortable hitting the volleys..
He is a good doubles player.. but a natural volleyer??
Hardly.
Yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better doubles team
Rafa's carry + Berdych's choke = first loss of Europe. I need my Rafa-Roger doubles on Sunday, please Brog listen to me.
It's strategic. Roger is a sure win player and so is Rafa in singles. Not wise to put two of your best resources into one match because that will just equate to one win. Besides, you don't need to win every match with this setup. All you have to do is just win the majority.
Diego Artazcoz He did :)
Andy Dang so happy. I loved the relationship between them during the match joking around and having a good time. When they needed to close the match, they did. Maybe we could see it in a official match.
It's the other way around. Rafa was carried.
2:33 that is one of the hardest shots to hit in tennis. Ridiculous how easily he does it. Magnificent doubles player Sock is.
Berdych and Nadal playing doubles together? I guess its time for Nadal to play with Soderling haha
DuhDuJour That would be interesting to see.
They'd probably try to a"accidentally serve at each other
Eh, they're fine now. Used to be contentious but that was 10+ year ago.
Despite their history they did a pretty decent job pushing Kyrgios/Sock to 3 sets.
Nadal carried the team in this match . Aside from some good returns Berdych mostly made errors and didn't put away some overheads/volleys that he should have .
John Kanellopoulos Berdych played like shit today, rafa did all the work
I think it was a revenge against Rafa, as he knows well how Rafa wants to win no matter what :D Just kidding of course, Nadal was much better than Berdych yesterday, let's see what our Fedal will do Today!
Of course becuase Nadal is lot better always and that puts Berdych to some kind of presure that he fails in front one of the best players in world
Sock is AMAZING AT DOUBLES
i think Sock and Nick will be champ in grand slam if them being double partner
I love the Laver Cup games, players seem to be more motivated and having more fun.
The Laver Cup has made me love watching the double play. It’s fun & exciting. The teamwork’s is quite interesting and impressive.
Very much enjoying your video. I’m coming back often in the past years.
Thank you for the post. I’m appreciated.
Sock's netplay skills is impressive.
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Couldn't help but crack up when Federer tried to give a pep talk. lmao
Really entertaining... sock suits playing double.. nick is so talented...berdych looks uncomfortable playing double. Nadal is good but not as good as when he plays single..
beno jojo Nadal has a great net game, but a majority of his success comes from out rallying his opponents and hitting great shots on the dead run. You just don't get to do that in doubles. Points are short and snappy and there is no time to prepare a powerful groundstroke most of the time.
yeah double players fatigued easily when playing singles but singles player like nadal would struggle with limited spaces and lack of strategy in doubles.
Nadal won a gold medal in the Olympics in doubles as well as singles. He's a great doubles player, it was pushed to a 3rd set super tie breaker, and those are sometimes decided by 1 or 2 points.
beno jojo ㅡㅡ
Sock and Kyrgios are an amazing doubles pair.
gran partido! dos de mis favoritos en el equipo rojo
Kyrigos’s serve is insane
6:36 point of the match!
This doubles match is so entertaining, even the commentators stopped talking and were just watching it. They will lose some money after that... 😂
It's kinda funny how Sock looks like the best doubles player within those 4.
He and pospisil beat bryan brother's for wimbledon doubles title in 2014. So yes. He is the best doubles player in those 4.
Tactim8 True.
You know what's even better? Vasek and Jack did not really form their doubles team until a few weeks before Wimbledon.
I believe it is generally accepted that he is one of the best few doubles players in the world. Without looking it up, I am pretty sure he has advanced late(quarters+) into grand slams and/or masters 1000s with at least 5 different partners. I am not sure what happened with Vasek/Sock, but he is an amazing doubles player as well. They were a lot of fun to watch for their short run together.
Funny because he is.
i love berdych, but he had like no volley highlights at all. felt bad that nadal had to carry him like that.
10:03 That's the loudest "COME ON" in Nadal's career!
10:38 "Scrambled eggs everywhere." - Tomas Berdych
haha. Brilliant. I have no idea what the man is actually saying
Mark Parry He meant that they messed up. A big mess on court.
What if I love scrambled eggs (and I do)?
leiya107
Then you will love Berdych
leiya107 Then, you're in the wrong video. You should be at a cooking video showing how to make proper scrambled eggs.
Thank you 👍🙌
This was such a fun and great sport and like match!
Jack is a great and seasoned doubles player, Tomas and Nadal haven't played doubles in ages so they definitely looked uncomfortable
moonkid125 C'mon, man! Nadal hasn't played doubles for ages?! I don't know about Berdych, but Rafa won gold in doubles last year at Olympics in Rio. This year he also played at least more than one dobles match, for example he teamed up with Tomic...
Nora Grey ah yeah forgot about olympics, but even so, you can tell team world were a more cohesive team for this doubles match
Rafa won Olympic doubles GOLD with Marc Lopez last year!!!
