@GTS Actually against most guys, Roddick's way was sound, that's why he was in the Quarter finals in the first place. The thing is you just can't go to the net after each point no matter how good you are against Nadal, he will always get some from you(Federer is a prime example), also when Roddick rallied he stayed behind and waited for errors but the only thing he got was forehand winners from Nadal, again this strategy works, just not against Nadal.
Trent Timoy You should never volley back at anyone, not just Nadal, unless you’re both at the net and you’re trying to hit your opponent. Always hit away from the player, regardless if you’re playing Nadal, Federer, McEnroe, Rod Laver, or any other opponent in the history of tennis. Also don’t hit to Nadal’s forehand either, both his ground strokes are deadly. You’re advice is kinda obvious and doesn’t need to be said
Dont feel sorry.. he was playing pathetic.. he deserved to be humiliated.. knowing to play the game is not enough you should apply brain also.. example his Volly..
Roddick so humble in defeat, wishing good luck to Rafa. Such a great guy, and one of those special and unique players, with the best serve in history for me.
Roddick's baseline game actually deteriorated post 2005, after which he was seemingly incapable of hitting clean winners off the ground and his forehand, which was probably one of the biggest in the early 2000's, lost a lot of depth and potency. He became so serve-dependent throughout the latter part of his career, and led to maulings like this against elite players who could completely expose his harmlesslness off the ground and lack of any real variety.
Power doesn’t just happen. A player can lose pace. Roddick was a very physical player and he was a pretty big guy. 200 pounds running on hard courts for 12 years takes its toll.
also during the big 3 era a much stronger baseline centric play style was developed, everyone was much stronger at baseline, Roddick in comparison couldn't keep up
He did fine in Wimbledon 2009, smoking Murray and choking against Fed. Or destroying Nadal in Dubai in 2008. He retired with a winning H2H against Djokovic.
Well spoted I'm a huge tennis fan and it seemed to me the non stop beat downs from Federer knocked the belief and confidence out of Andy ,in the clutch moments he didn't believe he could beat these guys and crucially his game never developed after that 2005 period you mentioned. In March 2024 in a fascinating podcast interview with Brad Gilbert he said he regretted not working longer with Brad who we now know is one of the best coaches ever.
MrPatrickbuit Safin was awesome but he didn’t last long after the AO 2005 , Yes Nadal got beaten 5 times in a row against 34+ year old Federer , So what? Peak Federer went 1-5 against Teen Nadal
Nadal of today should watch this match for inspiration. His forehand up the line was just unconscious on this day. Probably one of the worst beat downs he's handed out.
@@pomerlain8924 Dude you were not kidding...I didn't expect the difference to be that great. Roddick was getting so much more depth and power on that shot in 2004 compared to 2011.
Difference is Rafa was merely 18 in 2004. Here both are in their 20s and at their peak. Nadal proved to be much better by destroying peak Roddick here.
What I find funny is how much people seem to enjoy criticizing Roddick's game. I remember in 06 when he made the US final and was rushing the net v Roger even my club pro was mocking him.
I felt at the time that Roddick was coming to net because he knew he had no chance hitting with Rafa from the baseline, OR he was injured and just had to cut the points short.
Absolutely.. I find it amazing that people are questioning Roddick's strategy.. Lol.. Of course he knew he wouldnt have won a point in a baseline rally, thatswhy he just decided to play serve, & volley every single point.. Cos his chances are slim still but better than if he stays on the baseline. He was not injured
@@jonbonesmahomes7472 I mean he can't win just playing at the baseline all match but he hang in baseline points some and follow a big forehand or better approach shot in more. The all out kamikaze play was not a good idea.
@@rogerreverence4737 well he’s a player who has won a slam made 4 other finals, was world number one, and was in the top 10 for a decade. Pretty good for an “unknown” player.
You misread he meant prime Roddick in 2004. Roddick in 2003 - 2005 was a very impressive player. The reality is these two guys are really a part of two separate generations of tennis. The end of Roddick's career overlapped with the beginning/mid point of Nadal's.
Perhaps but I dont think the strategy overall was that bad, Roddick wasnt capitalizing on his volleys well at all. and kept approaching off stupid approach shots.
it's been a while since I watched highlights from a Roddick match. But man, if he had learnt to angle that first forehand after that massive powerful serve of his...
Roddick: Hey Nadal, can you deal with my serve and volley ?? Nadal: Sure bring it on buddy !!!! This match is the reason why serve and volley tennis is dead !!!!
