Those backhands Federer started hitting at the 2-3 game in the 2nd are so ridiculously good I've woken up my cat twice from gasping. , and that tweeter Delpo hit at the end of the 2nd is crazy, that should be on every highlight real. insane level by both

Imagine if, for some crazy reason, Federer highlights never existed…. tennis would become so boring lol. Watching these Federer highlights keeps me and many others sane in this world full of boring baseliners and pushers. Thank you for the continued videos!

2017 was the comeback year and what a year that was for beautiful tennis. It was the year Fed perfected his game. The backhand was the last piece of the puzzle. Forehand, Serve, Volleys, Overheads and now Backhands, all weapons at his disposal. One could make the case that his game was better then than in his prime. Or that he had two primes, his lengthy younger years and now his later years, i.e. 2017-18. I remember this match and like many in 2017, most opponents stayed away from his backhand and attacked his forehand fearing his Indian Wells performance where Nadal kept feeding high backhands only to have them blow by Nadal's forehand. Players learned not to let Fed get into a backhand groove. And so instead of a complete destruction, you get a somewhat competitive and predictable victory for Fed. Thanks for the video.

The FedPotro rivalry is underrated. This was a really good win for Roger.

Thank you RAz for all these Federer videos ,for ever in our hearts ♥ #RFforEver #Delpo

As always , fantastic video Raz! Thank you so much for playing such a role in maintaining the GOAT's legacy.

Federer's level mid way through the second set really took off! He was so alert here and the decision making was on point. Del po has been a little bit of a bogey man for us over the years with wins over RF at the US 09, BASEL 13 AND IW 18 finals but this was a sweet win followed by BASEL 17.

Two forehand masters

Those 3 drops shots of Federer are mesmerizing !

Amazing how well Delpo moved for such a big guy.

Thanks Raz for keeping these GOAT gems coming! 🙂They're all highly appreciated 🔥👌🏼

Simply two of the cleanest hitters ever. Federer with precision, Delpo with power. straight out of the middle of the strings every time. Those rallies were just breathtaking quality with every shot

Sir Roger federer golden legend in universal love you so much ❤❤❤

Great to see Del Potro playing so well, though as others have said, Roger started badly, and he looked stressed. Love to see the comment that always appears from Bukhtiar Shah, we all love him for ever!

Thank you Raz for posting these Federer videos 🙏🙏👍👍

Thanks for this video. I wanted to see this match again.

This match is so underatted ! So much incredible points👌👌. Thanks for sharing us this match !

The revenge of the 2017 us open match!

Tennis was so amazing this year

We all know Federer's genius and greatness. But Del Potro is a legend as well... How great it was to see Delpo on court, lots of charisma, great shots, competition, grit and that wonderful hammer of a forehand. Interesting because if you look only at his height, he could have just been a servebot or something like that. But no, he had a very interesting style of play, very entertaining to watch. Though with a sad ending and lots of injuries throughout, what a wonderful story...

At 2:18 you see how confident Fed was with his backhand, heavy and deep. Wow the neo-backhand of 2017 was 🔥🔥🔥

Miss both of them. Class and skills are amazing.

This backhand-slice, torpedo forehand game is very entertaining to watch, much more so than the topspin grindfests we see today, even if the points are shorter. I miss Fed and del Potro.

I can’t see this videos without cry, I miss them a lot. They were my childhood heroes 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Beatiful video, heartfelt and hard-fought mach! At the end, the master of masters always wins! #iloveRoger❤❤❤

The good old days

2:08 that signature slice of him was just beautiful!

Thanks Raz. I planned not to think of this game as Delpo is always a tough one for Fed and I remember breathing a sign of relief at the end of the match.😄 If Delpo stayed healthy, he would had been the one that made up the big 4.

Great to watch two top players.

As a Delpo fan I always loved these matches. You could always tell when Delpo was feeling it because he could limit the effectiveness of the Federer slice to his backhand, which made Federer have to hit to the Delpo forehand which was when the magic could happen.

A thriller of attacking shotmaking tennis! Fed is just pure poetry there

No roger no tennis

I was in the stands that night and I cheered loudly for RF through out. Any chance I could get the video of the complete match? There's a good chance I might catch my own cheers.

Love these channels that keep Roger's highlights coming. Now that he's retired, this is what I'd rather watch than some Dopovic crap. Ok , the new gen Sinner, Alcaraz, Rune, Rudd are good but nobody will have Roger's artistry!

Their match at basel after this tournament was damn good too

It's just incredible how he's able to play against the best with basically a one hand and three years of not playing , Not to mention earlier that year he had many knee surgeries including the match before Roger against troicki yet Delpo still nanages to put up a fight

Epic!!!

A true clash of the titans! Del Potro, a really good player; I recognize Roger as a top class, even though they both could have won the match. Have a good evening.

Hi Raz, Do you think you can upload the match Federer vs Del Potro Basel 2017? 😃

Sometimes it seems like Federer didn't learn that much of the 2009 USO final. He just keeps on looking for the Delpo FH. He was kind of lucky Delpo ran out of gas in the 3rd set and his footwork was getting more sloppy.

這場比賽我在現場（至今唯一的一次現場看ROGER比賽），門票價格760￥，記憶猶新

When healthy, Del Potro was always able to keep Roger under control with his big and timely serving, and his overpowering forehand winners! Roger held the career 18-7 advantage, winning the first 6 times they played. They were 5-5 against each other the last 10 matches! These 2 played a few legendary and intense matches against each other! Their best battles were '09 FO, '09 USO, '12 Dubai, '12 FO, '12 Olympics, '12 Basel, '12 ATPF, '13 Basel, '13 Paris, '13ATPF, '17 Basel, and '18IW! All of the above(plus this match)were big league tennis! The '12 Olympic match and '18 Indian Wells were my two favorites! Delpo just always had the ability to keep Roger off-balance and frustrated. Now, their both done! Ouch!

Can u do US Open 2017

Delpo and Roger always had great battles. But the thing that really annoyed the great swiss was the fact that the crowd rooted for Delpo mostly. This he found unnacceptable and if you rewatch the matches In close detail you will see how upset he could be. One clear example is Indian Wells final 2017, but there are many others.

Just a little bit of context: Del Potro was just slowly starting to hit his backhand by this time instead of only slicing . He injured his wrist in QF and was placed in a splint. This match was never supposed to happen and Del Potro was very close to giving a walkover to RF.

If someone asks me what 'sublime' means, I'd say, watch Federer and tell me what you see. Respect always along with the sadness for the great and wounded giant, Delpo.

The Gigantic Federer is Forever.♦♦♦👽♦♦♦

Federer Nadal in Shanghai was the best 2 sets match ever player though.

Fantástic player Federer

Delpo was a great player, injuries prevented him from doing more in tennis

🙏🙏👍

The best two forhands in the world

Hard to believe that both Roger and DelPo called it quits due to injuries. No more FH thumping contests to look forward to...

Roger and going to del Potro's forehand - name a more frustrating duo.

You just don't see this anymore

Too sad to think that both are retired now

Federer always had trouble with delpo, and except for Stan, power players in general have beaten him in a lot of big matches.

If I was Federer I would hit to DelPo BH 85% of the time, its such a contrast shot compare to his FH

Most decorated skillful player ever...

Roger legend ❤

Does Del Potro say "don't talk to me" at the net after the game?

Delpo is so hard to play, Federer just put in awkward positions the whole match praying that Delpo doesnt get a clean hit lol.

Hello

though del potro is good at striking slow balls, he is always a threat to federer at fast surface

federer makes a very very difficult game look very easy.

If you give Del Toro an opportunity he will take advantage of it, oh, so much in this match; Captain Federer eventually will dominate.

For Del Potro was easier to play against Federer than Djokovic

If federer had weak era how come in 2007 wimbledon safin who was top 26 seed destroyed djokovic who was top 4 seed then roddick destroyed djokovic who was the 2008 defending ao champ in 2009 ao grand slam, roddick again destroyed both nadal and djokovic in 2008 atp dubai to win the title and safin and roddick barely beats federer and youre making excuse that djokovic wasnt in his peak whein in 2007 he reach the us open finals 2008 us semi finals won the 2008 ao grand slam title 2009 us open semi finals 2010 us open finals 2010 wimbledon semi finals so he was already playing at a high level and 21-23 age was good prime age for tennis player nadal and federer already won many grand slam at this age so you cant make an excuse that he was young at that age And federer competed with best version of nadal that was lightning fast flying all over the court and can return any type of shot even rogers best shot since 2005-2010 nadal even won ao slam and 2 wimbledon slam and was a 9x grand slam champion during that span and federer has faced that best version of nadal and federer beats him, nadal wasnt even good in 2012 he started to became injury prone and he even lost against low seed players in wimbledon since 2012-2017 nowhere near his best version, you wanna say they are not in their peak because they were losing to federer and if your you remove federer from 2003-2009 for sure those clowns will win and you will consider them in their peak lol it wasnt federers fault he was way ahead of them when federer was still at his peak its not federers problem they couldnt beat him and they end up looking weak Then all of a sudden djoko was in his peak in 2011 when fed was age 30 out of prime and nadal became injury prone lol djokovic the true weak era champ, He just started winning when fed was 30+ and nadal became injury prone, he usually lose to nadal and federer until fed got older and nadal became injury prone and in fact most of djokovic slam wins in 2011 was when fed was 30+ old out of prime and nadal became injury prone and the new gen weak era that even grandpa federer was able to beat Even hewitt a 2x grand slam champion and 8x grand slam champion great legend agassi 33+ age in 2003-2005 was a good competition for federer but you will still consider him a weak era But when djoko was the one competing against 33 34 38 age federer in 2014 2015 2019 wimbledon then you will consider him having a stronger era lol Plus federer destroyed the best competition of djokovic that you've mention federer destroyed murray in 2008 us open finals then 31 age old out of prime federer again destroyed 25 age murray in the 2012 wimbledon finals, 31 age old out of prime federer also destroyed 25 age prime djokovic in 2012 wimbledon semi finals, federer can win and dominate in his prime era and he can also win and still dominate out of his prime in different era, federer won and dominated in different era beating the best top players from different era while him being in his prime or out of his prime thats why he is clearly the tennis goat!

