When Federer’s Forehand Was Unstoppable ● Breaking A Showman’s Heart
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2022
- Roger Federer's forehand is one of history's most remarkable tennis shots. In this match against Gael Monfils, one of the fastest tennis players, Federer's forehand was on fire. Quarter-finals of the 2011 Roland Garros.
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He’s so elegant around the court it’s crazy. The guy is floating!
He stands for everything that's good about tennis
In his prime, his forehand was unstoppable in every match. In later years, particularly with the new racket, he has been hitting with more topspin and giving the opponent more chances to get it back. But in general, it's still as effective as before but just not as brutal. However, his backhand has become the near equal of his forehand. 2017 was the year of his dominance and was the most feared weapon that year. I hope we see it all return next month.
2017 wasn't Fed's year of dominance. 2004 - 2007 was his peak dominance! Fed is finished as the Fed we all use to know!
His one-handed backhand is the most beautiful thing! And it's nice to hear someone else still holds out a little hope.
Federer won’t win anymore gs
Not necessarily spin as much as the courts slowing down and opponents getting smarter on the defense. Opponents simply avoid hitting to the forehand. The Fed Forehand hasn't been an omnipotent monster of the past, but it easily troubles opponents very badly and never allows them to play their usual game.
I love Federer. May his tennis career rest in peace.
I love watching this man play. Even his half volleys are amazing. Everyone is talking in past tense about his career. It's heartbreaking to me but I get it. But there's this part of me that can't give up, that still hopes..... Thanks, RTT!
hes coming back for Swiss Indoors. I hope to see some of his Magic and cant give up on him either.
I feel exactly the same way
Alas the tense turned out to be correct bro 😭😭😭💔
Federers form from 2003 to 2008 was the most dominant. He won 2 or 3 grand slams for 6 years in a row
Difficult to believe,that this era is almost over.
Credit to Monfils he’s an incredible tennis player that stayed ranked in the top 25 for over a decade and ranked as high as number 6.
The best player we have ever laid eyes on with arguably the best FH as well! All good things come to an end!
Djoker is. Nadal also. How come one still didn't figure that out ?! ahah.
@@Diogene_Balbeur keep it quiet please.
@@Diogene_Balbeur at their best, neither one of them can beat Federer at his best. Rafa on clay is an exception.
@@sean9267 You are delusional. They both broke Federer on pretty much any aspect.
@@Diogene_Balbeur guess you weren't around to witness it. They're 5-6 years his junior. Federer started in a vastly different tennis era (serve and volley) and adapted his game over the years. Something Novak or Rafa could have never accomplished as they're both one dimensional. Raw tennis talent and attacking tennis ability, they're not comparable.
Federer vs Lopez is pure beauty in tennis - such a pure technique and elegance ;)
Everyone's talking about how good Federer's forehand was, but can we just appreciate that Monfils didn't give up even though he was clearly outmatched?
Wilander clearly wants to have some fun with Roger.
Nice video, always amazing to watch Roger Federer!
Thank you!
Roger’s tennis i is great.
Sir Roger federer golden legend in universal love you so much ❤❤❤
Yessirr
He's knighted?
If it wasn't the greatness of Nadal we would be talking about Federer as one of the all time greatson clay.
2006, 2007 and 2017 Federer is absolutely the best. Unmatched level.
WTF?? He won three Slams in 2004 and was No. 1 in the world! Unfortunately he will not go down as the greatest behind Novak and Rafa!
@@quentincrisp6933 he spoke about his level of play.in 2017 he trashed Nadal with his backhand.
@@thebigmonstaandy6644 Where do you see the word "backhand" in his post?
@@quentincrisp6933 i did not see ,the word backhand in his post.and now?
2017 he only won 2 majors. And it’s fair to say the reason he did was because Djokovic was horrid and not in good form. He was probably at a similar level in 2016 and 2018, it’s just his competition was superior.
Beast!
He was on fire in this tournament, 🔥 in the next match he broke novak's 42 Match winning streak unfortunately in the finals was king of clay, but still stretched him to 4 sets.
If Rafa wasn't injured in the first set trailing at 2:5 Roger would had not lost rythm and might had been completely different match but we'll never know.
@@janparchanski9242 yaa u are right, he took an injury time out just when it was 5-2, that could have been 5 sets thriller match.
The greatest!
technically the best forever
I remember watching Gaels Monfils and thinking who could beat this guy? LMFAO 😂😂
Monfils did one hell of a job.
Monfils played very well in that 1st set.
It's Tezuka zone!
0:18 Monfil's feet are pretty much touching when he's in his serve stance. very interesting.
he has a small jump.
Pinpoint stance. Berdych and Kyrgios also have it, to name just two. Federer uses the platform stance.
This is when you really see how good was Roger on clay. Monfils could easily outperform Roger just by physique. But Roger soon dominates the match.
mummy returns oppppp federer returns
hhaaahhhha
that forehand could not help when he played novak/nadal over his career GS matches where he only won 1 out of 3 tries!!
The courts were made slower somewhere around 2008 to 2010 and He started complaining too but the broadcasters wanted to make it even and interesting for people and players...
@@jituo1 u forgot he had the moon and sun aligned differently too..so desperate
Hmm remind me who Federer beat in the semifinals of this tournament?
Didn't Nadal stomp him in the finals here? But, still way better performance than 2008 from weak era champ
The same weak era champ that stopped your player in the semi
The courts were made slower somewhere around 2008 to 2010 and Roger started complaining too but the broadcasters wanted to make it even and interesting for people and players...
Nadal was only a "weak clay era champion"... No real or good clay courters in his time. No Musters, No Borgs, no Kuertens, No Vilas, no Wilanders, no Couriers ...
Federer and Djokovic were never good clay courters, they were exeptional hard & indoor & grass court specialists. Federer more so, if courts hadnt slowed down he would have won 30 grand slam titles. And Clay was never fasten up. Nadal was very lucky. Nadal was a bad indoor player, no ATP Finals won, just 1 title back in 2005 against Lubijic. Federer and Djokovic were far more succesfull on clay than Nadal indoors.
Nadal a weak clay era champion.
@@rebecalinares5393 the homogenization of the courts made that happen. Back then, you had clay court specialists that didn't even bother to play wimbledon.
true, that made nadal win 22 slams. But if courts would have stayed the same Federer would have won even more.