The Day Roger Federer Outplayed Prime Djokovic

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Coming from a Nadal fan: I don't think any player has a chance when Roger is on. Sheer talent... Surely the most gifted player in tennis history

I love the umpire’s way of saying “GAME! FEDERER!” When the crowd was so loud he had to yell into the mic. People just get so hype over Fed that they don’t for any other player and it’s amazing. He truly is the biggest star tennis has ever had

Alternate title: "What happens when Roger converts break points against Novak"

Federer is for tennis as Senna is for Formula 1. It doesn't matter if someone brake his records, he'll be always remembered as the most talented man that ever played the sport

Watching Roger Federer is such a treat for the eyes, he moves so gracefully, he hits his shots so cleanly. No one will ever match him for beauty and grace of play.

Did he just save all the break points while being 15 - 40 twice in the second set against Novak? That’s insane

I remember watching this live. Everybody always says 2015 Djokovic was the best player we’ve ever seen but that year was Federer’s best year in which he didn’t win a Slam. He was actually 3-3 against Novak on hard court, and overwhelmed him constantly with SABR and his revamped volleys.

Federer's game is just the best looking one on the atp tour.

Federer was unbeatable when he didn't sabotage himself with his mind. That's what Novak was better than any of the big 3 with. I think he was forced to master that given crowd's affinity for Roger and Rafa. He almost does it out of spite. I think Fed showed in many matches against Djoker that he was the more talented player, but sometimes faltered mentally at the end, making Novak the better mentally. I guess whoever you pick as the GOAT depends on which of those things you value more. For me, I'll take Roger, because it's fun watching him in beast mode, where literally no one can stop him, even prime Novak. I also think Fed's more "human" mental strength, if you can call it that (I mean, the guy has 20 slams, ffs), is what appeals to many about him. Knowing that generally, the win is on his racket if he keeps it together, but that he may not at times, makes you pull for him. I Think the fact that Fed was so much better and so dominant over the field for multiple years may have actually stunted his growth. I mean, look how long it took him to switch to an updated racket that helped him massively once he finally did. Pride may have played a role in that. This doesn't take into account the changing of the courts over the years (drastically slowing down), the difference in the field during that time, etc. For example, I think Novak would've been an all time great regardless, but he wouldn't have won 20 slams had the courts remained the speed they were in the early 2000's, and Fed likely would've had 5 or 6 more, given how scary he is on faster courts. Either way, Fed won nearly 10 more slams after the speed started decreasing. So much goes into picking "the greatest" in anything. That's made all the harder when you're still in the moment. I think only history will pick between the big 3, and regardless of my own opinion, I don't fault anyone who picks Rafa or Novak as their greatest. Let's look at everything again in 20 years and see who says what.

Roger’s Tennis is the most beautiful.

That was tennis at its best. Thank you Roger for the joy you have given us over the years. people will speak of your tennis skills a hundred years from now.

You also gotta say that Dubai court is one of the fastest in the world, definitely giving Roger the avantage

When federer is on, he has dominated novak like this many times when he’s past his prime and novak is in his prime, usually on fast hard courts, dubai and cincy mainly (and shanghai 2014). Masters 1000 and atp 500 hard court tournaments in 2014/2015 he would often destroy novak but froze up in the slams and a lot of important finals. He’s had very good showings at the round robin stages of the atp finals. But novak doesn’t seem to have showings where he thrashed federer (outside of AO). Many of his recent wins over fed have been extremely close, their match at the Paris masters where it was 3 tiebreaks or whatever, wimbledon finals, uso final and semifinals. Indian wells. I think fed can do this bc the nature of his aggressive game which is dependent on getting flow and rhythm and he becomes unstoppable when he gets that rhythm. Fed pushes the play and creates the tempo of the match. Novak is very reactive and tends to counterpunch and even if he’s consistent and gets the majority of their recent matches, he can’t blow fed off the court like roger can to him. He just doesn’t have the aggressive and attacking game that federer can produce. And when federer does, wowwww it’s magical. It’s an honor to be alive when he’s playing.

Djokovic is a defender player, Nadal is a defender player. The only tru attack artist is Federer period!!

This Federer, the Federer that comands each point and putts all in each stroke, is completely unbeateble. And his tennis become the best tennis ever played in the game history. His best tennis is far away from the best tennis played by any other player.

Roger in the zone. Never felt like Djokovic had a chance in the match after the first set

Djokovic is just trying to play at a chill pace, while Federer is like: nah, not today.

No one ever Beats Federer of he plays like this. No one.

Imagine if Roger was this mentally strong more often against Novak...