If djokovic was goat how come he couldnt keep up with nadal and federer in 2007-2010? He was almost the same age of nadal and nadal won many grand slam already at that age, the truth is he just really couldnt dominate nadal and federer when they are still at their best and waited for them to become older and injury prone in 2011 federer was 30 age out of prime and nadal became bulky and injury prone and would end up losing against low rank seed opponent in wimbledon since 2012-2017 while he went to 2006 and 2007 wimbledon finals and won it in 2008 and 2010 in rogers era, then djokovic started sniffing enhancers taking pill enhancers drinking his magic milk shake enhacers to gain an advantage against these 2 past prime and injury prone players this is just a proof that novak will never be the goat he had never dominated nadal and federer at their best and had just a cake walk in a weak era Even federer 30 age out of prime beat best version of novak in 2011 rolland garros grand slam semi finals then the following year in wimbledon 2012 the much older federer beat the prime peak djokovic in 2012 wimbledon grand slam semi finals to win the title, this is just a proof that federer was way better and was clearly the true tennis goat, he just really got older and became injury prone and his cat like reflexes was never the same, federer went to different era and dominated and won many grand slam while beating the best top players in different era at their best! Djokovic has been in rogers prime since 2007 2008 2009 and 2010 and he only won 1 slam in federers so called weak era while roger won 4 slams in djokovic so called strong era even when roger was 36+ grandpa out of prime! djokovic only dominated the past prime old version of federer while federer dominated and won against any version of djokovic! Federer clearly the true tennis goat!

Two recently retired guys

And they said federer had weak era lol federer from 2003-2007 literally beats a 2x grand slam champion hewitt and 2x grand slam champion safin roddick 1x grand slam champion and went to wimbledon finals 3x and went to us finals 2x and 8x grand slam great legend champion agassi lol while djokovic beating opponents that wasnt even a grand slam champ lol anderson berettini kyrgios lol these 3 opponents he beats wasnt even a grand slam champ, djokovic the true weak era champ Djokovic in his 30+ age has no competition of young federer and nadal caliber opponents instead his opponent was against weak era opponents where his toughest competition was against grandpa federer who was 36+ age way old out prime lol thats why djokovic had easy cake walk grand slam and achievements djokovic the true weak era champ! While Federer in his 30+ age he has to face young hungry prime top players djokovic nadal and murray but still fed able to beat them and win slams against them! Federer the true tennis goat! Djokovic won only 1 slam in so called weak era of federer While federer won 4 grand slams in so called strong era of djokovic! Federer clearly the true tennis goat!

novak won his 20 slams in 2011 when federer was 30 age out of prime and nadal became injury prone, he only won 1 slam when fed and nadal was at their best, he was 21 22 23 age in 2008-2010 prime age for tennis the same age of federer and nadal that already won many grand slam and fed was in his late prime 27 28 29 and he he still couldnt do sh1t and waited for federer to get older and past his prime and thats when he started winning lol thats why djokovic can never be the goat, he benefited from facing an old out of prime injury prone federer and nadal who was also an injury prone and the new gen weak era thats why he had a cake walk in winning slam, if federer was 25+ age prime in 2011 djokovic will be lucky enough to sneak 1 slam like he did in 2008, djokovic the true weak era champ fed won 2017 ao finals beating the other top notch player nadal and fed won 2017 wimbledon and 2018 ao grand slam again where top players djokovic and nadal has participated, and fed had back injury since 2009 then he had back injury again in 2014 then he had knee surgery in 2016 and he was 6 years way older out of prime than the much younger djokovic and nadal so your djokovic had injury in 2017 dont make sense plus he participated in 2017 ao 2017 wimbledon and 2018 ao grand slam in which federer has won the grand slam title

novak won his 20 slams in 2011 when federer was 30 age out of prime and nadal became injury prone, he only won 1 slam when fed and nadal was their best, he was 21 22 23 age in 2008-2010 prime age for tennis the same age of federer and nadal that already won many grand slam and fed was in his late prime 27 28 29 and he he still couldnt do sh1t and waited for federer to get older and past his prime and thats when he started winning lol thats why djokovic can never be the goat, he benefited from facing an old out of prime injury prone federer and nadal who was also an injury prone and the new gen weak era thats why he had a cake walk in winning slam, if federer was 25+ age prime in 2011 djokovic will be lucky enough to sneak 1 slam like he did in 2008, djokovic the true weak era champ

I remember watching this match & saying to myself in the first set, "Roger's played pretty shitty this whole week & even in this first set, there's no way he wins against Delpo" And woah, he turned into a different beast starting from set2 & remained so in the final against Rafa.