pretty ironic, because it is widely regarded as the weakest era in history by FAR.

@@-theislander-5888 haha. So by weak you mean an era in which the same three players don’t win every major? How very exciting.

@@rzadigi exiting isn’t the same as high level. so, yes, that‘s precisely what i am saying. btw, if you don’t get exited by the tennis the big three produce, please stay away from the sport, you might want to see a doctor.

@@-theislander-5888 haha chill out brahh

@@-theislander-5888 Well, this safin beat a really good federer prior to reach this final. His level this tournament was super good. Years like 2012 are obviously the peak of tennis where all the big 3 are competitive, but I would not say that this year was weak especially because of the quality match played at the SF. I would probably say the level Safin showed here was more than anyone did in 2021.

RossBayCult exactly

Another russian Medvedev 2021 😀

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The opposite of Djokovic. Marat is a legend!

My favourite player between Samprass-Agassi and Big 3 era.

Like KGB

Djokovic

Margarita Stoyanova Idk, Radek Stepanek isn’t half bad.

trueeeeee

Yes, so true :(

Safin my fave player ever😟😢😢

James Schultz 🤙

Why he left tennis ??

I am Russian, rooting for Safin. But what you wrote adds respect to his opponent. Worthy of respect

@@anatolymartynov7071 No doubt, Safin was an amazing player when he had the right mind set

What Hewitt did in his career while not being 6'5 like everyone else is astonishing

Do you even realise tennis is at its peak right now?

Jens Clarberg no its not

@@nddavi58 How isnt it? Three best players of all time are current 1, 2 and 3.

The technology, court speed and money is different now. You cant compare different eras. I prefer 80s 90s and the first half of 00s. After that, The players became robots.

We're watching the highest level of Tennis from 2007 onwards till now. I don't like how they've slowed down hard courts or even Wimbledon but there's no denying that the level of Tennis has risen considerably with the beginning of Fedal rivalry and later with Novak's entry in the top.

Milan Suleic this was noles first slam though

And 6 time champion also.

9 times

Someone pointed out, he beat the former number one (Hewitt), the current number one at the time (Federer), and the future number one (Djokovic)

Pretty sure he beat 8 time champ in 2004

well fed picked up 3/4 GS in 2004 so the big3 era had already started by then

No big three. Only nadal in the French and roger in everything else. y’all casuals lol

There is no big3 era. Fed is before the other two. And especially beofe a djokovic.

@@innosanto There is a big 3 era : domination of Nadal, Djokovic, Federer. You can't just ignore Djokovic and Nadal as if they were Tomic.

Big 3 era started in 2008, before that Federer had no challenge on Hard court/grass this is the only one he didn't won , and Nadal had no opponents on clay, except Soderling and Djokovic nobody really came close to this day...

Safin was just to big of a server and with good all arount game. Not to say he beat Fed on semis so he was on a roll. Hewitt chances were slim.

Safin was at the top of his game certainly and it still took a long, extremely hard fought match to beat Roger, so he certainly deserved to win that slam.

Deep

wow, that's profound!

Yes. Saw that match live. He's on a different level after that game

Stfu

@@fredettaboutit Daniela is right a-hole

There are still great players now : Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Del Potro, Tsitsipas etc.

@@gus4281 :)) I prefer that era. sry not sry. 🤷‍♀️

@@emperoriithepenguin8608 Federer is part of the same era. :)

At the end he became loose and confident and showed his best, which is top 3 of all time for me.

How does djokovic not come to mind for best 2 hander. Then nalbandian, then safin, then maybe nadal or Zverev

@@anandviswanathan5369 Yeah no, Djokovic's brilliance comes from being extremely well rounded. Just because he is arguably the best alongside Fed and Nadal, does not mean his backhand is the best. You cld do a compilation of their backhands and Safin will come out on top. And Nadal? Again nope. Djoko and Fed have a better BH than Nadal.

@@Irfan87 Fed does not have better BH than rafa if we look through overall career.Peak rafa BH >2017 NEO BH

Irfan Khalis well said

@@anandviswanathan5369 The best two hander cross court was Agassi. After that, Safin had the most pop on the backhand I ever saw; it sounded like a forehand, and his down the line was the amazing. After that, I would say Nalbandian for his all around shot making with it.

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It was still a hard fought game

Hewitt didn’t take chances and was too predictable.

Cilic, Krajicek, Rafter did the same thing in their primes

Yes tougher in the Ausi outback I saw what the crowd did when Fed struggled to close off semi finals

No physical excuse for sportsman. Tennis is an individual sport. Nadal, Djokovic are playing in mid 30s. Roger is in 40s

yeah... I still believe in Wawrinka taking at least one more, but he's already in those 6. Maybe Wimbledon this year to complete his career grand slam? :)

@@geuros Wawrinka is not the same after surgery.

Excuse me, Maestro's punching bag was called Roddick. For your information, Hewitt was world No.1, winning GS and WTF while Maestro was still throwing racquets and tantrums.

