I'm from Argentina like David, and I was a guy who played tennis professionally until last year and a guy who had the opportunity to see Nalbandian live many times (I've seen Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, etc.), I can easily say that He had one of the best two-handed backhands of all time. Absolutely ridiculous.

@Vikingnartists

6 ай бұрын

Im from sweden, played Roger at the orange bowl etc and I agree, not even safins bh was comparable to davids..

@testplatform582

6 ай бұрын

I was originally from the Philippines and just a recreational player (and a bad one at that). I play one-handed backhand and consider Nalbandian’s backhand the most effective and beautiful, tied with Agassi’s

@alani3992

6 ай бұрын

In offence he was 1 of the best. In defense & in 1st-serve return, you can't get better than Djokovic.

@AdvancedTennisFoundation-ph9zo

6 ай бұрын

There is a thing called CTM Shot Matching and Nalbandian was the best I've seen using that system. I believe that was his system.

@quentincrisp6933

6 ай бұрын

I'll take Novak's BH any day of the week over anyone's. End of the convo!

Crazy how much faster balls & courts were back then

@kingnole4237

6 ай бұрын

How lucky Roger

@tomk5238

6 ай бұрын

Also helps that no one was using a top spin forehand. At least not the top spin we see today. All the shots were very flat till Nadal came along.

@alexlackner1945

6 ай бұрын

@@tomk5238People played with spin before but the Polyester string revolution in the late 90s (Kuerten, Costa) enabled them to generate more spin and swing for the fences at the same time. And yes, Nadal brought spin to another level.

@a_l_e_k_sandra

6 ай бұрын

This match footage is slightly sped up.

@tomk5238

6 ай бұрын

@@alexlackner1945 right.. my comment was basically what u said.. It was t that ppl didn't put spin before. It just isn't the same forehand anymore. Old games had players hit flatter that penatrate. Which is what is showing in this video. Federer himself Changed his forehand mutiple times to adapt to this change.

Never forget the greatest run ever at a tournament: Nalbandian Madrid 07. He was GOAT feasting back-to-back-to-back.

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

8-7 40-15

@adllo642

6 ай бұрын

@@sleepyjoe5251this man beat your beloved Djokovic

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

@@adllo642 Djokovic beat you beloved man in the 2019 Wimbledon final despite the latter holding double championship point on serve in the fifth set.

@adllo642

6 ай бұрын

@@sleepyjoe5251 Federer isn’t my goat, he just lives in your head rent free doesn’t he?

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

@@adllo642 double championship point

I remember watching this live. Roddick ended up beating Nalbandian in the semis that year and lucked out. Roddick was down 2 sets to love and down matchpoint on his serve. Had Nalbandian won that point he more than likely would have beaten Ferrero in the Finals in straight sets like Roddick did. Crazy how close he was to winning a slam.

@federicocuevas4639

6 ай бұрын

i think he said on an interview that he was injured in the abs. Sorry my bad english

@astonm.8173

6 ай бұрын

Yes it was crazy, he got totally upset by someone from the public calling a ball out. I have never seen a top player being in complete control giving away a match like he did. That moment defined his carreer from then on. Aside from a few brilliant runs at Masters 1000 he never reached that level at GS again.

@MusicMan121

5 ай бұрын

I didn't know you were into tennis, Ken.

@jrock5830

Ай бұрын

Hewitt;s last great match that I ever saw him play was the same, except he overcame Federer at Davis Cup. He was two sets down, and 5-1 in the third. Then Hewitt came back in a monster beating run. I watched the match in Byron Bay at the pub with my back against the Ocean. It was mesmerising. I remember Nalbandian at his prime. He was a monster. Now I think of it, Hewitt grabbed the Wimbledon trophy from his grasp, in a canter. Pretty easy 3 set march. That was not Nalbandian at his prime, but Hewitt was at his peak.Nalbandian was an example of unfulfilled talent. I would argue that two Aussie’s, being Mark Phillopousis and the Kyrgios right now belong in that camp. There are a lot of candidates. Rios for example. Made no 1, but should have kicked on. Even Hewitt - dominant no 1 for eighteen months. He should have sacked his coach the moment Federer started beating him. Hewitt was beating Federer like 3 out of 4 matches - he was Federer’s first nemesis really.. of course the tide turned, but Hewitt stuck with his coach until nearly right at the end of his career. Ironically he beat Federer at Halle to win his last trophy, right before retirement. Plenty of players meet the ‘wasted talent’ criteria. They just waste those golden years in different ways. God Tomic was the same, Dominant junior number 1, but just would not do the work, once he started on the main circuit. Total waste. You wouldn’t even know he had much talent to look at his pro results. I remember an unseeded Kyrios beating the Joker in an exhibition in Australia. Two straight sets. What could have been…

