Especially in that tournament

Nadal has only two tournaments in his entire career where his serve was key. This one and USO 2013. In 13 he didn't drop his serve till semifinal which is unheard of for Rafa usually. His serve is below average when compared to the top 25 in the world, but he has every other aspect and he can compensate. But when his serve works, he's very hard to beat if not impossible.

What’s their head to head at the USO? And for that matter in grand slams against each other?

2020 and 2022 French open Semi and Quarter Joker was at the same spot where he was used to be, and kind of familiar place.

@@hyunhosuh9912 jeez just relax guys its not like they're gonna give you a million bucks for standing up for them.

In those specific years, yes. Keep in mind that there are more GS that Djokovic went deep while Nadal was losing earlier than the other way round though.

@@NamTran-xc2ip They played more or less the same amount of matches on clay than on other surfaces.

Novak won a lot in less important matches

Federer Nadal 2005-2009 is the best rivalry ever for me. And 2010 Nadal isn't the best player ever, and it's probably not his best version ever, which is 2013.

Djokovic 2011, never been a better player in the history of tennis.

​@@velekorunoski5997 Federer 2006 is clearly the Best ever, hands down

@@alejandrodiaz9148 Djokovic 2011!!!!

​@@velekorunoski5997 It is not, I suggest you watch Federer's games in those years and check it out.

In 2011, one year later they were suddenly old and off peak Nadal lost 7 finals in a row to Djokovic

@@suanhaupu3057 And in 2010, suddenly Djokovic was too young, not in his prime to face Nadal, hen? It goes both ways

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@@stuewz Both Nadal and Djokovic arguably had their best season at the same age 24, so I'm not sure what you are insinuating. I get that you are a die hard Rafa fan and a Djokovic hater, just don't dismiss other's achievement when in that category they are better than your idol.

@@NamTran-xc2ip It's just a fact. Djokovic was 3rd most of his career in statistics. Nadal was always leading everywhere before they turned old. And talking about circumstances, H2H is also .Djokovic couldn't face Nadal more times in 2010 (only 2x), while Nadal faced Djokovic 6x in 2011. Talking about circumstances, H2H is also.

After he lost his speed and movement, hard courts became impossible for him

2010 US open Final, 2013 US open Final. Both cases Nadal won the cups final against Djoker which were hard court.

2013 Nadal revenge

​@@Laland_1196, 2019 AO Djokovic revenge.

@@Laland_1196 2023 24 vs 22 Grand Slams revange

@@matowest696 it's not revenge kid try something

@@Laland_1196 djokovic with his GS and nr 1 record is enough

Cry bickle rafa won Australia 22 and reached many hard final and hardcourt titles in 2019 etc ..i don't know which sport u are watching

@@Laland_1196yes when novak was injury 2017 2019 usopen and 2022AO 🤣🤣

@@travisbickle5279 not everything runs around Novak kid ..I can say the same to nole titles

@@Laland_1196 yes on clay 100% but not on hard and grass

@@travisbickle5279 if Nadal played like he did in 2013 he can defeat him in hard also ..nole is not unbeatable

2010 was relatively weak amid that golden period in tennis yes, but you play who’s in front of you and everyone’s benefited from that type of year at some point. 08 absolutely not and you’re doing Novak a total disservice calling his 08 version weak. I seriously think a lot of your own fanbase sleeps on 07/08 Novak tremendously, he only went through a bit of a rough patch most of 09/10 but the dude was legitimately prodigal in his age 20 and 21 seasons in 07 and 08. The only reason those years get downplayed among early aged greats is bc his contemporary Nadal was an even quicker starter early in his career by comparison. 08 literally has one of his most clean, dominant AO wins of all time among the 10 titles and that year start to finish aside from Wimbledon, he was legitimately awesome w the M1000 wins in Indian wells and Rome (great clay season overall where he played that amazing Hamburg match with Rafa and was already showing he’d become Nadal’s toughest challenge on clay) and then topped it off w his 1st YEC win. The years had their ups and downs ofc and he hadn’t quite found the balance in his game the way he would 2011 on, but for the standards of players at that age, 07/08 Novak was excellent by any metric.

@@slightlybiasedrafaelnadalfan sorry but that 20-21 years old immature djokovic who was not even close to his prime won much more big titles then prime federer 2008 and was the same like federer in the worldranking 2008 AND 2010 one of novak weakest year in his career( like nadal 2015) Was better by grandslam from RG 2010 UNTIL US OPEN 2010 then federer , shows actually how weak the years was 2008 and 2010 when nadal dominate thee tour... Sorry history books dont lies only fedal fans lies, i mean everybody who doesnt see that life in the moon. But after novak break all the tennis records i think the most fedal fans are excused when it comes to reality

@@travisbickle5279 And I never said he was in his prime (most that age aren’t), but discounting him as weak in 07 and 08 is completely disingenuous. Just bc you’re not in your prime doesn’t mean he didn’t play incredibly well those AO 08 and Miami/Montreal 07 runs or during matches like Hamburg and Beijing Olympics semis. From a consistency and maturity standpoint yes, he was not there yet but step back and compare him as a number 3 in those 2 years to other number 3s throughout the course of tennis history and he stands up against most of them. You make it seem like him keeping pace with Federer in 08 is an indictment on Federer being some fraud and I would argue if anything, that shows how worthy an adversary djokovic still was in those years because it’s Roger freaking Federer he was keeping pace with in a year his major results were SF F F W and still racked up 66 wins and won at a >80% clip on the year.