"yeah, let's try serve&volley against the player that hits the best passing shots ever, who is also one of the best returners in history. i mean what could go wrong?" - andy roddick, september 2011, probably
Roddick was way too careful at the baseline, hitting with too much spin and not enough power. Also, his suicidal approach shots are terrible, but they always were.. The old Roddick would have flattened out his forehand and went for winners instead of percentage plays, against Nadal of all people..
@Rebeca Linares There is no difference between the forehand of Roddick in 2003 and 2004. He won his only Grand Slam against Ferrero, who is a clay specialist. As soon as Federer and Nadal emerged, Roddick dissapeared.
@Rebeca Linares You are right. Roddick was not the same player in 2004 at age 22 than in 2003 at age 21. The only reason why he stopped winning Slams is because of his supposed change in the forehand shot. The arrival of real competition (Federer and Nadal) had nothing to do with his lack of success.
After watching 2004 uso r2 of these 2 players, rafa really improved a lot. Compared to 2004, rafa had faster 1st serves, better shot selections, and even stronger forehand. What a night and day...
I always rooted for Roddick, but it was so tough to watch him with his lackluster approach shots so he got burned over and over at the net. He never seemed to have a plan B either. Approaches should be deep, and if you hit an angle on them then really make your opponent stretch to not leave the court open. Players like Nadal love a target so you need to hit good approach shots against them, especially when you are not comfortable at the net, like Roddick. Roddick was always a very weak volleyer. Can see a lot of examples here where he failed to put volleys away or missed ones he shouldn't.
Forgot about this match, my goodness. This is just an absolute hitting clinic on display from Nadal. A sluggish, slow looking Andy Roddick never stood even a fighters' chance.
What a thrashing Nadal gave Roddick, on its surface and favorite stadium. With your audience. The king of serve and volley was humiliated, winning only 6 games in 3 sets 😱.
I'd like to see anyone in this comment section go out and play Nadal on that day and play *one-tenth* as good as Andy Roddick did. Jesus Christ...you'd think we had a bunch of ATP players here. If you all couldn't tell, Roddick was at the very least well past his prime and also likely injured given the way he barely moved for some shots, particularly in the third set. Give the man some respect. He is a former No. 1 in the world, he won a slam, he made multiple slam finals, he took Roger Federer in his prime to five sets in a Wimbledon final...the list goes on, people.
Oh my gosh, Nadal was in fiery hurricane shape just like Djokovic through the Final, that's why we witnessed the best 4-setter (US Open 2011 Finals) of the XXI century
even though rodick was shit BUT NADAL WAS AMAZING WITH THOSE PASSING SHOTS ,, rodick has tough serve and he comes to the net very early maybe today's rafa would made some errors and the game won't be such one sided !! but rafa was absolutely terrific with those passing shots and those ridiculous winners which wore roddick down mentally more and more !
Not really, the only time and for some bizarre reason he was able to play some very fast serves was in the US Open 2010 and it won him the championship, other than that he served at his average, in 2013 he won because his down the line forehand was amazing and he was having some amazing year on hard courts overall, in 2017 his forehand was great and his backhand has also improved a lot in that tournament especially against Del Potro and the draw helped him a little bit.
Gherbi Hicham don’t forget that the balls (Wilson) are pretty light then other hard balls like those of slanzer,etc. So that could be a major reason for those serves.
Roddick style is serve and volley and he isn't patient behind the line. Instead of Nadal totaly different style. I think Roddick didn't prepare himself physically. To beat Nadal you must have a good physic condition and change the style of the game during the match.
joydivsion77 The way you say it it seems like somebody gave this serve to him. He worked hard and practiced a lot to serve like that, its the same as saying "If Federer didnt have his forehand" its nonsense so respect the man
Rodrigo 2 Yes, the serve is genetic. If you could 'work hard to get the serve', every player on tour would be dropping 145mph bombs on every first serve. I stand by my statement...btw I give Roddick all the respect in the world; I don't think he was particularly talented, and yet he was a perennial top 10 player for YEARS. You can't knock that.
Roddick was almost retired at that point (1 year prior to his official retirement actually), injuries at the beginning of the year didn't allow him to move anymore or to have a descent baseline, so yeah that serve and volley strategy was basically a desperate move. You can check 2010 season and in the two matches they had (which both were very closed) there were good baseline rallies
Anybody else find themselves thinking "What the HELL?" when it came to Roddick's strategic choices? Seems that he often hit the ball exactly where he shouldn't have.
I'd really love to know what Rafa had for breakfast that very morning. Man was unstoppable, felt like he could've played the last two sets and still beaten Roddick 6-1 6-1, just scary.