Outstanding ball striker, great feel at the net and incredible point construction.

The diference bethween the actual hard Court and the old hard court is incredible!!! Actual superfices is favorable to “pasabola” players

It's not about "wasted talent", it's about the fact that "talent" only it's not the determinative factor to bring you up to the top... Only a very small group of players in each generation manages to master the full array of qualities needed to be at the top. And we all know who they are...

@benpasquale6353

4 ай бұрын

couldnt have said it better....totally agree

@jrock5830

Ай бұрын

100%. Obviously my comment above is Australian centric, as I am an Aussie. That is spot on. I always think of my favourite, Patrick Rafter as wringing everything possible out of his career, given his dodgy shoulder worn out from that kick serve. The think his, he WAS amazing, two consecutive US Opens, and two Wimbledon finals in I think four years, he got nervous and lost to Pete, in the first, in 4 sets, despite dominating him at the time. Then the famous upset five setter against Ivanisovich who wasn’t even seeded. Impossible not to love the big Croat and his Cinderella moment.The thing was out with a bad wrist injury, and later a bad shoulder injury each for nearly half a year, Rafter would come back like he never left the tour in that purple patch of 4 years. He always put inn the work, so one cannot say unfulfilled talent. Everyone loved him. In Agassi’s book “ , Open” he mentioned how Rafter was putting together a beautiful career, and said he moved like a Fararri. The thing is, I expected Rafter to make far greater inroads earlier, but there was some mental hurdle. He would get bundled out of third rounds in the slams until he started getting confidence from beginning to win ATP tournaments.. Rafter wasn’t mastering the full array of skills you need to become a dominant players, or even be feared in the slightest. My man was hardly on the global radar when ranked 25 and appeared to come out of nowhere unless you were Australian. For example Agassi wrote about, what was for me an utter tragedy (okay for Australian tennis fans}, when the heat and cramping turned the tide for Agassi at an Australian Open, where Rafter was certainly the favourite, despite not having won it (and never doing so). He was playing so perfect right then, hot off his second US Open in a row. Rafter always sweat profusely, but I never saw him cramp once. The thing is, he even won the fourth set when the cramps had kicked in and he was hobbling around, for a 2-1 lead. He knew it was over right there. The guy was basically immobile and suffering through the last three games. You could see the pain of what could have been an easy Aussie Open slam just bleed out of him when he did a tiny fist pump in the third. Once that cramping starts there is no magic pill. It is OVER. Being a consistent number one, or dominant top 5 is mastering such a symphony of talents, determination, discipline, media, health, diet, definitely the right team around you, the daily hard work…. All of it. Totally perfect comment.

Its not just tennis. What separates "good" from "great" is consistency. We can all have that one game where we play amazing. Good players can do it fairly consistently but the greats can force a great game at will.

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

Djokovic is better than Federer.

@GGGinJe

6 ай бұрын

​@@sleepyjoe5251Well then, Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Jiri Vesely, Nick Kyrgios, Fernando Gonzalez and Ivo Karlovic are all better than Djokovic. Each have winning records against him. Bottom line....whether or not who is better is totally unimportant "sleepyjoe", Roger and Novak are both great players....that's it. Hope you had a Happy and Grateful Thanksgiving.

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

@@GGGinJe lmao weakest era in history. Those guys could barely make it to slam finals and lost to unseeded players in early rounds of slams for most of their careers. Goatkovic already did the analysis, Fed’s weak era resume has been exposed and discredited.

