He nearly lost to djoker this tournament,he lost to him at AO and USO 2013 and he got murdered by nadal at RG 17.

On his good day, he can keep up with the greats, but I wouldn't say "untouchable."

Very true. Its hes head

@@aleksamilosevic8792 yeah and he did beat him so whats your point? If stan is on he destroys djokovics defense with his insane power! Of course he cannot do it everytime but when hes in the zone novak has no chance , nobody does

@@lukashelmhart1806 get his duck out

100% agree

​@@rafaundisputedgoat4291😂

Lenny Turner unless if fed was playing

Lenny Turner only Feds prime could stop him, but otherwise no chance for anyone else.

Nadal is 17-3 against Wawrinka. Nadal was injured here. Healthy Nadal destroyed Wawrinka at Roland Garros 2017. So healthy Nadal would have destroyed this Wawrinka.

@@srkucrickk no. Nadal is healthy here...and this Stan is better than the best of rafa in the AO.

This is probably the highest level of tennis in the AO history

I wish the comments would act the same way tho 😕

Agree

He's humble in this moment, but I've seen him act pretty cocky/arrogant too

@@Server16116 let's see the proof/video of Stan being arrogant

Why do u see him as more humble than the big 3?

His 1st ever slam

Sympathetic? Nadal won much more than he deserved.

​@@azazello1784 sympathetic of him being injured

@@azazello1784 Dude, sympathy isn't being about winning or losing, I always remember the gesture Nadal had towards Federer in Ao 2009, I think till this it's one of the most kindest gestures in the history of tennis. Nadal totally supressed his emotions in finally winning his first AO against his great rival, and comforted Roger totally when he was emotional in losing.

@@marshaloga3047 Nadal should have let Federer win. He had no business winning that grand slam.

@markorevan he won't even smile

@@Laland_1196 he has never fallen. Get your facts right little dude. What happened to Nadal? Oh yes got destroyed. Lol

Because he realised that this is nothing special wining few grand slam title.... NOVAK nadal federer will be remembered like biggest champions in tennis history

I hate to say it guys, but bubufubu is correct in this debate. Nothing, I repeat nothing in tennis history indicates that Stan was going to beat a healthy Nadal in this match. Stan was winless against Nadal and had not even taken a set from the Spaniard. In spite of beating Djokovic, which it is documented that Stan's style works well against Djokovic's style, there is nothing that shows that Stan could beat Nadal in a BO5 match. Styles make fights and Stan, even Stanimal 2.0, did not have what it takes to best a healthy Nadal in reasonable form in a BO5. Many people bring up the first set, but how many times have we seen an inspired player take the first set, only for Nadal to find his rhythm and become too strong for the "said player" in the course of a bo5 match. All-out aggressiveness and power can usually not hold against Rafa in BO5, with Soderling being the rare exception. History also shows that in spite of Nadal's struggles in earlier rounds of slams sometimes, he usually brought his best by the time the semifinals and finals roll around. Just ask Federer and Djokovic how difficult it is to beat a locked in Nadal. What we do know is that Stanimal 2.0 had not arrived till 2013- 2014(despite not winning, he had given Djokovic lots of trouble in slams since then). Stan was winless in both matches and sets to Nadal up to that point. Post Stanimal 2.0, Nadal leads 7-3. One loss was ofc AO 14 Final(Nadal injury) and the other two came in 2015---Nadal's worst year of his career---where everybody was beating him and he was just a shadow of his former self. Therefore, as it stands, nothing indicates Stan, even Stanimal 2.0(0-6 vs uninjured and normal Nadal) has what it takes to best an uninjured Nadal in reasonable form in BO3, let alone BO5. Would have Stanimal made this a competitive match? Absolutely. Was he going to beat a healthy Nadal over the course of 5 sets? Likely not. To conclude, if Stanimal was as unstoppable as some of you say he is, how did he lose in such pathetic fashion in RG 17 final? Surely "God Mode Stan" would have at least made things competitive if he was as great as some of you think he is.

Nope. Murray us open 2012

Must be God gifted.

Stan has a losing h2h in slams vs Fed. Stan also has losing h2h in slams vs Nadal. Stan is close vs Djokovic in h2h in slams, but still Djokovic is leading the h2h in slams 5-4 vs stan, and Djokovic has 24 slams to his name.

I'm a Stan the Man fan but Rafa was injured here. Rafa even said he should have skipped this match due to his injuries, but you don't walk out of a GS final so he still showed up. As much as I love Stan, I just can't see him beating an in-form Nadal on hard.