Maybe Roddick was destroyed so badly Nadal figured there was no other reason than that he was injured, despite it being Roddick's inability to work around Nadal's gameplan?
@Rajeev Shrivastava I will concede that he did get an injury a couple months before, so it is possible that he either wasn't fully recovered from it or re-injured it playing after only a couple weeks.
aburg10s terms of scoreline, this is. But Fed absolutely made him look like a fool in that match. Fed 07, because no one expected Roddick to even push nadal here.
I know a lot of people here are making fun of Roddick. But every player has had to endure this. Let's remind ourselves of how Nadal got decimated in the 2019 AO final. He was made to look like a novice by Djokovic in the finals - and this coming from a hardcore Nadal fan.
A very hard match for Rafa. Damn, Roddick was slower than a slug, haha! This was one of Federers hardest opponents from 2003 til 2006. Now its clear, why Roger have so many slamwins in this years, haha. Roddicks style shows the american spirit, pure violence without using brain.
Dude u and your comrades with your weak era Nonsense... This guy retired next year aka 2012. He was already on his last legs. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying Roddick is winning with this Version of Nadal even in his prime (2004-2005) nope... But no reason to trash him
@@aleksamilosevic8792 no he wasn't.. Nadal was. Roddick was best only in Wimbledon. In AO it was Hewitt and Safin, in USO Agassi and Hewitt. Basically only weak year Federer had was 2006. Agassi got too old to compete, Hewitt struggling with Injuries AND Roddick changing his forehand technique and becoming a shadow of himself. Speaks a lot? On what? On basis of this match, he is close to retiring here.
@@paranoid_android6702 2005 saffin won AO then started to get non stop injured on top of being lazy.Fedderer couldnt beat 19 year old rafa on clay in his called ``insane prime``.Hewiit being close to nadal or djokovic or even murray is a joke.
He's got a huge serve...but it seems pretty easy for the top guys to get back...Does it lack spin, placement? I remember players like Becker, Goran would serve like 2,000 aces a game... Even Sampras would get like 1,000. Why so few aces these days? Took power off the ball?
Clearly Roddick was outclassed in this match but he took this beating like a classy guy and simply congratulated the opponent. I am sure it is painful to experience a humiliating defeat like this in front of a large crowd but he made no excuses and threw no tantrums like so many others might have done.
Only Djokovic was able to face Nadal in this Us Open 2011,this level of tennis that both Nadal and Djokovic play is out of this world,I felt bad for Roddick in this match...
Djokovic beat Nadal in 4 and was 2 match points down versus Fed. It's just the big 3 that were dominating this tournament once again, not solely Nadal and Djokovic.
Seems like Roddick didn't have the legs to rally from the back, as he played a tough 4 setter the day before..so he took a big risk going to net often to shorten the points and that is dangerous against the speed, power and precision passing of Rafa..!
I would avoid going to the net against Rafa unless you are sure of winning the point. His passing shots are the best and can be played from the most awkward positions
Seeing Nadal stand so close by his standards against a powerhouse server creeps me out. Now he needs to buy a first row ticket because of how far he stands.
Qué paliza le dió Nadal a Roddick, en su superficie y estadio favorito. Con su público. El rey del saque y volea fue humillado ganando sólo 6 juegos en 3 sets 😱.
2011 Nadal on his peak in 25 yo. 25 Yo is the peak of almost every excellent tennis players and footballers ,you name it, Messi 91 scores in 25, Maradona won 1986 World Cup in 25, Federer almost unbeatable in 2006 when he’s 25, nova winning streak in 25,………
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This video should seriously be renamed "How to not play against Nadal" .
Exactly! First off: don't volley back at Nadal. Always hit away from him. How about some timely drop shots. DON'T hit to his backhand.
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Gherbi Hicham lol right
@GTS Actually against most guys, Roddick's way was sound, that's why he was in the Quarter finals in the first place. The thing is you just can't go to the net after each point no matter how good you are against Nadal, he will always get some from you(Federer is a prime example), also when Roddick rallied he stayed behind and waited for errors but the only thing he got was forehand winners from Nadal, again this strategy works, just not against Nadal.
Trent Timoy You should never volley back at anyone, not just Nadal, unless you’re both at the net and you’re trying to hit your opponent. Always hit away from the player, regardless if you’re playing Nadal, Federer, McEnroe, Rod Laver, or any other opponent in the history of tennis. Also don’t hit to Nadal’s forehand either, both his ground strokes are deadly. You’re advice is kinda obvious and doesn’t need to be said
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Roddick: *rushes to net*
Dont get it
He's trynna say it's a stupid move.
