Indeed, 2017 was great, his 4th 90%+ won season with his Neo backhand comeback! 2004-2006 he had the first 3 90%+ won seasons consecutively and 2007 was close at 88.5% won so I say he had 4.9 seasons 90%+! Djoker had only 2 seasons (2011 & ‘15) 90%+ (& only 1 season 88.5%+).
That shot against De Minaur is ridiculous, the fact his footwork was so quick to create enough space to hit that shot, stepping backwards yet generating that pace, is insane.
It's my favorite of the compilation. He got so much pace out of that forehand from a very uncomfortable situation. Flick of the wrist, cross the back foot and a rocket came out of it of a half volley from the baseline.
My favorite is the very last one against Tsipsipas. That didn't look like it was possible to generate that much power but he timed it so perfectly with an incredibly short bounce
The only player who doesn't need the power of a 160 km/h shot... Unique for possessing quick timing with 144 km/h shots, always producing twice as many winners as the opponent... The player with the greatest forehand in history.
It was great he could win 3/4 last slam finals (by performance in points & games in a 5 hour marathon at age 37.9 v. his rival 6 years of youth losing only in the 5th set tiebreaker is the greatest ever Wimbledon runner-up effort and doesn’t affect RF’s kingship at this most prestigious of all slam majors!), and finally turn around the losing trend v. Nadal winning 6/7 last matches (clay was lopsided 2-14, but positive 11-9 on hard c. & 3-1 on grass, 15-10 non-clay which is 70% of tennis 🎾 tournaments!).
For a very long time, I thought tennis was an easy game to play seeing Federer. His change of direction and placements are so natural. But later on understood, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
Fine understatement! Nobody else ever mastered tennis to make a perfect classic yet also innovative all-court attacking ouvre for an endless sea of highlights to admire and study for us all where he continually led the game expanding the platform winning the hearts of most of competitors and us completing the greatest ever career achievements as king at the 2 most prestigious slam Wimbledon and king at the biggest stage the US Open and 4.9 seasons won 90%+ & big 3 record 95.3% after a 6 year gradual rise from pro debut to overcome and turn around several great losing H2H to win more (Nadal, Agassi, Murray, Hewitt & Nalbandian-Djokovic only accomplished this by the smallest possible margin in 1 slam final and 2 slam semis, if any 2 of which Fed converted a match point then their H2H after 60 encounters would be even).
This is his real legacy. His stats are ridiculously good but what sets him apart was how he played the game. I've never seen someone play the game as beautifully as he did...
Still never see any like this. Today neither alcaraz or sinner are this technical. He has it all. Except maybe on some games he needed to be stronger mentally. If he had Djokovic spirit, he would have been unbeatable.
Not only beautifully like a panther unmatched, but also a game which set many astonishing records to present a convincing GOAT case! Some say, “Federer is no longer GOAT”? Yet what do these facts say? 1. 👑 of Wimbledon -Most prestigious 🎾 🏆 2. 👑of US Open -Biggest 🎾 stage (23k+) 3. Consecutive 237 weeks No. 1 (4.5 years) 4. 90%+ won 4 seasons (Big 3 high 95.3%) 5. Record of 14 slams in 6 years 6. Most matches and tournaments in Big 3 7. Greatest positive impact on 🎾 8. Overcame initial great losing H2H trends: Nadal (RN led on clay 14/16 as RF led on grass 3/4; RN won first 9/15 in 2005-‘13 on their most competitive hard c. then RF won last 5/5 or last 6/7 all courts so ended with 14-10 non-clay H2H, just 4 wins shy of overall tie), Murray (AM won first 6/8 in 2006-‘09, then RF won last 12/17 especially 5/5 H2H in ‘15), Agassi (AA won 3 in ‘98-‘02, then RF won 11), Hewitt (LH won 7/9 in ‘99-‘03, then RF won 16/18), Nalbandian (DN won 6/6 in ‘98-mid ‘03, then Fed won 11/13), P.S. for Novak fans on Fedjokovic H2H: 👏 to ND earning most total wins playing +10 than the Fedal 40 matches-chasing titles by any legal means in rivalry to tie H2H after 10 years, even edged RF at 1 slam F & 2 slam SFs overcoming match points-if RF won any 2 of these 3 matches, the 15-year H2H ties. Especially 👏 winning the ‘19 slam marathon final of 5 hours edging RF in the 5th set tiebreaker 13-12 (3), when 6 years younger than his 37.9 years-old opponent outperforming + points & + games. In the Big 3, Fed was pioneer raising 🎾’s level highest with a continuous 4.5 years no. 1, Rafa the most passionate topspin competitor, and Nole the most trophy-persistent Big 3 closer.