@GGGinJe

6 ай бұрын

​@@sleepyjoe5251Ah, let's keep up the silliness for a bit. So what if "those guys" made it to anything else, they still were better than Novak when they played him, so...they were better than Novak, he just has a better overall record than each of them. Not knocking Novak, truly a great player that I love watching, but aw shucks Gomer...he just couldn't beat those 6 players mentioned. So now, stopping the silliness, the only important part of your reply was "Imao". Again, whether or not who is better is totally unimportant, as is your ignorant "analysis" of Federer and his era. And now I'm done and won't reply to you again, as I found out some time ago that it is impossible to win an argument with a tennis "genius" such as yourself. Best wishes and adios Joe.

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

@@GGGinJe yeah 2003-2007 was the weakest era in tennis history.

Nalbandian never bothered to get his body into world-class athlete shape, unlike the top players of his time. It's definitely a sacrifice to do this, and David apparently wasn't willing to sacrifice everything to be on top. Probably wanted to drink his beer and eat whatever he liked. He certainly had the talent. Still, he won a good deal of his matches and some were spectacular! He would have helped Fed's game if he had pushed him more, and given us even more great tennis to watch!

Only player who defeated Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in the same tournament

Drinking game: A shot everytime the commentator says: ‘And there it is’

David was and is my favourite player ever!!!

Fun fact, he’s the best tennis player who does rally racing, or the best rally racer who plays brilliant tennis

I was there when he embarrassed Nadal in the final of Master of Paris the best tennis performance live I have ever witness the dude was i n c r e d i b l e

@juanmartindelpotro685

6 ай бұрын

You can also check 2016 final in Doha. Even nadal said there wasn't better performance ever than Nole's at that moment

He was such a great player!!

David was one of the titans of early tennis. People forget Federer was loosing in the meets with all of rivals until 06. They all was former number one players and GS players before Federer was. Not to mention courts played way faster then. Tournament directors even said they added sand to get more clay players to play to slow the ball down. So yeah Pete was still playing and Andre plus these guys. Definitely not a weak era just that Federer was able to come up with shots that no player has or ever sense.

Vow...what a player...seeing his play for the first time..impressive

David was always outstanding player way more talented than most of others!! ❤

I recall Nalbandian himself saying that he was a tennis god once and I agree. The way he beat the big 3 was amazing.

All of the Big 3 already stated what David was as a player. What he had in talent he lacked in hunger, at least when it came to Majors. But he was a nightmare for any oponent when playing Davis Cup, that he considered much more important than any Majors

@CHillTennisEntertainment

5 ай бұрын

He also lacked conditioning. Similar to Roddick. David was not in peak conditioning during the mid 2000s and that's the time-frame in which he started losing to Roger Federer.

@mateosimon4237

5 ай бұрын

@@CHillTennisEntertainment Well Nalbandian was perhaps a more complete player than Roddick. Not underrating Roddick, but Nalbandian case is more of an underachiever. Roddick achieved a Grand Slam title and four other finals if i remember correctly. Nalbandian could defeat the Big Three if he wanted to, but not only that, he could have fun with them at times. That was the commentators feelings in many of his matches, and also his peers. Federer stated that "he could make you feel very small" if wanted to.

@CHillTennisEntertainment

5 ай бұрын

@@mateosimon4237 I agree that Nalbandian was an under-achiever. He was a fantastic shot-maker. In many ways he reminded me of Andre Agassi. Just because of his versatility with the two handed backhand. The reason that I made the comparison to Andy Roddick was because of his lack of fitness. Playing style-wise they were very different. David did have a few chances to win slams early on. He was in the finals of Wimbledon in 2002 and he would have won the US Open in '03 if he had gotten past Roddick.

@andrecastro2466

5 ай бұрын

I could not agree more. Talent wise, one of the best i have ever seen... He just lacked that hunger and the commitment.. but at the end of the day that is what seperates good, from great.

