SABR | The Sneak Attack that SAVED Roger Federer's Career
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Publicado 2023-07-11
Second Serve | Exposing the Tennis Trick Shot that Broke the Internet: nebula.tv/videos/culttennis-exposing-the-tennis-tr…
It started as a joke. It ended up redefining Roger Federer's entire career.
Initially hated by many with multiples more left bewildered, the rarely before seen blitz marked the culmination of Federer’s years of experience and experimentation in crafting a move which may have contributed to one of the best late-career athletic comebacks of all time. But while extremely flashy and undoubtedly impressive when executed, do the statistics actually validate SABR’s usefulness in a professional level match? How effective really was it?
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Video written by Vikram Nijhawan
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Second Serve | Exposing the Tennis Trick Shot that Broke the Internet: nebula.tv/videos/culttennis-exposing-the-tennis-tr…
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2017 Federer during his AO title and Sunshine double wins has to be one of the best displays of attacking tennis in the modern era. His backhand looked unstoppable, he was consistently taking the ball so early and immediately put his opponent on the backfoot and the SABR was the perfect shot that exemplified all of that.
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I never heard Roger claiming to invent the shot, therefore why does it matter? It rejuvenated his backhand, and his career. End of story, Nothing Becker said matters here.
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Finally, HES BACK!
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Roger is just the beauty of tennis. I watched not because of wins, but because the magic he produced on set.
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Great example of some brilliant coaching. Interestingly, that 2015 Cincy match against Djokovic is the 4th lowest return points won % in Djokovic's career. Of the 3 other matches, one was in 2007 and the other two were just before his elbow surgery in 2017. What this means is that Federer's clinical serving was significant in how Federer won that match and tournament. Djokovic and Murray definitely sussed out the SABR quicker than others, and I think Murray should also get credit for stepping in significantly on the second serve before Federer dubbed it the SABR
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The reason Becker hated the SABR was because it was first implemented on a match against him by Mansour Bahrami on clay in Hamburg 1988 . So the inventor question is finished .
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Can you talk about why the Wimbledon courts were slowed down so significantly? Would be an interesting video
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I went to the 2015 Western & Southern Open with my dad and watched the final of Federer vs. Djokovic. I firmly remember looking at my dad after I saw the SABR and saying “is that allowed?”
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Missed your videos so much my man! Fascinating stuff as always and welcome back! ❤️
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SABR really is the serve and volley of returning.
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Still the GOAT of tennis storytelling! We’ve missed you
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Brilliant. The quality of these video essay edits is out of this world. Great to see a new one - amazing as ever all round.
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Love to see you back! I was just rewatching vids this week.
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Wow, your videos are absolutely amazing! I can't get enough of them! Keep up the fantastic work! <3
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Its a good day when cult tennis upload
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Thank you for your content! Top notch as always! ❤❤❤
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The Fed bh in 2017 was one of the deadliest shots ever.
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6:15 having 33% points won is actually pretty good since it's on the return
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I'm always in awe at the quality of these videos.