Great selection of the Fed. Thanks for posting. I only wished he went up to a 97 racket earlier as we would have more of this. This guy was winning slams with a 90 square inch racket. Let's see the others try that. Federer is the personification of precision strike tennis.
Djoker specialized so well at AO and chased titles benefiting his 6 years youth advantage to Fed and counterpunching to chase trophies from 2018-2023 barely ever facing another multi slam competitor outside of a couple occasions with RF& Rafa (outside of clay). Some say, “Federer is no longer GOAT”? Yet what do these facts say? 1. 👑 of Wimbledon -Most prestigious 🎾 🏆 2. 👑of US Open -Biggest 🎾 stage (23k+) 3. Consecutive 237 weeks No. 1 (4.5 years) 4. 90%+ won 4.9 seasons (Big 3 high 95.3%) 5. Record of 14 slams in 6 years 6. Most matches and tournaments in Big 3 7. Greatest positive impact on 🎾 8. Overcame initial great losing H2H trends: Nadal (RN led on clay 14/16 as RF led on grass 3/4; RN won first 9/15 in 2005-‘13 on their most competitive hard c. then RF won last 5/5 or last 6/7 all courts so ended with 14-10 non-clay H2H, just 4 wins shy of overall tie), Murray (AM won first 6/8 in 2006-‘09, then RF won last 12/17 especially 5/5 H2H in ‘15), Agassi (AA won 3 in ‘98-‘02, then RF won 11), Hewitt (LH won 7/9 in ‘99-‘03, then RF won 16/18), Nalbandian (DN won 6/6 in ‘98-mid ‘03, then Fed won 11/13), P.S. for Novak fans on Fedjokovic H2H: 👏 to ND earning most total wins playing +10 than the Fedal 40 matches-chasing titles by any legal means in rivalry to tie H2H after 10 years, even edged RF at 1 slam F & 2 slam SFs overcoming match points-if RF won any 2 of these 3 matches, the 15-year H2H ties. Especially 👏 winning the ‘19 slam marathon final of 5 hours edging RF in the 5th set tiebreaker 13-12 (3), when 6 years younger than his 37.9 years-old opponent outperforming + points & + games. In the Big 3, Fed was pioneer raising 🎾’s level highest with a continuous 4.5 years no. 1, Rafa the most passionate topspin competitor, and Nole the most trophy-persistent Big 3 closer.
nadie como RF, aunque duela, nadie, the best of the best, always, no solo tenis, its clase, magia, talent, maestría, elegancia, en resumen, Federer es Tenis.
Federer was not of this world!!! No human can never play,strike the ball like him. We never going too see a tennis player like him. Not even Nole,Rafa,Carlos can play like this. Federer was ones in a lifetime. 🥇🎾For eternity.
That delpotro match return on the backhand was awesome. However there was another backhand winner a few games later which was hit with even more pace. Not featured in this video
Me encanta él momento cuando Roger ya sabe por donde viene la 🥎 y se inclina para poner él tiro donde carajo se le antoje. Es muy placentero verlo jugar. Genio total👍🏻😃
The only regret I have when watching this video is that I wasn't there to hear the ball whizzing by the opponents. My G-d, man. He almost took the covers off some of those.
I have a question : Would Roger have won more if his backhand was 2- handed ? Just a stat, the top 10 ATP tennis rankers are ALL 2-HANDED !!!! ( CORRECT ME IS I AM MISTAKEN)
Of course he would have won more. The reason why Nadal always used to beat him was because of his weak backhand which is ready to be exploited by a lefty player who is also one of the greats. When he fixed his backhand with a larger racket their head to head was 6-1 in Roger's favour.
@msaw504 ....yeah but you are both right, and i am not wrong when I say the Goat of tennis won 24 GS, and is a 2 handed player, the second of all times is another 2-handed player ( Nadal) then comes Roger 3rd with 20 GS. Sinner and Alcaras the future of tennis is are both 2-handed.....entertainment is a personal opinion. Reality is Djokovic has 24 twenty four GS , very entertaining, just not as cute or maybe classy as Roger, but that's just an .....opinion. 24 !