@@yi-juhuang8204 No, nadal was not injured. But nadal wooul probably have beaten stan's ass if they just met on hard court grandslams after 2014.

@@yi-juhuang8204 I mean in 2013. us open 2013 for example. nadal had beaten stan..

@@scottwarren4998 that was novak lmao

Why is he not playing these days?

@@alexanderbobylev2810 currently he's suffering from foot injury, he did play AO 21 but he's nowhere near this level

Fluke

Ass gears Rafa was injured

Indeed, in my opinion, he is the only player who can control the one handed back hand fully, from hitting the ball short to deep and adjusting angles and levels of spin

@@maheshwaran3768 ahhh the he was injured excused of all the time, only when he wins there was no injury

@@pastilla01234 look Back injury was the reason Stan has no chance in hell against rafa Vamos rafa

@@maheshwaran3768 Clearly Wawrinka was dominant all the time. Rafa was not looking injured initially, Wawrinka's game made him injured...and also Nadal has injury problem on every part of body since the beginning of his career so it's nothing new. Don't be a blind follower, you should give respect to opponent's skills also.

Magnus Norman is a good coach. He also turned Robin Söderling into one of the best players on the tour.

Feliciano Ernesto Guevara well Djokovic beat him in 2012 AO final, a match which Nadal admitted to giving it his absolute all and playing his absolute best tennis.

bacardium or simply hit him off the court like 2017 federer

Nadal is 17-3 against Wawrinka. Nadal was injured here. Healthy Nadal destroyed Wawrinka at Roland Garros 2017.

@アンディマレー There is no doubt that Wawrinka wouldn't have beaten a healthy version of Nadal. Nadal was 12-0 against Wawrinka before the final. In the final Nadal had a back injury and couldn't run and move properly.

@アンディマレー No, he was just facing an injured version of Nadal, who had a back injury and couldn't run or move properly. Nadal dominates Wawrinka all his career 17-3 for a reason. Look at how a healthy Nadal destroyed your "Stanimal" at Roland Garros 2017. Same would have happened here, but unfortunately Nadal had a back injury.

Most inconsistent*

I think he just knew he wasn´t the goat, and he just beat someone who potentially is, at least on clay. Had he been few years younger and vying for a goat position would have been different. He knew he was just Stan. A guy who beat Nadal in a GS final and he was quite happy with that without need for additional fanfare.

Any of the Big 3 are unbearable. You're sounding like a real casual saying something like that lol

In the first set he did... Things were just weird from then on.

@@connorism69 what you mean weird.he was better.

@@innosanto Nadal serving at 100mph, was def weird.

@@innosantoWeird in how the last three sets unfolded. In set two, Nadal’s injury flared up, and he could barely move, making it uncompetitive. In set three, Wawrinka started to rally straight back at Nadal instead of making him run, for some reason. Meanwhile, Nadal flattened out his shots out of necessity and strangely took control. And then in set four, Wawrinka broke through, only to immediately give the break back, and then break again.

Rubbish, if that were the case, Nadal would have thrown the match vs Medvedev in 2022, you can see the injury clearly had an effect on his service motion.

its all coz of the good movement , good movement is everything in tennis , look at Stan now , he barely can move

he has a devastating FH against high balls and he has shown them in all his slam wins.

his groundstrokes are 10/10

In his recent win against Ruud, his forehand did all the damage

nadal was injured 😂

​@@mysticnomad89but not Djokovic, so, Stan won the GS fairly. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Kuerten never lost either. He played 3 RG finals and won all 3

Bro he lost the 2017 RG Final..

You're correct the most humble man on the tour.

On certain years Fed has this. Fed used to have great forehand. But then his forehand became a little worse and his backhand much better.

U forgot Djokovic

Kuerten. Had a godlike backhand even though his forehand was good too

+Michael Gills Uncannily, both cases were with an injured Nadal.

No, just tragic. Diseases are funny in your family?

That's probably because he's really injured, and the beholder is a petty Fedfan. ;)

Nadal definitely wasn't injured when he lost to Soderling.

@@davd1986 He was not fully fit either. He skipped wimbledon afterwards. I like the fighting spirit of Rafa. He never blames injury for his loss. Never ever. Always appreciates the opponent.

NY years he was not focused.

"demolished" hahahahaahaha, Nadal is like 15-3 against Wawrinka he still does the same thing against him and wins consistently to this day, Nadal was clearly injured and the highlights only show winners not the UE, this is too stupid.