He did this in every match against the top 10 and would lose 98 percent of the points
@@atptouracademy1121 Roddick had no chance of winning a baseline rally, especially at that age
@@s.l5787 he was 29
Rafa: How are you?
Roddick: Good...good
Nadal thought Roddick was injured...he was playing that badly.
Farid Damasio he was injured.. look at him limping off the court
Good, good. Ok. What a thrashing!
@maccajoe calm
he was injured, he couldn`t move that entire match
@@gremsa Excuses, he could move perfectly as per the video. This was peak Roddick, in his 20s, but Nadal is simply much better. No need for excuses.
Feel sorry for Roddick. What an annihilation, especially in front of your home crowd.
Dont feel sorry.. he was playing pathetic.. he deserved to be humiliated.. knowing to play the game is not enough you should apply brain also.. example his Volly..
The same tactical game against an amateur is right, against maybe the best tennis player of all time is beg for humiliation
You shouldnt feel sorry for him, he was lazy this is why was much worse after 25 years old.
New york not his home
He got used to it bro losing to Federer and Nadal actually.
Roddick so humble in defeat, wishing good luck to Rafa. Such a great guy, and one of those special and unique players, with the best serve in history for me.
Sars .. common cold, flu anthrax, right knee bothering Roddick 🙃
Roddick's baseline game actually deteriorated post 2005, after which he was seemingly incapable of hitting clean winners off the ground and his forehand, which was probably one of the biggest in the early 2000's, lost a lot of depth and potency. He became so serve-dependent throughout the latter part of his career, and led to maulings like this against elite players who could completely expose his harmlesslness off the ground and lack of any real variety.
Power doesn’t just happen. A player can lose pace. Roddick was a very physical player and he was a pretty big guy. 200 pounds running on hard courts for 12 years takes its toll.
also during the big 3 era a much stronger baseline centric play style was developed, everyone was much stronger at baseline, Roddick in comparison couldn't keep up
His volleys were really not very good either.
He did fine in Wimbledon 2009, smoking Murray and choking against Fed. Or destroying Nadal in Dubai in 2008. He retired with a winning H2H against Djokovic.
Well spoted I'm a huge tennis fan and it seemed to me the non stop beat downs from Federer knocked the belief and confidence out of Andy ,in the clutch moments he didn't believe he could beat these guys and crucially his game never developed after that 2005 period you mentioned.
In March 2024 in a fascinating podcast interview with Brad Gilbert he said he regretted not working longer with Brad who we now know is one of the best coaches ever.
Roddick's first winner came in the 3rd set.. wow, absolute domination by nadal
He hit a volley winner in the first point you blind fuck hahah
+iamFerriz He means winner off the ground. Watch your language…
watch yo profamity
MrPatrickbuit Safin was awesome but he didn’t last long after the AO 2005 , Yes Nadal got beaten 5 times in a row against 34+ year old Federer , So what? Peak Federer went 1-5 against Teen Nadal
Fredous Alam yeah that's why it's 23-15 overall, 9-3 in slams & 3-1 in hard slams for nadal against your weak ass idol federer !!
Whatever Andy's ailment was here, he stayed out there, took a beating and was magnanimous at the end. Commendable.
His ailment was his poor strategy and lack of technique. Nothing else.
Nadal of today should watch this match for inspiration. His forehand up the line was just unconscious on this day. Probably one of the worst beat downs he's handed out.
The match against Monaco at the French Open was a bigger beat down.
Ha, unconscious in that he wasn't missing ( NBA shooting term )..also I think in his dreams he didn't hit that many down the line winners
Yeah, former Number 1 player, US open champion, with one of the two best serves on the pro tour. Easy.
you are correct
Ha, no. I think Ivo Karlovic was the guy I was thinking of. Roddick's serve was also out of this world when he was in his prime.
A huge contrast to their match at the 2004 US open where Roddick won 6-0 6-3 6-4
Very interesting to see players peak at different times.
Look at Roddick's FH in that 2004 USO match and compare it this match 7 years later. The difference is night and day.
Pomerlain89 100% mate. I think Roddick lost a little bit of self belief as his career wore on if I’m honest.
Rafa was just 18 back then so no surprise
@@pomerlain8924 Dude you were not kidding...I didn't expect the difference to be that great.
Roddick was getting so much more depth and power on that shot in 2004 compared to 2011.