Yeah I don’t know what this guy is saying dude. Roddick only won 3/24 matches against fed where as Hewitt won a third of his matches against fed (9-18 head to head). Hewitt is literally one of the players that should not be called a punching bag for fed as he holds one of the best head to head ratios other than djokovic, nadal, and Murray.

@@Olgod2004 7 of Hewitt’s 9 wins came in the early days before Federer hit his stride and started dominating. From 2004 onwards Federer was 16-2 against Hewitt, including FIFTEEN straight between 2004 and 2010. So it’s fair to say that during Federer’s peak years his domination of Hewitt and Roddick was about the same. In fact, Roddick gave Federer more tough battles than Hewitt during those years (like the 2009 Wimbledon final, which Roddick could have - and perhaps should have - won)

@@mashencia1 right. he lost the last two matches cause he was past his prime. There is always a reason genius.

@@mindrover777roddick is the same age as Federer, so roddick was also past his prime genius

Медведев играет сейчас почти так же

@@rik-88 yeah.... That's right.... Copy that..... Nearly similarly to him....

Yeah.... Me too.... He has a great and unique style.....

I think Nalbandian was the greatest talent (waste of) I’ve ever seen.

@@moheganson I totally agree.

That backhand was just so clean and legendary. I tried copying it in my day. It could catch you out at any time the most beautiful backhand

@@rs_no.9 I fully agree. Safin and Nalbandian, the two most perfect backhands of all time, by very far

@@johnoneill7947 You obviously didn't watch the match live. It was a classic.

He wasnt the favourite.He played 2 back to back 5 setters.

@@aleksamilosevic8792 Yeh he was

Mark Edmundson the last aussie man to win - Pat Cash lost 2 finals from memory

Who was strong favorite??? Safin eliminated Federer who used to win everything at his peak

I didnt like lleyton much when he was coming up but i now appreciate what a top player he was .. he went for everything and never gave up .. he made them work for every point.

Lleyton actually had the better of Roger in the early years when they were playing, and actually beat Roger in a tournament in around 2014 (3-set match) a year or so before he retired. Rusty was a top competitor; great spirit.

felipe pizarro может, когда ты разогреешься, начнешь писать коменты на английском?

@@kooolmggl Marat always begins slow and erratic, but when he get in training was an imparable machine.

федерер в 2005 году взял два тбш,а сафин и надаль по одному тбш,так что тот 2005 год за федерером

@@MasculineR Чуть больше холоднокровия Марату, он был бы стабильней и выносил бы нахуй этого Федерера.

@@user-tr6rg2wg4w у меня другие асоциации с твоим мнением по поводу сафина,тоже самое можно сказать про федерера в матчах на тбш против джоковича ,когда федерер часто имеет по два матч бола и в итоге сливает игры сербу,побольше бы наверно менталки федереру,хотя у него с етим думаю впорядке,наверно побольше удачи и консентрации при матч болах с джоковичем,и сейчас у федерера было бы на 4 или 6 тбш больше чем есть,а сафин имей бы хладнокровие врядли достиг бы уровня хотябы агасси,у сафина еще много других факторов которые нужно качать,а он решил остаться на том уровне который мы видели в его карьере,и таких было много,они решили не жертвовать все свое время на теннис,цели у всех там разные,вот пример федерера надаля и джоковича показывает какие результаты будут когда ты посвящаешь почти все время теннису

Exactly man! I totally agree with you

@JorgitoYokiro No, physically Kyrgios can't remain in top shape for entire slam either.

The retired Pete Sampras you mean. Sampras stopped training at 28 years old and wanted to quit. But was too sun age wise so. He played another 2-2.5 years. But he didn't win stuff those 2 years and was losing to many people,since was not training. He then took back his old coach and told him to. Bring him back to fitness for a final run at home. And won the US open at 31yr old and then retired. Sampras stopped training alot before. I think in 1998 or 1999.

Yep. And he's been around for MANY years.

Jed Honrado it’s all these bandwagon Serena fans who’ve watched tennis for a few weeks and act like they know everything that we’re offended

Jed Honrado what are you referring to?

@@nddavi58 Serena Osaka thief liar mother daughter racquet abuse coaching... Hope it's clear xD

and he still plays nowadays. What a legend

Weak era

@@gabrielgrajeda8194 he made it look weak

@@AnandSivaram22 Yes, maybe, his level was brutal.

AnandSivaram22 No they were just weak

no he wasn't

Weak era

@@gabrielgrajeda8194 yeah... Sure....Prime Marat or Nalbandian would kick Djokoshit or Murray 3:0 like nothing

@@tenja42 Is that why murray has more slams than both of them combined xD

Coria was "one-season player", but from RG-2004 to RG-2005 was extremely amazing)

@@aleksamilosevic8792 Murray were grabbed a few GS touraments while one of third great high-age guys were ill, and other two were beating each other. Nowadays is a weak era, three 32+ years old guys hold top-3 for many years. It's not normal.

This was his opportunity

Yet still no Aussie has won an Australian open since 1976.

@@mike04574no way he’s beating the guy who beat fed, who’s been owning Hewitt

Same with Nalbandian