This goes to show why Djokovic is such a dangerous player. You need to bring your a game and push him around the court to even stand a chance, the moment you take a breather is the moment the game turns around. That mofo has no lungs!!

@@justinchan5649 I thought we were talking about how good the Stan is

@@gcg8187 God, both were absolutely amazing but he is right djokovic push the best players to there limits no one does like novak

Don’t forget that ridiculous backhand. That thing is monstrous.

I found Stan's serve to be most lethal (vs his FH or DH) in this match. Rarely does Djoker get aced like that.

Its ridiculous

He had couple of knee surgeries after that...very sad

Yep spot on. Stan on his day was a force. That backhand was lethal

agree but their Match in Australian Open 2013 Was Better

+MS Weel the best ever Quarter final in history was Roddick vs El Aynaoul AO 2003, 4-6 7-6 4-6 6-4 21-19 was the score in favour of Roddick

+Mosa Aghbaria I agree

Vele Korunoski yeah that was one of the Best Matches in History too

Yeah

Every player has an Achilles heel for Carlos Alvarez it is Sinner, Federer had problems with Patrick Rafter early in his career. For Novak it's Stan

​@@SScott-nr9vl for Federer Novak and nadal

And lost the first set all 3 times !!

He also beat Nadal in one of them....

​@@bodundeasafa8535 Nadal was injured in aus open final 2014

***** He only raises game properly for big players so in the other matches throughout the year he gets beaten very easily in earlier rounds. Shame as still not quite there in terms of consistency, on his day unplayable esp hard court but not really clay/grass.

Black_Eye Really? Monte Carlo title, semis in WTF, quarters in Wimbledon and US, and a Davis cup is bad?

Black_Eye The thing about Stan is, he raises his level to play higher up guys but can suffer shock upsets to lower guys

well he should have beaten federer in the ATP finals but decided to serve volley on all match points . Theres no point just beating the big guys if you cannot win all the smaller events because you lose match sharpness and confidence. Hopefully he will come back with a bang starting in Aussie open because the tournament needs him

Stan won a masters title, made Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time,US Open qfinals and finished year at number 4! Stan did have some ups and downs but he finished the year well he won Davis Cup!

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal *exists*

@@amrithyabalasubramanian6703 ?

@JorgitoYokiro 2011 RG when he was in a 40 something match winstreak and Roger COMPLETELY shut him down

@JorgitoYokiro 1. Djokovic did beat Roger the following year at the French Open. 2. Novak didn't play bad at the French Open 2011, Roger just outplayed him.

JorgitoYokiro “everyone knows that” No, what everyone knows is that Djoker was undefeated the entire 2011 up to that point. When you have a streak like that, your confidence & level don’t just drop out of nowhere for a day.

i went back and checked, what shot that was.. i must have seen it hundreds of times, i still got goosebumps. cant help

the same is completely crazy

Such a great call from the Aussie commentator too

🔥🔥🔥

8:39 to watch the whole rally.

Maybe if we talk about most POWERFUL backhand, but he is not winning a lot because that's simply not enough. He has no idea how to hit a slice backhand, he is awful in defence most of the time. You can't win by attacking ALL THE TIME because he is making a lot of unforced errors. Federer maybe hits less backhand winners but at least his backhand is much more consistent.

Stan certainly has the most powerful one handed backhand in the business and also the most beautiful. I love the way he pushes off on the rear leg and turns completely open. He has it all (forehand, serve, slice, volleys, footwork, consistency, etc) to become Number 1. The one thing that Federer, Nadal and Djokovic has an edge over him is in the "mental" game. He beat the #1 in the semis then and #2 in the finals of 2014 Australian Open. So he definitely has the talent, skills and fire power to beat the best. But for some odd reason, he lost his focus mentally in the 3rd set against an injured Nadal. He let Nadal win the 3rd set and he lost it badly. I couldn't believe it. It's like he checked out completely or something. If it were the other way around where Wawrinka was the injured party, the three top players would have no mercy and put him out of his misery in straight sets. You'll never have that winning match consistency if your mental game falls apart. So I hope he sees that and works on it. One way to work on his mental game is to develop a "killer's" instinct. I've been a Federer fan for a long time and still am; but now, Wawrinka has replaced Roger as my most favorite among all the players. I get bored watching Nadal or Djokovic for some reason. Murray is just another player. I like watching Nishikori but he got beaten badly by Stan. Dimitrov, Berdych they're okay. Raonic has some work to do. The only thing he has is his serve.

Lord Byron In the 2014 Australian Open final, Stan defeated the No. 1 in the quarter-finals, not in the semi-finals...

hopy51 federer's backhand is not consistent at all, just his backhand slice is very good

Daniel Richards Federer's backhand is consistent; just not these days.

Wawrinka's level in this match would destroy Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Zverev etc..

I love Stan game and playing style!

@@jeffreykaufmann2867 Wawrinka beat Med at AO in 2020 and Tsitsipas at RG in 2019 anyways.

​@@Divvy21 Wawrinka was never the same after surgery in 2017

@@arslaanpasha3334 sure, but I said that even post prime wawrinka was able to beat tsitsipas and medvedev in best of 5. He actually almost cracked the top 10 again in 2020, but covid halted his resurgence

true, this one and 2001 Wimbledon between Pete and Roger.

This match between Pete and Roger was a 4th round, not a quarter final

JordanjamesX that’s the worst part

Nadal vs Delpo gotta be up there now

one of the best matches ever. period

He's incredible, he doesn't have the variety of shots of Federer or Nadal, not as many angles and touch shots, but I think that's why he's clutch, he knows he'll go for the big bomb serve and attack anything on the rise he can from the baseline, it's that simple for him, so he just stuck to that and if Djokovic was even a little off, Stan overwhelmed him with consistency and power in some big matches, even after digging himself out of a lot of holes here when it seemed like Novak had the easier service games. Incredible player, would be amazing to see him win one last slam, though perhaps not possible now.

Federer taught him.

cant wait till the US open

@@kambojsbTech lol Cilic win US Open

I welcome you to 2021 , stan has retired with 3 majors , Novak Djokovic has own 19 majors and Roger Federer 20 Majors

Isn’t it satisfying to see him destroy djokovic

Agreed. This and Wimbledon 2014.

No argument really. Phenomenal level throughout

unowen7591 And Fed Djokovic Shanghai 2014.

+Dave Fames well then it was bad

@@unowen7591Djokovic was average in Wimby 2014, choked so it went to 5, he blew a straight set win. Here Djokovic was insane but Stan the man stood his ground

Agree. But I'll give Stan credit for getting out to his FH corner and absolutely ripping that thing on the run so that Djokovic can't just dictate the points however he wanted

RG 2011 would like to have a word with you

@@viksinha5410 best Federer ever at Roland Garros (or clay in general). He only lost to a Nadal who was at his peak in 2010-2011.

@@andreazonin I actually think he should have won that match; he had huge chances in all of the first three sets but only won one of those. And Nadal wasn’t playing his best tennis in that tournament while Roger, like you said, played better than he ever had on clay.

​​@@viksinha5410 I vividly remember that 2011 RG Final... Federer had an easy winner to win the 1st set with Nadal all the way in the corner and instead plays an unnecessary drop shot(exact same thing at IW 18 with delpo) that misses and the rest is history. He played at a very high level in the first 3 sets and arguably could've won them all but time after time he doesn't stay alert at the most critical times. No one has gotten closer in a RG Final than fed in 2011 but Nadal's perseverance was enough to see it through.

@@viksinha5410roger ‘should have could have would have’ Federer 😂😂. Seriously though, he hasnt taken nadal to a 5th there ever

ace next point..

He was even better in 2013 then in RG

YuHeff2BiMad no he wasn't

@@Peanutbutt101 Nah, he didn't win a single Slam in 2013

@@Peanutbutt101 Yeah he was definitely better in 2013 but somehow wasted 6-1,5-2,30-0 lead . But considering Australian open is DJOKOVIC's backyard Stan was the only threat for Djoko this was herculean task to eliminate Djokovic . So I think this performance is more crucial than RG2015!

@@atharvathatte9335 "but somehow wasted 6-1,5-2,30-0 lead". Not the first time someone lost a match from winning positions against Djokovic. Ask Federer, Nadal, Murray etc

this is true Stan won fair and square.

Chocked on wawrinka's gentleman part

For sure this wasn't vintage Djokovic but part (or most) of it was because how brilliant Stan was hitting the ball. He was aggressive and hit the ball so cleanly and Djokovic couldn't handle (or bring his best game). As Stan said himself that when Djokvoic was in beast mode, he would be a much better player but tennis isn't about who's better on paper. Fair game to Stan! Stan won three majors from first three finals - that shows how strong he is mentally! Coming from a Novak's fan

People lose because their opponent played better. Plain and simple.

Yeah Stan had a lot of pressure applied to Djokovic.

thanks. on line soon Wawrinka Vs Nadal

have you seen other coverage? - plenty of good broadcasts in europe as good or better than espn, lol.

yeah i disagree, as a Canadian who is looking for unbiased broadcasts ESPN is one of the worst. If a American player is playing sometimes i can't even watch because it's so blatant their biases. Depends if it's a neutral match then I agree ESPN is fine. I prefer European Broadcasts myself though.

EU: Brilliant! Genius! No WAY! Are you kidding me! --- PURE CRAP !!!

Stan never reached this level at AO wdym lol

could have been delpo as well if it wasn't for the injuries

@@jakehuang3545 Delpo was even better than Stan given that he was consistent on all surfaces and conditions.

In this match though Novak didn't throw the second set, it was more like Wawrinka stepped up his level

Thx; very interesting fact!

@@JohnWick-sh7ml yes, Novak didn't break in 2nd set. Wawrinka broke him

niceeeee

@@JohnWick-sh7ml Tbf so did novak n 2013.

Tress Braga roland garros between them two

The speed and strategic level of this match unachievable by any other two players until this day.

@@JMOY19902 the previous match was better.

Мирим оито ьлдмм

Asan Sultanmuratov​ You're really going to comment in Cyrillic (Russian)? 

Gokubleach09 I actually like Djokovic, I only made that statement about the French Open because it was such a big upset.

+Gokubleach09 at least he won the 2014 ao in the first place. stan denying novak of a career slam (and what would've been a calendar slam) and winning the french in his very first final is kind of a bigger deal

...still hasn't won a french open

Exactly, he must've not seen Federer in his prime especially 2004 - 2007

@@rupertgordonii6623wawrinka and djokovic are a little bit different from hewitt and roddick

@@NamTran-xc2ip true, maybe but that still doesn't change my comment at all

Anticipation

@@jungjay 2015 French open Final!

@@atharvathatte9335'16 & '19 US Open!!

I mean if you're gonna take Rafa out of the picture, then yes.. next in line would be Meddy, Thiem and Federer.

@@nisargbhatt4967 Yes, Rafa wins 11-7 in Grand Slams

​@@AlejandroGarcia-wz1qi How many of those wins were before 2011 and how many were on Roland Garros?

Because hes inconsistent

@@arslaanpasha3334 Not really.....he just lost his mojo

Djokovic defeated himself in this match.

***** Is he ever. Impressive run @ RG.

Yes we all miss him. And he is the man who can defeat djok these years