True, Nalbandian knew how to play some matches well, but he didn't know how to play well consistently, especially in the finals of the tournament, that's why Nalbandian is a good player and Federer is a great champion.

@bingbai1095

6 ай бұрын

For some playing tennis is just making a living,for some it’s their lives

He got up for the great players, but the others he just cruised with, which is why he lost in tournaments when he should have been a steady semi finalist or better.

There was a tournament where nalbandian beat roger, Rafa and Novak. Amazing performance

@enginkapsiz

5 ай бұрын

That was a masters tournament, where he beat no3, no2 and no1 players of the world in row!

@ipiap

5 ай бұрын

@@enginkapsiz It was Madrid 2007 (he beat Berdych, del Porto, Djokovic, Nadal and Federer), and Paris 2007 (beat Nadal and Federer). He became Nr. 9. and so missed the World Championship he most probably had won. Fun fact: before and after Madrid 2007 he was thrashed by Wavrinka, in two first round matches.

@rodocar2736

5 ай бұрын

He was a Buster Douglas of tennis

Natural talent is less important than effort, in any sport or activity.

@Saskobest

3 ай бұрын

for the average joe? yes, for top level? no In tennis Ferrer and Murray for example are possibly the hardest working players yet they trail(Ferrer didnt even win a single slam) the big 3 so much. Safin who drank night before matches and was busy switching girl after girl during tournaments achieved more than hard workers like Thiem,Tsitsipas,Ruud etc etc. In boxing Tyson Fury is busy doing commercials, drinking beer, weighting 40 pounds above recommended and yet crushes top competition. And dont get me started on football(R9,R10,Adriano,Neymar etc) who were either voted best of the year or in top 5 couple of times while skipping practices , being late and eating and drinking whatever they wanted. I remember Shaq during his last years in Miami , he was barely moving, was so fat yet he was unguardable. Genetics makes things possible

And let's not forget that David beat Nadal, Roger, and Novak in the same tournament...... nobody has done that.

@mitchaelhollingsworth1698

6 ай бұрын

I feel like wawrinka did it for one of his majors

@enginkapsiz

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I think Wawrinka did that too.

Davedenko was another problem for top players

@annewalden3795

5 ай бұрын

Yes Davydenko was an amazing player but I have seen Roger make him look very ordinary.

Incredible.

I see him at the game called 'power smash 2 or 3'.

just have a look at how this court is playing in those early days of 2000 compare to the hard court surface of today that Djokovic now dominates.

Legend

If work , the beginning is water

He had a fine career.

The trouble with Nalbandian is he was more buffet than buff. Tough to be at the top of the game with a huge gut.

There it is

Imagine Nalbandian with even half of Novak's mind, hunger and work ethic...

@zedalive4764

6 ай бұрын

he could have been similar level. the tennis changed since, with slower balls and surfaces the defensive part became more important that attacking, so it's hard to translate there. Nalbandian enjoyed fast conditions, he was more similar to Federer than to Nole or Nadal. anyhow he should have been one of the greats

@M.L.official

6 ай бұрын

So you're asking him to be a totally different person lol

@davidmcpherson2220

6 ай бұрын

It still wouldn't matter. He'd need 100% of Novak's mind, hunger and work ethic. And even then Novak is 6'2 and David was 5'11. And Novak's a much greater mover around the court, which is a common denominator of all great players.

This wasn't "prime Federer" yet...

11:46 . Inverse kick!

calling david nalbandian wasted showes no understanding or respect

How many times do you hear david nalbaaandiaaan ?

Ha. I watched Fed destroy Nalbandian at the US Open 2005 with Nalbandian breaking raquets and all. He thought he had Fed's number but was destroyed. 6-2, 6-4, 6-1

@iJonyx

4 ай бұрын

Prime Nalbandián owned Federer 5 times in a row. After 2005 Nalbandian lose the spirit.

@davidwebb548

4 ай бұрын

@@iJonyx He also lost the matches. Fed just got better. A lot better.

Imagine been top 5 in the world , win multiple master 1000 , including what its now call the nito finals, and still call a waste talent….

WHY IS THIS VIDEO SPED UP FOR ??

He was a good player and thats all. Not wasted and for sure not biggest talent in tennis. To the many people that say he caused problems to the big 3 better go and check their H2h cause he is not ahead with any of them.

@airixxxx

6 ай бұрын

The video says biggest wasted talent, not biggest talent. And also all you did was look the results today, that doesn't tell the whole picture. At the time it was a menace.

@nikosgr9290

6 ай бұрын

@@airixxxx Biggest wasted talent means biggest talent that got wasted. He never was a menace to the big 3.

@airixxxx

6 ай бұрын

@@nikosgr9290 I know, I have no problem putting Nalbandian as biggest talent that got wasted. Who else would you put? He was for a long time the only who was even or even ahead in H2H against Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. The only ever to beat them all on a single tournament. Again I don't care about numbers, you need to watch the matches to realize. Maybe you are too young and all you can do is check numbers on the website.

Nalbandian was a fantastic player who mixed it with the best, he doesn't get enough credit !!!

@raulescobar7433

6 ай бұрын

He does, the fact is there is only some much you can talk about him then you get to the zero slams

@annewalden3795

5 ай бұрын

​@@raulescobar7433Nalbandian was extremely strong but I think he suffered injuries which meant he was not consistently performing at the highest level. He certainly was very competitive on occasion but he was not as elegant as Roger F .

Strange that Nalbandian won his two masters during the late stage of his career where he cannot even make it to a Grandslam QF

@johnnyrockets10

6 ай бұрын

he had like a month of playing absolutely ridiculous tennis

@marte1081

6 ай бұрын

2007 wasn’t late stage. He was 25 and in his prime.

@anseinueseima408

6 ай бұрын

@@marte1081 he made it to 4th round in AO and RG, 3rd round in Wimby and US open, that's not prime at all

@M.L.official

6 ай бұрын

This guy is kind of like wawrinka where he just randomly pops off. Doesn't make him an all time great nor does it make him a great player. For instance morons put stan and Andy on the same tier just coz they both have the same number of slams, but Andy is light years ahead of him as a player. Just coz you peak during a couple of tournaments here and there doesn't make you amazing. The trick is to do that for a long time, hence Big 3. Anyway I would have berdych, delpo, ferrer, thiem, etc over nalbandian. Pretty overrated imo

@anseinueseima408

6 ай бұрын

@@M.L.official Murray is like 10 Wawrinkas combied

Biggest talent ever waisted? Guys…a little bit more of research before putting these cheap titles in a video. Anyone who knows a little bit of Davi’s story, also knows that he designed and lived his tennis career pretty much the way he wanted! He had always a way to see life as a balance made of all the activities and passions he always enjoy, like rally, golf, business etc etc… He didnt waste anything…he consciously decide it to be like that (of course maybe with 2 GS maybe)

So what happened to him?

I take prime Fed over anyone. 2003-2006

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

Not even top 5 today.

@prankofficialmusic

6 ай бұрын

a great player is great in any era he would figure this out. saying a man with 20 grand slams would not be top 5 today is idiotic. same goes with djokovic of course@@sleepyjoe5251

@annewalden3795

6 ай бұрын

David I agree .

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

@@annewalden3795 you’re both extremely wrong

@annewalden3795

6 ай бұрын

@@sleepyjoe5251 Go back to your bed and stop wasting your time by making silly comments.

Nalbandian isn't wasted.

There it is there it is there it is there it is there it is there it is there it is etc

"wasted" means #3 in the world and 11 ATP titles... lol

Why do u think Fed is considered a fast court specialist? He had to be in that era.

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

He only started winning when the courts were slowed down, including at Wimbledon.

Man... Federer's backhand was reaaaallly bad back then 🫠

@annewalden3795

5 ай бұрын

Rubbish the back hand was always good but not quite as good as the forehand . I have always thought that the tennis moaners did not watch enough Federer videos.

Most wasted talent ever was Safin

@annewalden3795

5 ай бұрын

Safin was a great player and he had other priorities which distracted him .Well worth watching and a powerful presence on a tennis Court .

who cares he’s still famous and richer than us!