He retired with more GS titles than anyone in history. Won more matches and titles than anyone in history except for 1 man. So I think the 1 hander worked fine for him. The question of winning more titles has too many variables. If Nadal was right handed Federer would probably have 3-5 French open titles. If. Federer played during the 90’s when the courts were faster than he probably would have another 25-30 titles. Who knows?
I consider most of the current top 10 just counter punchers (Alcarez maybe the outlier) who don’t really look like they’re trying to hit winners…just trying to keep the ball in play by hitting it directly back. It felt like Roger was always going for the winners. WHat style of play would you call that?
If you watched the 2019 atp finals match between djokovic and federer, you could never call novak the goat. He got spanked like a misbehaving toddler in a Dickens novel
question : is neo federer and especially neo backhand about taking the ball even earlier, in order to have that extra-speed without necessarily hitting it harder ?
@@Thebtfgame how federer allowed goffin to beat him in the SF of the WTF 2017 will forever b heartbreaking... especially after he duffed him up in the first set. then he became an amateur in the next 2 sets sadly. that was the year he SHOULD hav won the WTF.
"OK, they want to play slam-bang tennis in hopes of getting rid of me. That's not my kind of game, but if that is what they want, I will give it to them...and more."
a lot of times his opponents haven't even MOVE on his return.. they literally were frozen.. and I don't mean the lower rank players. He was doing these even late in his career when he was playing 20's year old.
The most talented along with greatest court awareness and where he lacked was his mental strength and physical strength especially against nadal and later on djokovic
I'd argue with the physical bit. He was one of the fittest guys on tour, despite his 'deceiving' looks. Mental strentghts, that's a fair point - that's where he fell a tad short compared to Rafa or Novak.
Once he had that mono he was never physically fully fit....It does not allow you to go full throttle....I would guess he missed many slams due to this mono thing (8-10 slams)....Look what happened to Robin soderling
After his second knee injury in 2016, RF retired for recover, trained and trained and secretly rebuilt his game entirely: his footwork changed, his hands positions changed, and most of all his backhand completely changed, stepping in the court more aggressively and hitting the ball much higher and faster, as a result and you can see the difference (when he plays Nadal with that green shirt) his backhand was unstoppable, he destroyed everyone and won 2 majors slams in 2017, Australia Open and Wimbledon, making this one of the most unbelievable returns after injury in the history of tennis. No one could believe it but Roger Federer Did it.
How can anybody say Federer wasn't the best to watch, ever? Djokovic and Nadal has more Grand Slams but were they really better than Federer? Until players start using one handed backhands you're not going to see another Federer.
I doubt that even his haters would say he wasn't the best to watch. He still has one of the best stats along with having the best looking game. Sadly, with the state of the courts/balls the one handed backhanders will be significantly disadvantaged.
@@josequintero8615 there's a lot to debate about. If you ask me the question literally "who's the greatest tennis player ever" the answer can never be Djokovic, his amazing consistency brought him to be the most successful player ever, but Federer and Nadal's peak are absolutely untouchable, if anyone else played them at their peak performance they would just get destroyed, Djokovic included (which happened many time by the way, so it's not an hypothesis, it's a fact). To further validate this point, Federer was leading Djokovic in H2H until Fed was 32, meaning Djokovic couldn't handle prime Federer at all, he did manage to win more in Fed's later years because Fed's game, although still brilliant, lost the consistency needed to beat Djokovic's "no-errors" type of tennis. Records don't define how good you were on your peak performance, you can root for Djokovic, he's obviously a legend of the game, but he couldn't have played in 2008 Wimbledon Final.
@@luigimanzelli3786 I think Djokovic at his best is slightly better than Nadal at his best in Hard and Grass Courts but Roger is better than both at his best. In clay at their best it's Nadal>Djokovic>Roger
@@user-ni8rl6pf4q really is that why Federer beat him in 2011 on his weakest surface clay during the French ending his 42 game winning streak, you know the same year evan a prime Nadal couldn't beat Novak on clay!!! Federer also beat him during the 2012 Wimbledon semis when Novak was number 1 for a while!!! Federer also totally outlayed Novak during the 2019 Wimbledon final at the ripe old age of 38 scoring more winners, breaks of serves & dominated the overall stats!!!