Feliciano Guevara Ironically, that's when Nadal just gave up the match, he was clearly injured and was hitting his serve 20 mph less than his usual average whicbh was already slow, he was just trying to make the points shorter because he couldn't manage any long rallies.

Gherbi Hicham Lord Fedr is greaterer than Nadal

buddy fidrooze pinning the one hander doesn't even work against federer now

What does "lights me up" mean?

00:54...

Incorrect. Injured Nadal won a set against wawrinka. Wawrinka had no chance had he played "healthy" injury-free Nadal. You are incorrect

@@rohandua6105 lol, Nadal tanked it, he couldn’t bare losing to Wawrinka so had to a fake an injury

@@As-qz5lr great. awesome talking to you about a match that is 8 years old.

@@rohandua6105 yeah, it was a long time ago so it's important to let people less knowledgeable know what happened.

I agree

At his best he might be.

No

The big 3 s prime is much better than his

I think he didnt still reach the prime big 3's level.

Have a look at that thunderous one-handed backhand... Okay. Now, imagine trying to keep that constantly hitting the mark for an entire slam, and against the best of the best who will make you need to play more and more of them. This is why he didn't win more slams. He couldn't keep that one-hander consistently strong and accurate for the entirety of every match throughout a slam. But, his 2 are from when that one-hander was at its peak and he kept it consistent for the entirety of those two slams. And just fyi, Stan's one-hander in this particular tournament is the greatest any one-hander has ever been hit by anyone ever. I don't think anyone will match it for a very long time, if ever. Go watch all the matches. I watched all them live because I watch all the slams 6 courts at a time until the later rounds. Then, it's one at a time, obviously. But yeah, I remember how insane his one-hander was in every match. It kept making me say "Holy shit. That's unstoppable.". And as the rounds went on, he was not starting to miss like he usually did. I knew that if he just kept it up, nobody had a chance and I waa right.

@@TableTennisGalaxyalso his movement is not quite at the level of the big three. Plus his return of serve is so so

can't imagine why not. this was a pretty weak era.

He doesnt have the game at all. He has the game to pop off in a single match when he hits the ball well. Andy Murray is an infinitely better player despite having the same number of grand slams

Jeremie T yes he was unplayable

Stan is yet to dfeat Fed off clay. I dont know what you are talkin about. Its easy to throw words.

Shashank Stan beat Federer at the 2015 French Open in straight sets..

@@jeremiet2739 You understand English? I meant outside clay. They have faced each other more than 15 times off clay. Are you telling me Stan could not bring his peak level in any of those meetings?

Shashank ahh ok, my bad. Yeah Fed has got his number on the other surfaces

Yes. I support this comment. A win is a win you fools.

@the awakened How will your ego stay buoyed after Nadal retires? Why do people think that numbers somehow indicate something? What is it you're trying to prove. You like Nadal: super. Who wouldn't. You can't really like tennis and hate Nadal, or Federer. *sly-grin.

@Diogo Ubirajara Corrêa Jucá 2012 final he had championship points, same for 2017.

@Diogo Ubirajara Corrêa Jucá oh maybe it was in 2012 final then

@@AshutoshKhantwal93 In 2012 he also didn't have championship point.

lol clown :)) what chance did he have in this game wawrinka was way better lol tf stop watching tennis

@@Lockher I didn´t say nothing.

Gano porque Rafa le dolia la espalda

@@Backtothe90s Antes que le doliera la espalda a Rafa, Stan Wawrinka ya le había ganado el 1° er set así que no hay que desmerecer el triunfo de wawrinka.

@@javicar2039 Estás equivocado, Rafa notó el pinzamiento en el calentamiento antes del partido.

@@javicar2039 Wawrinka es 1 paquete

Nadal sano hubiera pasado por encima del suizo. Y lo sabéis.

Of course🤡

He was injured in set 2 trying to cope with Stan's power!

I think rafa wasn’t in his best physically, wawrinka asked him if he is ok

@@Vamo0os no.. Nadal was great physically. But wawrinka felt bad because Nadal. Wants Melbourn trophy as championship.

@@innosanto nadal was injured in the game. he had to have physio come and check out his knee mid game if you missed that. this match was the start of nadal's 2015-2016 period where he could barely play because of his knee. Wawrinka noticed this and asked him if he was alright.

Thanx doctor

@@donblas You should have said: thanx analyst😉 was just reacting to what I was seeing.

@@SHVideografie The implication is that your "analysis" is pure garbage.

Rafa at east took a set. In the previuos match Rafa defeated Federer in straights. If this was whooping ass, what was the semifina then? Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool