Thank you for these highlights of a great match I didnt know about

Bravo Kei. The tenacity, the unrelenting drive to get to that ball, and the next, and the next. Kei is such a gifted athlete. I especially admire Kei's deportment on court. There is no showboating, no swagger. He just shows up for whatever is served to him. Kei plays to the ball. What a smart way to handle the opponent. I hope his injuries heal a 100% You deserve to play more Kei. Thanks a lot Wivo.

Nishikori woke up and chose violence that day

Kei has got talent! I hope he comes back from his injury soon! Thx for putting this up😊

Kei was highly underrated internationally, while I heard that in Japan he was a national hero and had super high marketing presence etc.

錦織がジョコに勝てたのは全米準決勝だけだと思ってた。 今は西岡、ジョコに強いダニエル、綿貫、若手の望月、坂本と層が厚いが、錦織のテニスは観ていて面白く引き込まれるな

Bravo Kei, he was beating Roger hard in 2017 AO until Roger stepped up a gear.

omg Nishikori is such a treat to watch ,what a talent

Great performance by Kei in this match.

Bagel in Basel.

Didn't even know about this match

These videos are awesome. Adds in a little context in the beginning and then let's the clip speak for itself. Perfection

Unglaublich! Tennis auf allerhöchstem Level. Großartiges Match von 2 Ausnahmeathleten! Allergrößter Respekt an beide Player!👏👏👏👍👍💥🎾

Kei is my hero. He inspire me so much.

Joker is a great player. He is basically a 2.0 version of Hewitt. Hewitt at a time dominated because of his style. Kept getting the ball back. Joker is better in most areas with height advantage and able to counter better. This is why he has so much success. On this day he played a guy who played a similar game with less errors. Whilst he is the most successful he's not the player most want to watch.

I remember this match quite well. Kei did play well in this match, but Djokovic had some issue with his shoulder. It became apparent somewhere in the second set. Not only did he lose this match, he went on to lose 2/3 group stage matches to Ferrer and Tipsarvic in ATP World Tour Finals that year.

You could imagine my surprise when this video didn’t have 100k likes

Kei was always a player that I respected a lot, and even I have the raquet (and still use it) that he id holding inbthe thumbnail, the one that he beat Novak too on the USO 2014 semis

Michael Chang, is that you?

Kei is my favorite player!

Soundly beaten. Well done Nishikori!

En que torneo se llevó a cabo ese partido .......?

The wish all tennis matches gave us the players level view of the match.

Sonego said hi😅

Nishikori was a top player - but judging from these highlights he was very lucky not to loose in straight sets . Certainly most games looked close in the final set too - He showed grit thats for sure

Unfortunately for Kei, after he beat Djokovic in USO, Novak started paying more close attention to Nishikori, and I lost count how many times in a row Djokovic beat him after that. The same goes for Wawrinka, for about a decade he could not win a match vs.Djokovic, Monfils is still 0-18, and Canadian players beat Djokovic once, and that was an exhibition ( Felix). Djokovic going against Berdych 25-2 is never mentioned, and one of those loses was at Wimbledon, when Djokovic had to surrender the match because of injury. Berdych could not believe his good luck, the next match he wore ND Adidas Barricade sneakers to honor Djokovic.

Whoever forgot to tell this guy he wasn't supposed to to win must have gotten into big trouble

Yosuke Watanuki might be the next Nishikori I hope.

Good

He "beat" Fed *four* times, not five. 2-0 in Bof3s, 2-1* in Bof5 (by virtue of the greatest luck ever involved in having a 3-slam season).

w content,

Novak got injured at that time, but Nishikori was always injured through his career.

all breaks on unforced erorrs ...

incredible talent! i think he's up there with Fognini. this is the proof prime Djokovic could get destroyed(bagel) by anyone

Was Djokovic injured?

he lost it during the tie breaker ... well done Kei !

Novak was injured here. Nut fedals are too deluded to even see it. Only nadal gets away with the injured card 😂😂

was it not a double bounce at 8:30?

Nole lo hizo feliz

No MT, No TB, No RS - yah Novak could really lose!

1st few seconds is the exact reason I hate ND.you would never see roger celebrating like that, man has too much class to do it. ND would have to live twice to have his greatness

But you dont say that novak was injured

Nishikori has grown in toughness and mental strength. But for now, it's just a source of rehabilitation for Djoko. Why is he still active and able to maintain his number one position?

no doba djoko

I'm gonna be real tho. To me, Djokovic didn't seem to care that much throughout this match. Idk maybe its his body language.

Whenever Novak knows he’s about to lose he always makes an obvious attempt to make it look like he isn’t trying anymore. Which really undermines the opponent and is disrespectful in my opinion. Another bad example is against karlovic in Doha. It’s almost saying the only reason I lost is because I wasn’t trying. Roger and Rafa would NEVER do that. This has similarities to his history especially when younger of medical timeouts and withdrawals that never sat well with a lot of people

Bagel with cream cheese😂

錦織をいじるのはやめろ😢

for algorithm

A younger nick Lester commentating, sounds even worse and more annoying than he does now.

Esse japonês me lembra o Fogini, jogando. 😅😅

You hates djokovic

😅😅

easy last part of 2011 djokovic recovery form an injury after davis cup match against del potro, he loses majority of matches and not win any title. Sure you ignore that fact, he lose to ferrer, tipsarevic, nishikori and he retires of 2011 paris masters by an injury shoulder, he did not play quarters.

Djokovic might’ve wanted to get and early flight out. Either way, he gave this one away.

Title should be changed as: "Japanese star makes light work of a fatigued Djokovic who won 10 out of 12 tournaments entering the Basel indoor tournament in 2011"

Kei "NishiCURRY"

??? Kei a serious "upset" for Djokovic??? Seriously?????? :)

Nishikori was more prime than Djok in this match. Djok looked tired.

It isn't totall wrong to say Novak Djoker is still in his prime, while he did lose one AO round finally

Do people just love having a go a Novak ?😂 beats him once with a fluke and he’s this and that😂 calm down he’s done nothing in his career. It’s just called a “bad day at the office” roger has had them Rafa has had them and so on. 😂 not a big deal.

Novak was tired....

This video should not be called "Bageled prime Djokovic" because Nishikori only did it once.. The title would only be right if Nishikori beat prime Djokovic many times or at least 3 times... This video's title did no justice for Djokovic..

STOPPPPPP IT STOP TELLING US ONE THING IN THE TITLE AND IT NOT EVENNHAPPENING

Nishikori is not "one of the most underrated players ever". Everyone knows he was very talented, but tennis is a results game and talent alone is not enough. He had an excellent career with a career high of 4th, but no grand slam title and only ever made it into one single grand slam final. Not even any semi-finals - his maximum at all grand slams except the US Open was the quarterfinal. He was not underrated - he was correctly rated.

0:05 look at face of Federer after losing . Jealousy , despise , didn't even look at Novak when shaking hand . Check Novak handshake after losing 6:0 . Roger is such a class 🐑🐑🐑

"BAGELED" ?!

Wow!! I didn't know this bagel though I'm Japanese.🥯 So sweet.😋