2004 Safin beat Djokovic on these fast courts. Novak benefited from the slower courts.

@Ben-cm3xr

4 ай бұрын

Big time. Even Wimbledon is slower and bounces higher now

Federer's face in 2003, for some reason, to me looked similar to LeBron James

@amy1670

6 ай бұрын

oh my god you're right

@surf101-

6 ай бұрын

But, Fed never gave up on his team.

Never understood. Nalbandian could take out Fed but never had much title success.

@davidmcpherson2220

6 ай бұрын

He didn't "take out" prime Federer. He beat him before Roger got to No. 1 a couple of times. And then he beat him in the YEC final. Fed lost lots of matches at the YEC that he never would've lost in a Slam. Fed started crushing Nalbandian in 2004 and completely dominated their "rivalry"

@capoman1

6 ай бұрын

@@davidmcpherson2220 Understood. But Fed wasn't playing badly in their early matches, Nalbandian was just extra aggressive with Fed.... Nalbandian beat him the first 5 times they played. That is unusual with as well as Fed was playing back then. Normally I'd pick the guy that beats Fed to win the tourny.

@annewalden3795

5 ай бұрын

Roger learned how to cope with Nalbandian and I think injuries diminished the effectiveness of his tennis over a relatively short period. He always carried a lot of excess weight which did not help.

I respect Nalbandian's game , but I don't see where the crazy talent is. 75% of his talent was his bh which was a great shot but other than that he didn't have enough power, and his serve was a bad shot. The only thing he did better than Federer was his bh

@mauriciomauricio7626

6 ай бұрын

Nalbandian no era un jugador potente, no era corredor al estilo Ferrer, Nadal, etc., tampoco era consistente con su saque, pero sí tenía un buen 1er saque y variado: cruzado con mucho efecto, planazos a la T, con efecto a la T y saques al cuerpo. Una vez que dominaba el punto buscaba rallies cortos, tenía gran capacidad de encontrar tiros a la línea de fondo y ángulos cortos tanto con drive como con bh. Voleaba bien, iba bien a la red, tiraba globos de drive y bh, drop shot, smash, cambios de ritmo, devoluciones fantásticas simplemente colocando la raqueta usando la velocidad y la fuerza del oponente, tenía un repertorio. Su termómetro era el 1er saque, sí éste andaba bien su tenis fluía.

When tennis seemed more "effortless".

Foods.second.place and i.and.many rwbegin working jere the other foods are.a trap..westher soon or many years down the line ..the waters.

Do you think Nalbandian in his prime could have defeated Djokovic yesterday at the ATP Finals 2023 final?

@shiftt.

6 ай бұрын

I honestly don't believe anyone could defeat him at this court. The speed, experience and quality of the strokes was too high, only 2 errors in the first set against Sinner, crazy statistics in the semis and finals. Novak's mental edge is strong as well.

@RAUL7487

6 ай бұрын

Not a single doubt.

@arvidl5666

6 ай бұрын

Hell no. Even Sinner is better than Nalbandian.

@RAUL7487

6 ай бұрын

@@arvidl5666 did you measure that?

@trialerlads8292

6 ай бұрын

​@@arvidl5666Yeah because the bloke who was beating a prime Federer would be worse than Sinner who can't beat a 36 year old Djokovic...

Nalbandian more natural talent than Federer? Only a fool who's never played competitive tennis would think that.

8-7 40-15

Nalbandian destroyed weak era champ 😂

I just realised that Federer looks as if he had a nose done, surgery

He is by far not the greatest wasted talent.

Wasted talent??????

Most wasted talent is 100% Nick Kyrgios.

Stop this clickbait title nonsense, do you really think that calling him a wasted talent and writing a word in caps letter will give you more views?

Look how Federer managed to became a GOAT. Now days players are absolutely rookie.

