This match is legendary since there is no more Santoro in today's world of male pro tennis. Hsieh su wei only stands out in WTA..!

What people dont realise who have never played is that Santoro was a very difficult player to face and frustraring to play against because he spun the ball so much frequently taking all the pace off the ball. Its very hard to play against because its very unlike most players games. Almost like that club player that you shouldnt lose to but do because you dont know how to predict what they will do next. I bet a lot of players dreaded facibg him

If santoro played in the 70s with wooden rackets he'd probably be considered an all-time great. His game isn't as effective with the modern equipment but he had so many great upsets of higher ranked players.

Don't underestimate the Magician.

Fabrice Santoro, what an awesome shirt. It's like he's at a weird disco party

If your forehand doesn't work.... Just play with 2 backhands!!!

That two handed tap back is lethal.

6:44 that has to be one of the greatest shots ever!

Santoro often made players look worse than normal. Miss him very much.

For those who cannot understand how he managed to win against Nole (and other No. 1 or top ten): even if Santoro never managed to be ranked in the top 10, he still won 2x AO in double and made 2x other GS finals in double at the French & Wimbledon. Not too bad for a "limited" player.

Finally somebody with my playing style.

6:44 - 6:58 what a point and what a shot

His shirt is just magnificent ! a beautiful lacoste *.*

I remember how Safin hated to play against him.

genius like this make me cry, my game has improved thanks to them

Djokovic is a Baseliner Santoro is crafty The crafty guy won 😆

"nothing like a set and a break down to inspire you to play better" loses game

it seems like an exhibition

I'll take a prime santoro in this matchup anyday

He has a cemetery for #1 players. Only a few of them could escape Santoro including Nadal Murray and Kafelnikov. In singles play, Santoro defeated 18 players who were ranked world no. 1 at some time during their careers: Novak Djokovic, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Thomas Muster, Marcelo Ríos, Gustavo Kuerten, Carlos Moyá, Pat Rafter, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, and Roger Federer (against whom he has a 2-9 record). Against other former world no. 1 players, Santoro is 0-6 against Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 0-1 against Ivan Lendl, 0-1 against Rafael Nadal, and 0-2 against Andy Murray. Santoro is famous for his winning record against Marat Safin (7-2); Safin himself has said, "Being told I would play Santoro was being told I was to die."

I don't remember how good was Djoko back then.But I have the impression that someone made a huge profit betting on Santoro...

wait does he have a double handed forehand

C'est incroyable en fait Djokovic était un vrai attaquant !!

I don't get your disrespect to Santoro and Djokovic. This was a beautiful match, not antagonistic, just plain awesome tennis. Wasn't about hitting deep, getting a cheap angle for a cheap point, and all the losers of today. Look at Djokovic, he obviously is really into this match. Almost ha

Where i can find that shirt santoro wearing? It looks dope

Novak literally didn't even try against santoro here. Fabrice asked him at the net if he was okay too, even he was weirded out by novaks lack of effort. This was back to when novak wouldn't even try in matches and retire way too early

I think he just piled misery on all the future big 4 youngsters at least once. This guy really teached them how to play tennis. :D

How does Santoro use the practice courts? Does he just grind from the baseline? How does he work in all that slicing action?

The Magician!

Incroyable

C'est incroyable comme Djokovic à la même tête il ne vieillit pas !!!

6:43 Fantastic!!

Reviens Santoroo !

Santoro, the best pusher to play the modern game. He made the most of his talent time and again. The spoiler of spoilers.

He's so deceptive. He lulls you into a false sense of security. Just kind of casually bats the ball back and forth. Like an old gent at the country club then pulls some crazy s**t out of the bag. Runs down everything too. I really miss him. As good as today's young players are, I just don't see any creativity in their game.

Variety of tricky slow short balls midcourt very difficult to hit hard combined with great anticipation and quickness at passing is anathema to today's baseline slugging game. A small quick player should take a page from FS playbook and not try to outslug the sluggers. FS thought his way to multiple GS dubs and consistent second weeks in singles; and great career prize money; no pain and lots of fun. I call that a wonderful career.

this is Djokovic 2017

It was the shirt!

フォアハンド両手打ち珍しいから見てみたらほとんど浅いしめっちゃ走るし不思議なプレイスタイル

It's hard to believe Djokovic would fix a match, but I have to admit this one looks suspicious. Even Santoro felt something was off, as you can see in the end.

This is not the real Djokovic game. points looks very suspicious :40 3:51 4:09 5:42 7:22 7:35

nice video. That day, Santoro's terrible tennis made another victim... so funny.

kakva je ovo namestaljka, igrano za kladionice

the court was so open. nole could have taken advantage of that. move santoro around and wear him out. place the ball well. oh well, maybe nole was tired.

Anybody who came on this video to write how this match is irregular, private frustracions treat on other place, Novak Djokovic will have 20 grand slams, and he will be the greatest tennis player of all times. the most important is that he is great person first of all. Idemooo Nole brate!

6:44

Djokovic was tired from the first ball till the last

Is he Right handed or left handed?

Santoro doesn’t hit backhand slices except on a big stretch

djoker looked like he let santoro win...lowkey.

Schummel-Nole

not surprised that some media accused Djoko to lost this match on purpose...

The funniest matches are when BOTH players are trying lose.

djokovic might be on a losing streak from now on

i absolutely love santoro - he's my favorite player - but tbh djokovic had an absolutely grueling season and i kinda thought he tanked this match at the time

Extremely suspicious match. Playing medium slow and hitting lots of balls before the T allowing Santoro to approach. Also lots of balls to the center of the court allowing Santoro to dominate.

Well, even to me, as a nole fan, it seems like he's throwing this match away on purpose, or that he was sick, I wouldn't have any other logical explanation for Djokivic's playstyle in here...

This djoko way passive on baselin

wtf i still dont understand how djokovic lost

Santoro on the forhand side hits 95% of the time a slice shot. I cannot understand why he does that all the time. He only hits "normaly" to do a passing shot.

I love all the salty djoko fans in comments:D

definitely.... fixed

El revés cortado de santoro es un chiste. Este tío es imposible que pudiera ganar a Djokovic bajo ninguna circunstancia. Es un tongo como una catedral. Es una mancha en la historia de Djokovic, (tampoco conozco de las circunstancias que le llevó a este acto indigno, quizás estaba en una situación límite él o su familia ).

Mmmm... Djoko was a bit slow. Like carrying too much weight... maybe too much bet money!

Djokovic was'nt at his best

His shirt looks like Fruit Stripes gum.

Guys, stfu saying Djokovic was shit. He was a couple of months away from winning his first slam, was ranked no.3 in the world, and had just made the us open final. Djokovic was far from shit. He was good. Just not great, but still a very good player back then. The fact that the ageing and nearly retired Santoro was able to beat him is nothing short of a miracle and a showcase of fabrice's (the magician as he was called) exceptional talent. Courts were faster back then so djokovics poor movement back then was exposed and the versatility of fabrice showed the no.3 in the world how to play tennis.

So what?

that two handed forehand lol.. painful to watch

the match was setup that sit!!!!!

Djoko marche. Match truqué

tenis is very tricky, you can be better than someone, but if you dont play it on the spots, have a game that makes you vulnerable with some players kind of techniques, let the other take you onto his tramp or else, you are fucked

weird match

wtf was that

Celtic strip lol

djokoshit

Santoro sucks!...i really dont undestand how he beat Nole