Difference is Rafa was merely 18 in 2004. Here both are in their 20s and at their peak. Nadal proved to be much better by destroying peak Roddick here.
Roddick's approach shots are the worst. Short and absolutely no angle.
Nadal wasn't even grunting much.
What I find funny is how much people seem to enjoy criticizing Roddick's game. I remember in 06 when he made the US final and was rushing the net v Roger even my club pro was mocking him.
shaun humphreys explain awful..
Tiger SJK the same with the volley after a big serve.
Right to nadal forehand.
He must use the forehand, he doesn't known play on the net
Tiger SJK
I agree.
Roddick was very gracious in defeat here. Even saying good luck upon approaching his seat. Hats off to that mans sportsmanship!
I think Roddick, once again, is just showing how great he is at the net.
10:05 the very first dab
Underrated comment. Take my upvote
@@priyansh1210 this is youtube not reddit you dumbfuck
what an amazing sound record. you feel yourself there with intensity of the match, Thanks
what a great strategic shot 6:55
LOOOOOOOOOOOOL
For real the whole match Roddick just hit the ball like a high school player lol
Worst volley ever I guess for a top ten.
@@lucioetchamendi6362 he was top 10, holy shit we are not watching worst era now thank god
I felt at the time that Roddick was coming to net because he knew he had no chance hitting with Rafa from the baseline, OR he was injured and just had to cut the points short.
Absolutely..
I find it amazing that people are questioning Roddick's strategy..
Lol..
Of course he knew he wouldnt have won a point in a baseline rally, thatswhy he just decided to play serve, & volley every single point..
Cos his chances are slim still but better than if he stays on the baseline.
He was not injured
@@jonbonesmahomes7472 I mean he can't win just playing at the baseline all match but he hang in baseline points some and follow a big forehand or better approach shot in more. The all out kamikaze play was not a good idea.
@@corymajor7811 Yep, but he hit so many bad approach shots just because he was in a hurry to get to the net.
That's okay but his volleys and approach shots were terrible otherwise the strategy was ok
Roddick looks like an old man in this match
What a lot of people don’t remember is that Roddick injured himself the previous round against Ferrer
Wait who is roddick? Let alone remembering that a random unknown player was supposedly injured - you must be an american?!
@@rogerreverence4737 lol spoken like a true American hating racist
@@rogerreverence4737 well he’s a player who has won a slam made 4 other finals, was world number one, and was in the top 10 for a decade. Pretty good for an “unknown” player.
This was the full circle with Roddick and Nadal. In 2004, Roddick absolutely destroyed Nadal. In 2011...
But the Nadal in 2004 was before his breakthrough, Roddick's here has no excuses.
Yeah nice comparison, an 18 year old teenager with prime Roddick against this match.
You misread he meant prime Roddick in 2004. Roddick in 2003 - 2005 was a very impressive player. The reality is these two guys are really a part of two separate generations of tennis. The end of Roddick's career overlapped with the beginning/mid point of Nadal's.
@@patricksweeney5308 Nadal was struggiling with his foot during the end of 2004-2006.He couldnt play on HC consistently very well.
@@Joe-wd6jq I wouldn't say impressive. He was good. But he could not beat Roger. He was never going to win many slams.
Serve & Volley against Nadal? Don't think so!
Onmysheet Dustin Brown disagrees...
Only on grass, if he did it on hard or clay Nadal would wipe the floor with him.
Mono Braue stakhowsky feels the same with Fed 😊
Volleying horribly like Roddick did it is quite impossible
Perhaps but I dont think the strategy overall was that bad, Roddick wasnt capitalizing on his volleys well at all. and kept approaching off stupid approach shots.
How many winners did Rafa hit that day? It was unbelievable
Not sure....20+
He lost the final to Novak though right? Some players games do not match up well to others. Roddick was generally pretty poor though.
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I like how Roddick said good luck at the end :)
They all say that...except that ***** Rossel....who everyone hates! He wishes them bad luck.
it's been a while since I watched highlights from a Roddick match. But man, if he had learnt to angle that first forehand after that massive powerful serve of his...
Roddick: Hey Nadal, can you deal with my serve and volley ??
Nadal: Sure bring it on buddy !!!!
This match is the reason why serve and volley tennis is dead !!!!
Luckily it's not dead entirely.
It is an important part of tennis.
"yeah, let's try serve&volley against the player that hits the best passing shots ever, who is also one of the best returners in history. i mean what could go wrong?"
- andy roddick, september 2011, probably
Roddick was way too careful at the baseline, hitting with too much spin and not enough power. Also, his suicidal approach shots are terrible, but they always were.. The old Roddick would have flattened out his forehand and went for winners instead of percentage plays, against Nadal of all people..