@kingnole4237

6 ай бұрын

You have just this to declare your man as goat

@zikaperic2133

6 ай бұрын

You compare Nalbandians and Rodicks to Alcaraz and Sinner talents... gtfo

@pcgamerzzzchannel3407

6 ай бұрын

@@zikaperic2133 your probably 5 year old child , Nalbandian had all the weapons to win multiple grandslam if he had fully dedicated himself to tennis. Sinner doesnt even come close to that level of tennis.

@zikaperic2133

6 ай бұрын

@@pcgamerzzzchannel3407 Sinner is getting here on pair with Alkaraz. Alkaraz youngest 1st ATP, 2x GS @ 20yo. Those guys are going to be 5-10 GS. Please remind me how many GS Nalbandian has? Rodick has 1 for the whole career.

@pcgamerzzzchannel3407

6 ай бұрын

@@zikaperic2133 in the weakest era ever.

David should of been the Murray of his time, but he was too lazy, not to mention a crusty curmudgeon.

0:27 -- Who really thinks that he had more natural talent than Roger? First time hearing this.

@annewalden3795

5 ай бұрын

Roger did not just have natural talent but he also put in the hard work to become an amazing player .I do not think he is appreciated enough for his dedication to the sport.

Djokovic barely ever beat a prime federer. Only a few times

That was not Prime Federer, and one single Match means nothing...

And....a creepy video-cam sex-pest stalker...

In short he is a chocker

These guys would not even be top 5 today.

@Geistlos0

6 ай бұрын

#2 and #3 after Djokovic

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

@@Geistlos0 no. I am dead ass they would be 6 and 9.

This guy is so overrated lol. Delpo is the much better player.

@mitchaelhollingsworth1698

6 ай бұрын

Delpo was great, but injuries. Way too many injuries.

@annewalden3795

5 ай бұрын

​@@mitchaelhollingsworth1698You are right .Tennis puts a lot of pressure on a players joints and very few professionals can stay clear of injury .

Wasn't very fit and his serve was average

Overrated; Gasquet and Marat Safin also beat prime Federer in 2005. (Safin in a Grand Slam semifinal, best of 5) Federer beat Nalbandian at the ATP Finals 2005 RR, and then was up 2 sets to love and 6-5 serving for the match 30-0 against him in the final ... the match should have been over TWICE. Federer absolutely choked there. Nalbandian lost the 2002 Wimbledon final, the 2003 Australian Semifinals, the 2004 French Open Semifinals and the 2006 Australian Semifinals because he wasnt that good. In reality he beat prime Federer only 3 times, never at a Grand Slam, only once at a best of five match. (post 2004)

@pcgamerzzzchannel3407

6 ай бұрын

dude he had all the weapons to win multiple grandslams just as safin , they didnt give a fuck about tennis.

@rebecalinares5393

6 ай бұрын

@@pcgamerzzzchannel3407 Nalbandian did train, que wasnt as professional overall, but he tried. Its just that he wasnt as good enough. He had an average serve and was weak mentally. Safin is a different story, when he trained and didnt party and fucked models he DID WIN SLAMS, DAVIS CUPS AND WAS NUMBER 1 IN THE WORLD. Safin was a different animal, possibly the most talented player ever.

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

Winner comment. This feeble attempt of Fed cultists to prop up a good but not great player in order to promote the myth of Federer’s legendary “wasted talent” contemporaries is laughable and pathetic at the same time.

@sleepyjoe5251

6 ай бұрын

@@rebecalinares5393 Safin is nowhere near as talented as Federer, let alone Djokovic.

@rebecalinares5393

6 ай бұрын

@@sleepyjoe5251 Safin vs Djokovic 2-0, including a 6-0 in their 1st meeting. Djokovic never won a set against Safin in their 2 meetings. Sadly Marat dedicated more to women and parties, but talent wise he was THE BEST in the world, miles ahead over Federer talent wise. Safin was powerful, quick and had all the shots, no weaknesses. You dont know anything about tennis. You are making a fool of yourself.

and weak era champ Novak's fans says Federer won titles in weak era 😁 Novak himself lost h2h matches against Roddick and Safin who're Federer's rivals 😁

Nalbandian an Gulbis are 2 huge wasted talents they could have won dozen of titles with a better gestion of their carreers 🫤