@@GholamFareed Novak had a bad day at the French. But he also had by far the longest win streak of all time, more than Federer has ever been able to amass, so that's a great point. Also, who won that 2019 Wimbledon match? Winners and whatever else don't matter, the only thing that matters is who walks away with the win that it was Novak yet again. He completely dethroned Roger who was supposedly the king of grass and showed that he was better than Roger even on Roger's best surface.
fed had lots of success with B players and B tournaments..He only won 33% of his GS matches agaisnt nadal and Djoki that is failure. 50% of his titles were on the 250/500 circuit... He couldn't even beat nadal once at french!! Lossed to Djoki 3 times in a row at wimbledonm finals on his supposed best surface!! Fed was weak mentally, weak backhand..only thing he dominated was being puppet for the over marketing of selling watches and runnng shoes..He just wasn;t a very smart player u see it he never evolved his sqaush game, didn't think when he played thought the pagenatry crowd would cheer him through!!
Remastered version!
any reason why you chose the number 33?
2017 Federer was just ridiculous. I miss watching him every single day
People who watched Fed and think 2017 was peak, didn't watch the 04-07 era.
Indeed, 2017 was great, his 4th 90%+ won season with his Neo backhand comeback! 2004-2006 he had the first 3 90%+ won seasons consecutively and 2007 was close at 88.5% won so I say he had 4.9 seasons 90%+! Djoker had only 2 seasons (2011 & ‘15) 90%+ (& only 1 season 88.5%+).
That shot against De Minaur is ridiculous, the fact his footwork was so quick to create enough space to hit that shot, stepping backwards yet generating that pace, is insane.
It's my favorite of the compilation. He got so much pace out of that forehand from a very uncomfortable situation. Flick of the wrist, cross the back foot and a rocket came out of it of a half volley from the baseline.
My favorite is the very last one against Tsipsipas. That didn't look like it was possible to generate that much power but he timed it so perfectly with an incredibly short bounce
I thought the same...probably the best one in this video. INSANE.
what the hell was that first retrun LOL
Peak tennis
We haven't yet discovered the laws of physics that governed that return 😅
He's done that a few times before too.
A master backhand return by the backhand master himself 😵
Laser laser
The only player who doesn't need the power of a 160 km/h shot...
Unique for possessing quick timing with 144 km/h shots, always producing twice as many winners as the opponent...
The player with the greatest forehand in history.
And with greatest backhand smash in history
Pretty sure if Fed is still in 2017 form, Alcaraz and Sinner just can’t do anything
@@pencilchecki blame covid for us not getting a few more years of that neo prime federer
No one needs 160kmh shot my dude. They're just too risky for too few chances of winning the point.
@@pencilcheckHe can still win Wimbledon 24.
Man, I miss this so much.
Neo backhand really changed Federer and tennis history
It was great he could win 3/4 last slam finals (by performance in points & games in a 5 hour marathon at age 37.9 v. his rival 6 years of youth losing only in the 5th set tiebreaker is the greatest ever Wimbledon runner-up effort and doesn’t affect RF’s kingship at this most prestigious of all slam majors!), and finally turn around the losing trend v. Nadal winning 6/7 last matches (clay was lopsided 2-14, but positive 11-9 on hard c. & 3-1 on grass, 15-10 non-clay which is 70% of tennis 🎾 tournaments!).
For a very long time, I thought tennis was an easy game to play seeing Federer. His change of direction and placements are so natural. But later on understood, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
Fed’s half-volley is too unique to learn
Fine understatement! Nobody else ever mastered tennis to make a perfect classic yet also innovative all-court attacking ouvre for an endless sea of highlights to admire and study for us all where he continually led the game expanding the platform winning the hearts of most of competitors and us completing the greatest ever career achievements as king at the 2 most prestigious slam Wimbledon and king at the biggest stage the US Open and 4.9 seasons won 90%+ & big 3 record 95.3% after a 6 year gradual rise from pro debut to overcome and turn around several great losing H2H to win more (Nadal, Agassi, Murray, Hewitt & Nalbandian-Djokovic only accomplished this by the smallest possible margin in 1 slam final and 2 slam semis, if any 2 of which Fed converted a match point then their H2H after 60 encounters would be even).
I love when RF does a ridiculous shot of some variation, and he walks off like “I been doing this”
Only some of the reasons why Federer will always be the GOAT. That elegance with which he wielded the racket...
I'm a Nadal fan forever, btw...
Tennis is so lucky to be played by King Roger Federer. What a player. Fluency at its best. Roger's game was like a flow of water
This is such a beautiful compilation with the replays. Bravo. Thank you!
Fed’s half-volley is so sweet
It's his rhythm & timing that sets him apart from the rest. That's why he never really needs to hit hard on grunt, while others are always struggling
This is his real legacy. His stats are ridiculously good but what sets him apart was how he played the game. I've never seen someone play the game as beautifully as he did...
Still never see any like this. Today neither alcaraz or sinner are this technical. He has it all. Except maybe on some games he needed to be stronger mentally. If he had Djokovic spirit, he would have been unbeatable.
Amen
For sure
Yes if there's anything tennis fans can all agree on is how elegant Fed played.
Not only beautifully like a panther unmatched, but also a game which set many astonishing records to present a convincing GOAT case!
Some say, “Federer is no longer GOAT”?
Yet what do these facts say?
1. 👑 of Wimbledon -Most prestigious 🎾 🏆
2. 👑of US Open -Biggest 🎾 stage (23k+)
3. Consecutive 237 weeks No. 1 (4.5 years)
4. 90%+ won 4 seasons (Big 3 high 95.3%)
5. Record of 14 slams in 6 years
6. Most matches and tournaments in Big 3
7. Greatest positive impact on 🎾
8. Overcame initial great losing H2H trends: Nadal (RN led on clay 14/16 as RF led on grass 3/4; RN won first 9/15 in 2005-‘13 on their most competitive hard c. then RF won last 5/5 or last 6/7 all courts so ended with 14-10 non-clay H2H, just 4 wins shy of overall tie), Murray (AM won first 6/8 in 2006-‘09, then RF won last 12/17 especially 5/5 H2H in ‘15), Agassi (AA won 3 in ‘98-‘02, then RF won 11), Hewitt (LH won 7/9 in ‘99-‘03, then RF won 16/18), Nalbandian (DN won 6/6 in ‘98-mid ‘03, then Fed won 11/13),
P.S. for Novak fans on Fedjokovic H2H: 👏 to ND earning most total wins playing +10 than the Fedal 40 matches-chasing titles by any legal means in rivalry to tie H2H after 10 years, even edged RF at 1 slam F & 2 slam SFs overcoming match points-if RF won any 2 of these 3 matches, the 15-year H2H ties. Especially 👏 winning the ‘19 slam marathon final of 5 hours edging RF in the 5th set tiebreaker 13-12 (3), when 6 years younger than his 37.9 years-old opponent outperforming + points & + games.
In the Big 3, Fed was pioneer raising 🎾’s level highest with a continuous 4.5 years no. 1, Rafa the most passionate topspin competitor, and Nole the most trophy-persistent Big 3 closer.
Federer most agressive game came on 2017, beautiful to watch
It can still be in 2024.
Sublime…ce n’est pas un jeu…c’est un poème….
@@pauljohnson6019 What universe are you living in
@@pauljohnson6019He probably could get in shape again and be top 3 easily
Great selection of the Fed. Thanks for posting. I only wished he went up to a 97 racket earlier as we would have more of this. This guy was winning slams with a 90 square inch racket. Let's see the others try that. Federer is the personification of precision strike tennis.
Roger's response is very sharp,it has a cutting edge
his backhand is so crisp to watch in 2017.
Love the neo backhand. Wished he had this backhand earlier in his career.
I miss him everyday as well as his opponents. So nice to see Dogolpolov and others again.
Can't stop replaying at 2:59🤩
Me too 😅
Don't care how many slams Djoker gets before he retires. This man was the best.
I agree
Djoker specialized so well at AO and chased titles benefiting his 6 years youth advantage to Fed and counterpunching to chase trophies from 2018-2023 barely ever facing another multi slam competitor outside of a couple occasions with RF& Rafa (outside of clay).
Some say, “Federer is no longer GOAT”?
Yet what do these facts say?