That FH at 6:54 should have been a clean winner, but he hits it with too little power and straight at Nadal in the middle of the court!
@Rebeca Linares There is no difference between the forehand of Roddick in 2003 and 2004. He won his only Grand Slam against Ferrero, who is a clay specialist. As soon as Federer and Nadal emerged, Roddick dissapeared.
@Rebeca Linares You are right. Roddick was not the same player in 2004 at age 22 than in 2003 at age 21. The only reason why he stopped winning Slams is because of his supposed change in the forehand shot. The arrival of real competition (Federer and Nadal) had nothing to do with his lack of success.
Marcos Villavicencio are you blind sir? After 2005ish Roddick’s forehand was garbage (too much top spin) pre 05 it was a flat out laser.
Marcos Villavicencio just watch some RUclips videos and come back to me.......or maybe you are blind
After watching 2004 uso r2 of these 2 players, rafa really improved a lot. Compared to 2004, rafa had faster 1st serves, better shot selections, and even stronger forehand. What a night and day...
I always rooted for Roddick, but it was so tough to watch him with his lackluster approach shots so he got burned over and over at the net. He never seemed to have a plan B either. Approaches should be deep, and if you hit an angle on them then really make your opponent stretch to not leave the court open. Players like Nadal love a target so you need to hit good approach shots against them, especially when you are not comfortable at the net, like Roddick. Roddick was always a very weak volleyer. Can see a lot of examples here where he failed to put volleys away or missed ones he shouldn't.
Forgot about this match, my goodness.
This is just an absolute hitting clinic on display from Nadal.
A sluggish, slow looking Andy Roddick never stood even a fighters' chance.
What a thrashing Nadal gave Roddick, on its surface and favorite stadium. With your audience. The king of serve and volley was humiliated, winning only 6 games in 3 sets 😱.
the fps cure my cancer
bác vui tính ghê :v
@@fastman1465 what is that language?
@@MKD1101 Vietnamese
@@collinnguyen4523 and what does he say?
Great match from Nadal, he was just playing great. Roddick was always a good player.
Great match from Nadal!
I'd like to see anyone in this comment section go out and play Nadal on that day and play *one-tenth* as good as Andy Roddick did. Jesus Christ...you'd think we had a bunch of ATP players here. If you all couldn't tell, Roddick was at the very least well past his prime and also likely injured given the way he barely moved for some shots, particularly in the third set. Give the man some respect. He is a former No. 1 in the world, he won a slam, he made multiple slam finals, he took Roger Federer in his prime to five sets in a Wimbledon final...the list goes on, people.
Damn right
Oh my gosh, Nadal was in
fiery hurricane shape just like Djokovic through the Final, that's why we witnessed the best 4-setter (US Open 2011 Finals) of the XXI century
even though rodick was shit BUT NADAL WAS AMAZING WITH THOSE PASSING SHOTS ,, rodick has tough serve and he comes to the net very early maybe today's rafa would made some errors and the game won't be such one sided !! but rafa was absolutely terrific with those passing shots and those ridiculous winners which wore roddick down mentally more and more !
coming to the net is fine but Rafa is so good at passing shots. He can hit them on the run and they're still winners
this match was recommended after I watched the beat down roddick gave to nadal at the 2004 US Open. Roddick sure does play differently here.
When u suck at the net and try charging on the best passer in the sport.
Nadal is not best passer, asked Dustin brown 😀😁
@@agfruitwala Dustin Brown is a very streaky player. He rarely plays at an elite level.
@@Mzee1084 that's because he has awful chronic back problems. dude is so talented.
Absolutely outclassed
somebody ask roddick to comment about this on his served podcast, he got obliterated here. It looks like different tiers of players
1:45 that was intentional. A souvenir for a lucky fan seated up there.
unbelievable that Nadal!!
Nadal speed, court position and firepower was full on in this match..
Imagine this Nadal and Djokovic against current next gen players.
They will be destroyed
It's quite interesting to note how much Roddick's forehand and serve changed after he parted ways with Brad Gilbert.
Who is here gain in 2024 after Andy Roddick's words on Nadal?
Insane how Roddick smoked Nadal only a few years earlier.. Nadal really improved so much
Roddick: one of the worst net players of all time. YET HE KEEPS GOING TO NET
This is so entertaining to watch for some reason
Is it just me that Rafa serves really big in US opens every time?!
Not really, the only time and for some bizarre reason he was able to play some very fast serves was in the US Open 2010 and it won him the championship, other than that he served at his average, in 2013 he won because his down the line forehand was amazing and he was having some amazing year on hard courts overall, in 2017 his forehand was great and his backhand has also improved a lot in that tournament especially against Del Potro and the draw helped him a little bit.
Yeah. 2017 was pretty much a cakewalk draw for Nadal.
Gherbi Hicham don’t forget that the balls (Wilson) are pretty light then other hard balls like those of slanzer,etc. So that could be a major reason for those serves.
@@Onmysheet Well Roger had about 5 of those so Rafa was due one
Gherbi Hicham “a little bit my ass” it was even easier than Fed’s 2018 Australian open draw
its a pity that this man roddick gave a tough competition to federer in that wimbledon final 2009. shame for federer.
@InsideOutBH that was once only or maybe twice. but that people like roddick were weak era champ's ,main competition back then
Roddick really did deserve the Wimby title that day. Best I ever seen him play. I did feel sorry for him.
Roddick 5-4 Djokovic haha
i don't know you can tell roddic's game is not very polished. he has a big serve but then he lacks the finese to finish it over the net...
Roddick style is serve and volley and he isn't patient behind the line. Instead of Nadal totaly different style. I think Roddick didn't prepare himself physically. To beat Nadal you must have a good physic condition and change the style of the game during the match.
I think Nadal remembered 2004 US Open....
Omg Nadal was insane here!
Gracias por la lección . Cuanto es ? Puedo pagar con tarjeta de crédito? 😏
I think this was one of the matches that persuaded Roddick to retire, even though he wasn’t yet 30.
First point was best point all match at net from roddick
Without his serve, Roddick wouldn't have been in the top 50.
joydivsion77 The way you say it it seems like somebody gave this serve to him. He worked hard and practiced a lot to serve like that, its the same as saying "If Federer didnt have his forehand" its nonsense so respect the man
Rodrigo 2 Yes, the serve is genetic. If you could 'work hard to get the serve', every player on tour would be dropping 145mph bombs on every first serve. I stand by my statement...btw I give Roddick all the respect in the world; I don't think he was particularly talented, and yet he was a perennial top 10 player for YEARS. You can't knock that.
joydivsion77 ok man, I disagree with you but I respect your opinion
joydivsion77 exactly I'm surprised his even in the top 50
top 1000
Roddick was almost retired at that point (1 year prior to his official retirement actually), injuries at the beginning of the year didn't allow him to move anymore or to have a descent baseline, so yeah that serve and volley strategy was basically a desperate move.
You can check 2010 season and in the two matches they had (which both were very closed) there were good baseline rallies
Insane passing shots by Nadal whenever Roddick came to the net! Why couldn't he see that his approach shots weren't got enough to go to the net?
No one dislikes how Nadal typically plays more than me. But i love the way he plays here.
Anybody else find themselves thinking "What the HELL?" when it came to Roddick's strategic choices? Seems that he often hit the ball exactly where he shouldn't have.
9:26 😲 what an unbelievable volley
Damn, Rafa! I remembered when he could barely win a game against Andy. What a ways he came! Roddick had no answers for Nadal.
I'd really love to know what Rafa had for breakfast that very morning. Man was unstoppable, felt like he could've played the last two sets and still beaten Roddick 6-1 6-1, just scary.
Roddick's volley has never been good, and Nadal's passing shots are among the best ones in history. Definitely not well planned by Andy.
Well he was injured here and actually beat Nadal a season before with serve and volley.
Roddick's volleys were junk. Many of the volleys in this highlight were above-net volleys that should have been put away.
Why nobody mentions that Andy was injured, why else Rafa would ask him "How are you"
Maybe Roddick was destroyed so badly Nadal figured there was no other reason than that he was injured, despite it being Roddick's inability to work around Nadal's gameplan?
@Rajeev Shrivastava Which makes it no less valid than the idea that Roddick was injured, because as far as I can tell he wasn't.
@Rajeev Shrivastava I will concede that he did get an injury a couple months before, so it is possible that he either wasn't fully recovered from it or re-injured it playing after only a couple weeks.
So which was more humiiliating for Andy, this loss or vs. Fed in '07 AO?
Definitely 2007, Roddick was still a solid Top 5 player back then. In 2011 he was already in decline
Yeah I remember the anticipation of that match. MacEnore was like "I think Andy has a good shot." lol
"I feel like the gap is closing"
aburg10s terms of scoreline, this is. But Fed absolutely made him look like a fool in that match. Fed 07, because no one expected Roddick to even push nadal here.
