Insane racquet head speed!

Not many..it's not like he's been out for 5 or 10 years..

@@Kidgloves1984 2/3 years at his age is way too many .. :(

He will be back and well, don't worry..

Losing H2H vs Nadal and Djokovic. 2 slams behind nadal. Nope.

He is the greatest player to ever play the game but in terms of stats he is now behind the others .. when Alcaraz was asked what would you take from the Big 3s he said that Tennis skills and shot making he would take from Roger and the other things like mental strength, fitness he would take from the other two. That sums it up nicely.

@@jasonclark9731 "H2H". You people just don´t get it do you?

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@@jasonclark9731 he is 6 years older lol

Yeah well now he's GONE!! 😖

Del Potro's Forehand was pretty devastating also.

@@jeffreykaufmann2867 Doesn't even come close to Roger's forehand though. Roger, Pete, Nadal, then maybe Del Potro or Fernando Gonzalez.

GOAT is not defined by talent but by achivements.

@@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960 SO basically Federer achieved nothing? Lol. He held most of the records being chased and broken and Novak and Rafa now. And playing the way that he did it's been a privilege. Cristiano Ronaldo can play for 5 more years and score buckets of goals by parking himself in the box but that still doesn't equal the solo goal scored by Diego Maradona in a WC final. Lol.

@@jenni431 before slam counted to define goat. Now that we know Federer will end up being 3rd in the slam race magically they don't count anymore ahahahha.

@@sin8901 Lol. Those who tell you that Federer was GOAT because of him having more Slams are guys who don't know tennis. Only people who follow the game more than a player will tell you that Federer is the best because of the way he played and not because of all the records he has. Statistically Rafa and Novak will eventually break every record that Federer had and it's certainly not a bad thing. But without a doubt Federer played the best tennis when you consider the vulnerabilities he has with his single hander. Federer's shotmaking ability is unsurpassed. Probably never will be. Federer will be 'one' of the greats though. And for a lot of Federer fans that should be good enough.

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but he was on a lot of them...

@@benparsons4979 you watched this, right?

@@benparsons4979 He does celebrate with clenched fist and "C'mon!" especially on important points but by and large he goes about his business without too much fanfare. He doesn't make his opponents wait, has relatively rare moments of outbursts. IMO he's the fairest player of the big 3 and probably why he's been voted the most times for the sportsmanship awards.

We didn't forget about the real goat that has 22 grand slams

@@sin8901 who?

Same year, just a tournament or so inbetween. It’s quite normal for players to wear the same outfit for a stretch of tournaments

Djokovic was also 40-15 up against Nadal on his own serve in the 4th set of RG 2022 QF but he ended up loosing that game, the set and the match .. so it happens in sports.

Can you? You all sure love to hate. He has 20 gs. He can. He made mistakes like everyone does. Get over yourself.

He's only done it about 500 times, you know.

I think he's enjoying his sunset years. I'm sure he'd love to win something big again, but if he doesn't, that doesn't mean it was a mistake to keep trying and doing what he loves. As he once said, sometimes it's okay to just play and enjoy it. It doesn't always need to be a success story. For now, it still is. As of 2021, he was still winning the majority of his matches and made the second week of two majors. Sure, that won't last much longer, but it's entirely up to him what level of success satisfies him enough to keep going. Others might feel shame for his decline on his behalf, but if he's immune to that sort of nonsense, good for him. As for the next generation: if they can beat him, they've arrived. If not, they haven't and (to me) he should not feel pressed to make room for them. To me, age also doesn't imply some kind of moral duty to let the youngsters take over, at least not in tennis. Nobody truly needs to win ATP tournaments, so you're not depriving anyone of essentials by doing it. I do think the money should be distributed much more evenly, that the playing field needs levelling, but that has nothing to do with age. If we're seriously talking ethics and generational justice, we might as well criticise the fact that tennis and games in general reward skill at all, allowing a handful of players to dominate while the rest go home largely empty-handed. But if that criticism were strictly applied, there would never have been a Federer, Nadal or Djokovic. Their success is not fair and they don't deserve it in some more absolute sense. If we want to be amazed by Slam records, win streaks and the like, we need to accept the premise that tennis is a meritocracy. We then have to conclude that age is irrelevant to its ruleset and moral code: that anyone has the right to try to win any tournament, regardless of when they were born and how long they've been at it. I honestly prefer that. There's enough age-shaming going on in society. The old should never feel forced to hide away, embarrassed of their years.

@@Molybdaenmornell Well, I have to admit, I was never expecting such a comprehensive answer on YT. Nevertheless, rest assured that I was in no way suggesting any kind of age shaming or generational politics 😱 I was simply stating the undeniable fact that RF is objectively old for a professional tennis player. My cheeky comment about being an authority on age was meant to be funny. However, I have been playing tennis since the 70's and am still not bad for an old guy; nevertheless, I too have had to come to grips with the fact that I should have no business winning against an opponent of any talent who is fifteen years younger than me. That has nothing to do with generational politics but basic physiology. To conclude, however much he maintains to be playing for pleasure, no one will enjoy, least of all RF himself, watching him being bullied by guys many years younger than him. (Note match against F. Auger Alliassime in Halle 2021 - 6-4 3-6 2-6). And I don't think that he will have much of a chance nowadays against the likes of Alacaraz or Zverev or even Tsisipas. Just a feeling 🤷‍♀

@@suninmoon4601 Thanks for answering and clarifying your meaning. I agree that confronting one's own age and mortality shouldn't be put off for too long and sometimes worry that I'm inviting myself to be that fool by playing a sport that asks me to fight my physical decline. (Are there any that don't?) I like the idea/cliché of the wiley old fox besting the angry young bull terrier, even though I'm still closer to the latter. To be honest, I'm not sure in how far that image applies to Federer. He's clearly among the smartest players out there but a lot of his success was built on physical fitness. I wonder whether he can find a way to make his superior touch, disguise, decision making and overall experience count even more than it already does against the speed and power of the youngsters. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if he managed to dig up something new there again. I did enjoy the Federer-Aliassime match, or at least the highlights video. He was in there, at least until the final set. What I found more depressing was his one-sided loss to Hurcacz last year.

@@Molybdaenmornell I do understand where you're coming from and share your passion and enthusiasm for the sport. I, too, enjoy a good battle of the generations; however, I've been playing for so long that maybe I've become too emotionally invested in my favorite players. I can hardly watch when one of them is having a bad day or has no chance against an arch rival. For example, although I've got the full six hour recording, I still haven't completely watched the 2019 Wimbledon Final--it's still too painful 🥲 That being said, I do appreciate the against-the-odds thrill of an old champion pulling something special out of the bag one more time before retiring. I'm reminded of Jimmy Connors (Yes, I've been a fan for that long! In fact, I even watched Arthur Ashe beating him back in the day 😆) playing until he was 43 years old. So their is still hope for RF, yet 😁

@@suninmoon4601 The Wimbledon 2019 final - same, more or less. That was a heavy punch in the gut for a Federer fan, the kind of match that makes you question whether all the excitement is even worth it, whether it's even defensible to compete if it can cause that much pain to either side. Spoiler: my answer ended up being 'yes', but my first reaction was to focus on work and avoid tennis for a few days in favour of the quieter pleasures of life. Eventually, I put the Federer fan in me through some exposure therapy by getting into a detached frame of mind and then rewatching and analysing the crucial parts of the match. My conclusion was that its significance is overrated in that it says less about either player than many read into it. The fact that Federer missed an ace on match point by inches proved decisive but says next to nothing about his or Djokovic's qualities as a player. To me, those three 40-15 losses to Djokovic are statistical outliers that happen to count towards the record books.