1. 👑 of Wimbledon -Most prestigious 🎾 🏆
2. 👑of US Open -Biggest 🎾 stage (23k+)
3. Consecutive 237 weeks No. 1 (4.5 years)
4. 90%+ won 4.9 seasons (Big 3 high 95.3%)
5. Record of 14 slams in 6 years
6. Most matches and tournaments in Big 3
7. Greatest positive impact on 🎾
8. Overcame initial great losing H2H trends: Nadal (RN led on clay 14/16 as RF led on grass 3/4; RN won first 9/15 in 2005-‘13 on their most competitive hard c. then RF won last 5/5 or last 6/7 all courts so ended with 14-10 non-clay H2H, just 4 wins shy of overall tie), Murray (AM won first 6/8 in 2006-‘09, then RF won last 12/17 especially 5/5 H2H in ‘15), Agassi (AA won 3 in ‘98-‘02, then RF won 11), Hewitt (LH won 7/9 in ‘99-‘03, then RF won 16/18), Nalbandian (DN won 6/6 in ‘98-mid ‘03, then Fed won 11/13),
P.S. for Novak fans on Fedjokovic H2H: 👏 to ND earning most total wins playing +10 than the Fedal 40 matches-chasing titles by any legal means in rivalry to tie H2H after 10 years, even edged RF at 1 slam F & 2 slam SFs overcoming match points-if RF won any 2 of these 3 matches, the 15-year H2H ties. Especially 👏 winning the ‘19 slam marathon final of 5 hours edging RF in the 5th set tiebreaker 13-12 (3), when 6 years younger than his 37.9 years-old opponent outperforming + points & + games.
In the Big 3, Fed was pioneer raising 🎾’s level highest with a continuous 4.5 years no. 1, Rafa the most passionate topspin competitor, and Nole the most trophy-persistent Big 3 closer.
Sim, Federer é o tênis autêntico, original. Obrigado por nos devolver esse esporte lindo e maravilhoso. Gratidão!
Most impressive fact about all those grand slams is that Federer achieved them without a single grunt
nadie como RF, aunque duela, nadie, the best of the best, always, no solo tenis, its clase, magia, talent, maestría, elegancia, en resumen, Federer es Tenis.
Just think if Federer's opponents did their homework they'd realize there's only 200+ different types of shot to worry about.
Wow 🤩
Did you see that !😮
Beauty in motion .❤
1:25 I dunno if this is normal, but there were sparks at the point of contact
Yes true .what a catch by your eyes..Roger can do anything to be honest...can this really happen? 😂
It could be just the light reflecting off his racket.
Its actually insane how early fed takes the ball. Insane anticipation
Best player,ever.
Federer was not of this world!!! No human can never play,strike the ball like him. We never going too see a tennis player like him. Not even Nole,Rafa,Carlos can play like this. Federer was ones in a lifetime. 🥇🎾For eternity.
That delpotro match return on the backhand was awesome. However there was another backhand winner a few games later which was hit with even more pace. Not featured in this video
Roger had the greatest backhand this game has ever seen.
The backhand says it all 🎉
Me encanta él momento cuando Roger ya sabe por donde viene la 🥎 y se inclina para poner él tiro donde carajo se le antoje. Es muy placentero verlo jugar.
Genio total👍🏻😃
The only regret I have when watching this video is that I wasn't there to hear the ball whizzing by the opponents. My G-d, man. He almost took the covers off some of those.
I have a question : Would Roger have won more if his backhand was 2- handed ? Just a stat, the top 10 ATP tennis rankers are ALL 2-HANDED !!!! ( CORRECT ME IS I AM MISTAKEN)
Would Roger be more entertaining with a 2 hand backhand is the more important question. The answer is no, his 1 hander is beautiful to watch
Of course he would have won more. The reason why Nadal always used to beat him was because of his weak backhand which is ready to be exploited by a lefty player who is also one of the greats. When he fixed his backhand with a larger racket their head to head was 6-1 in Roger's favour.
@msaw504 ....yeah but you are both right, and i am not wrong when I say the Goat of tennis won 24 GS, and is a 2 handed player, the second of all times is another 2-handed player ( Nadal) then comes Roger 3rd with 20 GS. Sinner and Alcaras the future of tennis is are both 2-handed.....entertainment is a personal opinion. Reality is Djokovic has 24 twenty four GS , very entertaining, just not as cute or maybe classy as Roger, but that's just an .....opinion.
24 !
