Federer was just lucky

yes, it's him I just realize

That's what I thought

i saw him on star tennis academy youtube channel.

Ha! I thought I recognized that guy. Anyone who can push Roger to work hard is amazing!

Pretty much all of the Japanese pros have. But yeah they make good content

I learned top spin serve from his KZfaq

the 90s were replete with players like this, now everybody plays the SAME dumb sh

Because Pro players play to entertain you and not win. Put this kind of play vs agressive baseliner and u have 6 2 6 2 even on grass. Game evolved son

@@PurpleHeater game regressed son...

@@PurpleHeater I'm aware of how the game has evolved, I was just observing what can make a sport entertaining.

​@@PurpleHeaterlol baseliners like medevedev,Alcaraz will lose easily to big serve and volleyer

That was how Sampras and McEnroe , would of destroyed Federer in there prime that first set was outstanding the classic serve volleying of a edberg

@@redd605 honestly the scenario is too hypothetical. Tennis has evolved too much in the span of 30 years that comparing Fed and McEnroe is just nonsense. And Suzuki produced his best tennis whereas Roger (a bit outplayed of course) didn't played as good as usual.

@@redd605 but we gotta agree that Suzuki produced a master-class of vintage tennis.

@@pastormaldonaldoempiredemo8995 Ben Shelton of USA has that classic play to upset a lot of players at Wimbledon, I don't know if he is playing queen this week , but most picked him to do well

That's called not having a plan B. And that's why he ended up losing

He was one of the very few players who believed that they can beat prime Federer and haven't already lost before the match.

He teaches lessons on his KZfaq channel called Star Tennis Academy. I watch it even though I don't speak one word of Japanese

I agree so boring no variety of speed in different surfaces even grass is slow ... ATP has made game one sided

@@understandinglife2481go watch live tennis and tell me if you actually think it’s “slow” You clowns can’t even hold a racket properly and think you are experts

@@understandinglife2481 Yes this surface was from the 90.ies made for players like Becker or Sampras. Maybe they made it for the local player that fast.

He played that match like it was his last that day!! Well done!!!

Hay que mejorar un poco mas el ingles hombre

his tenth

Whew that dude was tough. Fed looked pretty sober after that one.

@@carkod how ironic..

agreed!

His KZfaq channel is EXCELLENT, though. And we can still see some tibreaks playd between him and other japanese current pros (Star Tennis Academy is the channel).

you re just a casual if you think thats how everyone plays

slow? lol u are so wrong

I have to agree. The racquet tech needs to stop because players have too much power. The game looks more like ping pong now. Back in MY day (the 80s) edberg, lendl, wilander becker- these guys had to play the chess match and be great athletes as well.

Unmatched talent and class

Of course Suzuki was ranked 102 in the world a few years earlier so he was an elite player to begin with.

esto normalmente se borra e

In idiomatic english you would say he had a good engine.

Pete would come to the net after serve or an aggressive baseline shot, not a weak floating forehand chop like Suzuki. Also not the same athletic qualities. rushing to the net with weak shots doesnt cut it anymore, players come to the net to finish the points

Fed was always great at smashes (best smash ever) and volleys, but he played most of his youngers years from the baseline due to his big flat forehand being so capable of surpassing any defence

I feel like in the 90s many of the top modern players would be considered clay court specialists, how far back they hit returns and how much grinding they do. It's weird, now it's like the clay courters took over, everyone is an aggressive player ala Tomas Muster on steroids. But I still think the geometry of the court would favor talented serve and volleyers fi they had the guts and athleticism to stick to that style, or at least employ it a lot more regularly

@@TimelyAdventureyeah especially now that the grass season has started and it just looks like most of the young guys play the same way as on clay. Same speed and bashing from the baseline. Some are scared to go anywhere near the net.

from susuki

Its over man, resurrecting fast courts won't bring Federer back and that's pretty much the only reason you want them back lol

@@Emnesie idgaf abt federer. fast courts >>>>>>>> are simply the best

​@@Emnesie what a donky hater comment. Go to sleep genius

Agree. Nowadays you can grind out every shit even on hard court

I think it's more the balls or rackets, personally. The ball just flies slower through the air in general today.

Then what is Djokovic? 😂 

​@@calinbiris47WHO TF CARES? How inferior you have to feel to always bring up his name? Jeez!

🙄

wasn't that good

Nothing compared to a Serena roar

@@Official.tadiwait’s the crowd roaring genius

But he was a big server, his main weapon.

you're either a roger fan or a roger fan.

Djokovic has won his 3 finals against Federer at Wimbledon but ok

@@lahire4943 yes, a Wimbledon that has played like a clay court since about 2012, but ok

@@ryanps1598 Good faith is not your strong point as I see

@@ryanps1598 played like a clay court? Would Berettini, Kyrgios, Raonic, Kevin Anderson, make a clay final? The cope is obscene

@@mikemoggerson6651 the only true grass court specialist on that list is Kyrgios. Being tall and having a good serve doesn't instantly make you a grass courter. The point is those players, no players in fact, have to change their game at all to play at Wimbledon, which is ridiculous. Might as well play the whole tour on hard and be done with it

*former goat

@@deltafalcon8339 Still the goat.

For sure!!! Prime Fed is the best ever,ñ!!

@@markolim8938 will u say that when djokovic has 28 slams? ...probably

92-5, and wins against how many 10 ten players?

he looks like a very casual kinda guy. maybe thats why he couldnt put on the consistency needed.

@@h4rder10 Agree. Actually, he says he should have been more hungry to win. I think he was focused on the Davis Cup matches in Asia including tough matches against Srichaphan or Paes for instance and was on fire as usual. But on tour, he missed some chances to be a top 100 player. If he had won the GS 1st round match against Corretja who was world no.2 at that time in Melbourne in 1999, he would have made it. He lost the match despite had a serving for the match.