I know a lot of people here are making fun of Roddick. But every player has had to endure this. Let's remind ourselves of how Nadal got decimated in the 2019 AO final. He was made to look like a novice by Djokovic in the finals - and this coming from a hardcore Nadal fan.
A very hard match for Rafa. Damn, Roddick was slower than a slug, haha! This was one of Federers hardest opponents from 2003 til 2006. Now its clear, why Roger have so many slamwins in this years, haha. Roddicks style shows the american spirit, pure violence without using brain.
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Dude u and your comrades with your weak era Nonsense... This guy retired next year aka 2012. He was already on his last legs. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying Roddick is winning with this Version of Nadal even in his prime (2004-2005) nope... But no reason to trash him
@@paranoid_android6702 Nonsense?Roddick was the best player fedderer was facing.Speaks a lot.
@@aleksamilosevic8792 no he wasn't.. Nadal was. Roddick was best only in Wimbledon. In AO it was Hewitt and Safin, in USO Agassi and Hewitt.
Basically only weak year Federer had was 2006. Agassi got too old to compete, Hewitt struggling with Injuries AND Roddick changing his forehand technique and becoming a shadow of himself.
Speaks a lot? On what? On basis of this match, he is close to retiring here.
@@paranoid_android6702 2005 saffin won AO then started to get non stop injured on top of being lazy.Fedderer couldnt beat 19 year old rafa on clay in his called ``insane prime``.Hewiit being close to nadal or djokovic or even murray is a joke.
Roddick: So much power, so little idea how to use it.
In Andy roddicks podcast about nadal Indian wells, this forehand at 2:08 was what he was talking about 😂
all roddick has his serve, but nadal returns every single one of them. Tough one.
He's got a huge serve...but it seems pretty easy for the top guys to get back...Does it lack spin, placement? I remember players like Becker, Goran would serve like 2,000 aces a game... Even Sampras would get like 1,000. Why so few aces these days? Took power off the ball?
Clearly Roddick was outclassed in this match but he took this beating like a classy guy and simply congratulated the opponent. I am sure it is painful to experience a humiliating defeat like this in front of a large crowd but he made no excuses and threw no tantrums like so many others might have done.
Only Djokovic was able to face Nadal in this Us Open 2011,this level of tennis that both Nadal and Djokovic play is out of this world,I felt bad for Roddick in this match...
Djokovic beat Nadal in 4 and was 2 match points down versus Fed. It's just the big 3 that were dominating this tournament once again, not solely Nadal and Djokovic.
Not one of Roddick's finest matches....
Roddick had no idea how to play Nadal, which was weird because he beat Nadal at Miami and was close in beating him at the WTF the year before.
WOW. Total different players from 2004 to 2011.
When Andy makes his first serve I hear a shotgun sound! :)
Seems like Roddick didn't have the legs to rally from the back, as he played a tough 4 setter the day before..so he took a big risk going to net often to shorten the points and that is dangerous against the speed, power and precision passing of Rafa..!
I would avoid going to the net against Rafa unless you are sure of winning the point. His passing shots are the best and can be played from the most awkward positions
A great server like Roddick had such a hard time holding serve. Nadal does that to a lot of people.
Seeing Nadal stand so close by his standards against a powerhouse server creeps me out. Now he needs to buy a first row ticket because of how far he stands.
It is amazing to think this level of Rafa was beaten by Nole in the final.
5:34 the point everyone came to see
Man what happened to roddicks forehand, it used to be such a weapon
Come on rush to the net on his forehand Roddick xd
What round was this?
QTR got it
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There is legend, Roddic is still going to the net nowadays
Qué paliza le dió Nadal a Roddick, en su superficie y estadio favorito. Con su público. El rey del saque y volea fue humillado ganando sólo 6 juegos en 3 sets 😱.
2011 Nadal on his peak in 25 yo. 25 Yo is the peak of almost every excellent tennis players and footballers ,you name it, Messi 91 scores in 25, Maradona won 1986 World Cup in 25, Federer almost unbeatable in 2006 when he’s 25, nova winning streak in 25,………
I remember watching this match saying nadal totally destroys Roddick. Roddick had no pace on his forehands
The Djoker gave this Nadal a beatdown in the final that year, crazy!
1:48 HOME RUN!
Damn Roddick's Volleys were Dogshit even towards the end of his career ...
Good sportsmanship from Roddick as always.
andy Roddick is not an easy oponent he has one of the fastest serves
Rafa on a completely different tier.