@@tematennis ... i don't agree, Alcaras is a very entertaining player at only 20 years old, ...2 handed player ....
He retired with more GS titles than anyone in history. Won more matches and titles than anyone in history except for 1 man. So I think the 1 hander worked fine for him. The question of winning more titles has too many variables. If Nadal was right handed Federer would probably have 3-5 French open titles. If. Federer played during the 90’s when the courts were faster than he probably would have another 25-30 titles. Who knows?
3:26 I want this exact silhouette in this exact frame on a shoe like MJ.
again, great video and shot selection mate (Y)
아름다운 학이 움직이는 것 같은 움직임. What a shot !!! Come on Roger !!!
I consider most of the current top 10 just counter punchers (Alcarez maybe the outlier) who don’t really look like they’re trying to hit winners…just trying to keep the ball in play by hitting it directly back. It felt like Roger was always going for the winners. WHat style of play would you call that?
3:03 Larga vida a Su Majestad👑
If you watched the 2019 atp finals match between djokovic and federer, you could never call novak the goat. He got spanked like a misbehaving toddler in a Dickens novel
Hai detto bene amico 🏆🏆
Roger has ability to play at higher level than Novak , but at crucial moments in grandslams Novak showed better nerves.
Just think in about 20 years we'll probably have the technology to fix knee problems for good. If only that was now! This guy was the best.
"Was it that quick?". Ha, good one.
question : is neo federer and especially neo backhand about taking the ball even earlier, in order to have that extra-speed without necessarily hitting it harder ?
He took it earlier which implies many times could get more pace from opponent shot
Poor goffin
lol 👌
He has a target on him 😂
@@Thebtfgame how federer allowed goffin to beat him in the SF of the WTF 2017 will forever b heartbreaking... especially after he duffed him up in the first set. then he became an amateur in the next 2 sets sadly. that was the year he SHOULD hav won the WTF.
4:36 dice tutto con quello sguardo !
3.08 is the image of poetry, power in motion. Amazing
debate the goat all you want, but if you find a genie and wish for tennis super powers, this is what you get.
How comfortable to watch this!!!
Felt like 3 minutes!!!
Watching again, August '24.
I got the feeling on some of those that I just wanted to shout, "Oley".
2:35 what a smooth backhand!👍
Whatever anyone say, Djoker n nadal never had these shots, its only Federer who brought tennis to new heights.
"OK, they want to play slam-bang tennis in hopes of getting rid of me. That's not my kind of game, but if that is what they want, I will give it to them...and more."
Well-said!
THE GOAT!!!
Neo Federer is a interesting nickname 😁👍🏾
People were trying to survive federer by playing him around his backhand ... then this happened lol
WHAT WAS THAT RETURN
Goat thigs...
a lot of times his opponents haven't even MOVE on his return.. they literally were frozen.. and I don't mean the lower rank players. He was doing these even late in his career when he was playing 20's year old.
The most talented along with greatest court awareness and where he lacked was his mental strength and physical strength especially against nadal and later on djokovic
I'd argue with the physical bit. He was one of the fittest guys on tour, despite his 'deceiving' looks.
Mental strentghts, that's a fair point - that's where he fell a tad short compared to Rafa or Novak.
Once he had that mono he was never physically fully fit....It does not allow you to go full throttle....I would guess he missed many slams due to this mono thing (8-10 slams)....Look what happened to Robin soderling
is there spark fire was hit out at 1:26😱😱
I watched it in slower motion, if you watch closely it’s actually just the light reflecting of his racket.
Immenso !
Did he really beat Medvedev 6-1 6-0? 😮
Nope! Ended 6-1 6-2
Can anyone explain why was it called Neo? Thanks!
After his second knee injury in 2016, RF retired for recover, trained and trained and secretly rebuilt his game entirely: his footwork changed, his hands positions changed, and most of all his backhand completely changed, stepping in the court more aggressively and hitting the ball much higher and faster, as a result and you can see the difference (when he plays Nadal with that green shirt) his backhand was unstoppable, he destroyed everyone and won 2 majors slams in 2017, Australia Open and Wimbledon, making this one of the most unbelievable returns after injury in the history of tennis. No one could believe it but Roger Federer Did it.
The first return is Federer in prime mode
I still never got why Federer used this backhand to great effect in 2017 and 18 then stopped using it completely after that.