Berdych- Štěpánek= Best double in Word, these two won 2 Davis Cup together
the best of the match were the celebrations hahaha
3:02 that was slick what Sock tried doing lmaooo
11:46 YEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHH BABYYYYY
Jack and Nick make a good doubles pairing!
What a great match
Outstanding
Wow ! Seems like the whole match was a highlight.
When Kyrgios only hits tweeters in official matches
Physical Tungunyj LOOOL
he actually does hit them most of the time :D
Physical Tungunyj he hit one at 6:31
would've been better if kyrgios and sock played fed and nadal
Doubles is interesting. Two versatile singles player don't necessarily add up to a invincible team. Berdych singlehandedly achieved more than Sock&Kyrgios combined in singles, let alone adding Nadal. But teamwork matters more in doubles.
Nadal is a good doubles player.He won the gold medal with mark lopez in rio by the way.There is no coordination between him and berdych.two different styles and have never played together if I'm not wrong
4:39 i think that on berdych's shoes is Djokovic's signature. Am I right?
delpo. feder. EEUU. gracias
10:37 who is that guy beside roger? Often see him in laver cup
Vice captain Thomas Enquist. Pretty decent player himself back in the day. Loved his serve. The way he jumped up and kicked into his serve was a thing of beauty really. One of those guys who never bounced the ball before serving, so it really stood out even back then.
Why did Berdal (Berdych + Nadal) not lob when jack and nick where at the net ?!?!?
Because
It's very hard to lob tall opponents
Nadal siding with Berdych? Whats next?
I noticed Zverev looking across the red team. I think he wants to join them to have some fun. Similar age group too. He doesn't want to stay in the snobby, perfectionist blue team who talk about tactics.
Katerina Patiniotis dude what 😂
teamsuperand1D 1 Look at Zverev looking across the red team...
you mean the blue team who has 5 victories over what you call the funny team?? haha. Please, i'd rather be in the blue team learning real tennis and hearing tactics than wacht kirgyos playing the retarded, or the red team trying to be cool and friends when they clearly arent.
I tend to disagree, being 20 Sasha is still more suited to the composure of the European Team. Even before this event he doesn't look like he's the type to do certain things, he is always super composed.
berdych was horrible i feel so bad for rafa and their team
Berdych OUTCLASSED ONCE AGAIN
6:35
Berdych...not terrible but not terrific too.
He never brings a miracle.
Doubles is so much fun to watch. The ATP and WTA have completely missed the opportunity to make it as popular as singles. They need to hire the advertising team that convinced Americans that soccer is interesting.
It seems that Berdych has NEVER played doubles in his life, makes mistakes worse than a rookie. It would have been better Nadal-Federer, they would make perfect against that pair of idiots of the equipment of the rest of the world, without a doubt!
lflsahfjsaf Exactly. Berdychs game is consistent intensity. Big serve. Big groundstrokes. Its designed to force errors.
Sad fact is that Berdych just isn't as good as he used to be. His forehand used to be one of the best on tour, but it seems like he's really lost it.
Alfredo Durán hmm Jack Sock has won the Wimbledon men's doubles and the mixed doubles at the US, I doubt Nadal and federer would have had it easy
Well, in Davis Cup Berdych won the most of doubles, so I really don´t know ,what are you talking about.
10:35 scrambled eggs everywhere? LOL WHAT?!
S K He meant that they messed up their game. It was a mess. Federer tried to sympathize with him.
6:36 inhuman..........
Looks like Tomas Errordych showed up today, eh?
Team Europe vs Team USA/Canada + Kyrgios.
Next year it will be Team Europe(Big 5) vs Team USA/Canada+ Del Potro and Kyrgios.
Team "World" will be less representative of the globe than Team Europe is.
Yeaaahhhh bby
Kid-Killah67 🍕🌯🌯🍲🍥🌮
Nadal is 2nd set. Highlight against the sock and Nick…
Facepalm Rafa 1:47
This is nice to watch, but not necessarily well played. Staying back after serving? Run around your backhand in doubles? Hm.. not sure they would get away with that like that against the great doubles players of the past..
Rafa was missing Roger.
I expected to see Raonic, Nishikori, Del Potro or even Kevin Anderson on team world. But for sponsorship reasons they needed Americans.
Raonic, nichiko n de peltro are all injured and pulled out. Originally they were in the World team.
Berdych and rafa no chemistry whatsoever even though rafa played well. Berdych too many errors and kyrgios showing his arrogance as usual coming out swinging
Soderling needs to come out of retirement to troll Nadal.
Berdych to stiff even when playing singles
*no one cheers for kyrgios and sock*
Berdych was so bad
Berdych had to be on drugs or something I stg
Berdych so bad
Berdych is the worst doubles player ever. His legs don't work