What does neo mean
New
Гений тенниса!
God, how I miss FEDERER 🥹
8:08 33 lol
Our grand daddy from Switserland is the best ever.
Que increíble..!
Poor Goffin...
Man can't catch a break
I wish the neo-Federer backhand came 10 years ago.
Who misses him in 2024?
I missed fed since 2019 uptill now. Cudn't enjoy others game. Now days where is that magical game.
Federer is the GOAT. Novak destroyed tennis
backhand sidespin
How can anybody say Federer wasn't the best to watch, ever? Djokovic and Nadal has more Grand Slams but were they really better than Federer? Until players start using one handed backhands you're not going to see another Federer.
Federer was more of an all rounder and also had class and no controversy. A fan favourite for sure.
I doubt that even his haters would say he wasn't the best to watch. He still has one of the best stats along with having the best looking game. Sadly, with the state of the courts/balls the one handed backhanders will be significantly disadvantaged.
Poor Goffin:)
IGa tries to do the same , not to play with the other But just Attack Attack and Attack !
Poor Goffin
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he doesn't swing that hard at the ball. all timing and weight moving through the ball. obviously a lot of racquet head speed.
How can Djoko be the GOAT after all? Impossible…
Because he has every major record in tennis, there's no debate to that.
Can be better in “numbers”… Roger was older… but no doubt who is the greatest… Roger defines what tennis is about
Because of 40-15 sadly. 😢
@@josequintero8615 there's a lot to debate about.
If you ask me the question literally "who's the greatest tennis player ever" the answer can never be Djokovic, his amazing consistency brought him to be the most successful player ever, but Federer and Nadal's peak are absolutely untouchable, if anyone else played them at their peak performance they would just get destroyed, Djokovic included (which happened many time by the way, so it's not an hypothesis, it's a fact).
To further validate this point, Federer was leading Djokovic in H2H until Fed was 32, meaning Djokovic couldn't handle prime Federer at all, he did manage to win more in Fed's later years because Fed's game, although still brilliant, lost the consistency needed to beat Djokovic's "no-errors" type of tennis.
Records don't define how good you were on your peak performance, you can root for Djokovic, he's obviously a legend of the game, but he couldn't have played in 2008 Wimbledon Final.
@@luigimanzelli3786 I think Djokovic at his best is slightly better than Nadal at his best in Hard and Grass Courts but Roger is better than both at his best. In clay at their best it's Nadal>Djokovic>Roger
His left arm looks like a female child 😅
Federer was still playing second or third fiddle to Novak. He had nothing on the GOAT Novak.
100% true for Slams, esp losing matches after match points in hand. Fed did beat him in 2019 at the WTF though.
Federer lead their H2H before he turned 34!!!
@@GholamFareed sure when Nole was young and hadn't developed yet. Once he matured, he became unstoppable.
@@user-ni8rl6pf4q really is that why Federer beat him in 2011 on his weakest surface clay during the French ending his 42 game winning streak, you know the same year evan a prime Nadal couldn't beat Novak on clay!!!
Federer also beat him during the 2012 Wimbledon semis when Novak was number 1 for a while!!!
Federer also totally outlayed Novak during the 2019 Wimbledon final at the ripe old age of 38 scoring more winners, breaks of serves & dominated the overall stats!!!
@@GholamFareed Novak had a bad day at the French. But he also had by far the longest win streak of all time, more than Federer has ever been able to amass, so that's a great point.
Also, who won that 2019 Wimbledon match? Winners and whatever else don't matter, the only thing that matters is who walks away with the win that it was Novak yet again. He completely dethroned Roger who was supposedly the king of grass and showed that he was better than Roger even on Roger's best surface.
fed had lots of success with B players and B tournaments..He only won 33% of his GS matches agaisnt nadal and Djoki that is failure. 50% of his titles were on the 250/500 circuit... He couldn't even beat nadal once at french!! Lossed to Djoki 3 times in a row at wimbledonm finals on his supposed best surface!! Fed was weak mentally, weak backhand..only thing he dominated was being puppet for the over marketing of selling watches and runnng shoes..He just wasn;t a very smart player u see it he never evolved his sqaush game, didn't think when he played thought the pagenatry crowd would cheer him through!!
I wish I had one fiftieth the talent of Fed!
Pederer very good, he might be 5th best on history, but he isn,'t