Del Potro beats Nadal in an astonishing tennis semi-final

[@justincartwright252]

The crowd in this tournament was turned ALL THE WAY UP!!! I was living with each match. There should a major tournament in South America. The South American fans create such an electric atmosphere.

[@tattwa1]

Justin Cartwright Very true!

[@martinrochettiyharour9609]

Argentinian fan are the best..

[@TheGreatGuy_]

most fans were from the country thye players are from

[@DeepSeas..]

@@TheGreatGuy_ I watched this live and no they weren’t. They were mostly Brazilian. The camera just kept focusing on the ones wearing Spanish or Argentinian gear since it’s in the spirit of the Olympics.

[@putucoq3]

@@martinrochettiyharour9609 nope, they are the worst. Browse some Davis Cup series in KZbin, they are cringeworthy

[@theviniso]

It's impossible to hate Delpo.

[@unowen7591]

I've seen people on KZbin who hate on Delpo. Want to smack them across the face.

[@dennisvillaflor3359]

It is not. I dont hate him but i dont like him either. His antics on court can be much. Time delay, fake mtos and late challenges.

[@angejo5591]

Dencod Raikkonen doesn’t happen very often though

[@omerrasiuk2449]

@@angejo5591 oh hello😂

[@masters.1000]

Well, if you are Argentinian you have motives after 2008.

[@DonLee1980]

Del potro... when he's on his game, he can beat anyone.

[@aleksajankovic8063]

He cannot even take a set against Djoker when the both of them are in their prime. cya boi

[@atrompazos74]

Rio Olympics, first round, who cried after that match? Cya girl...

[@velekorunoski5997]

As a Nole fan, I say yes, Delpo is the most dangerous player when he is in 100% form no matter who he plays against

[@jacobschmidt2709]

@@juansalvadorgarcinifernnde8657 Wrong. Wawrinka has not been able to do Jack against Federer and Nadal. He takes advantage of a good matchup vs Djokovic.

[@dinhvanhung4865]

@@jacobschmidt2709 Oh please. I'm a hardcore Nadal's fan, but Wawrinka beat Fed on route to RG2015 title and Monte Carlo 2014 title. He beat Nadal in AO2014 final as well. His 3 GS are totally deserved.

[@Novakdjokovic517]

del Porto a true gentleman in tennis

[@kmurali1669]

Sir R u really Nadaaal

[@thomas0822]

00:59 This may have been one of the points of the year... The crowd's reaction is incredible

[@jayap3557]

just for those two... Rafa deserved the gold... sad he did not get the bronze even... bad luck...

[@luisdiegomorataya3505]

@@jayap3557 HAJAHA LMAOOO

[@BrotherTree1]

This point and the previous point (where Nadal did the lawnmower celebration) were probably the loudest cheers.

[@strikerbowls791]

@@jayap3557 He got gold in doubles

[@jayap3557]

@@strikerbowls791 boss I meant the @Rio in singles... Rafa deserves to win gold in every olympic that he participates... there is a special aura to the olympics... plus there are more stringent rules in Olympics so some players cant do hanky panky and win... they get away with such shady methods to win in AO (especially) - they even get some spectator to insult rafa so that he loses... in RG - they got some kid to give coaching to the player...very cunning... anyways... special people will win olympic gold... Rafa is that special one...

[@rupinjeremiah9589]

A consistently fully fit Delpo would have won more majors. Sad his body is so fragile.

[@juandhaltrich]

his playing style is too agressive for his height

[@ABC-ABC1234]

@@juandhaltrich His general fitness has been called in question many times... That is the main reason why his body keeps breaking down, whenever he attempts to push for results...

[@azazello1784]

He should have been working as a circus freak.

[@dlopezdlo11]

Del Potro has had some classic semi final matches last 2 Olympics with Federer in 2012 (crazy 19-17 3rd set) and 3rd tiebreaker with Nadal (reason why they included tiebreaker in Rio Olympic after long London match with Federer) but last 2 olympics del potro came out with medals bronze in 2012 london and silver in 2016 rio

[@anitaheredia2395]

I will never forget this match. It was so emotional

[@schwozluv8364]

I honestly can’t believe delpo won this. But huge congrats even 2 years later.

[@angejo5591]

Rodion 8 6 whatta bout 3 years later

[@cosmicsteel2803]

What about 4?

[@juliashireen6195]

And how about 5 years later?

[@aarinhegde6083]

@@juliashireen6195what about 5 years 1 week later

[@stfustfu7765]

And what about 5 years, 1 week and 1 day later?

[@alffredo9941]

Un grande delpotro y es emocionante q siendo ultra profesional y se tire al suelo a besar los aros olímpicos. Como nole llorando después de perder en los juegos son gestos q sólo suceden en los JJ.OO. la magia de los juegos es única y hasta los más profesionales del deporte pueden conmover en la victoria o la derrota

[@ceciliaolivieri5395]

I'am Argentinian. Juan is a perfect example of sportmanship and has the heart of a lion.

[@fabriciouhd]

habla en español no ves que soy de boca

[@ceciliaolivieri5395]

@@fabriciouhd I'am Argentinian and I know English, if I wrote in English is because of the video. No one is talking to you, so shut up and mess up with someone else.

[@mateograffigna9372]

@@fabriciouhd te hablo en bolivianos si queres chin chon 3-1 2018

[@Slabouchlikglichlapouk]

Del potro was the hero of this olympic tournament, he should’ve won gold 😢

[@kakashihatake1029]

Murray was just on a different level from everyone else at that point in time

[@tomicthetankengine5932]

Defeated Novak, defeated Rafa. He really deserved Gold. Murray always gets a gassed out opponent in the final

[@adamcang4683]

@@tomicthetankengine5932 delpo would have lost anyway

[@MRKIKE44]

@@adamcang4683 wrong, he beat murray in davis cup after that, he was really gassed out in the olympics final

[@danielalc2071]

Es el martillo de Thor!! Orgullo argentino 🇦🇷 Es humilde, educado, gran persona y gran jugador, nada más se puede pedir..

[@putucoq3]

tienes razon, capaz no es argentino porque esas no son cualidades de ellos ja

[@YHLQMDLG97]

​​@@putucoq3nació en Tandil, (dónde yo vivo), si lo ubicas en el mapa, vas a ver que está en el "corazón" de Argentina 😂😂 así que mas argentino imposible...

[@draspen]

Wait what? I know Nadal and Djoko were all-time great tennis player but this dude beats them both. What a legend

[@王平-u8w]

WOW! I love this match!!!

[@neongamer1162]

Del potro is having a great olympics , first Novak now nadal!?!

[@TheOrangeMamba]

neon gamer116 this was a year ago bro

[@RP-kr2mg]

TheOrangeMamba Oh! I thought Olympic is contested every year. Thanks for your valuable knowledge and valuable time.

[@MKD1101]

*What kind of player beats djokovic and nadal but loses to murray?*

[@ParisDuCasse]

M.K.D. He was clearly fatigued in the final. He had just come back from injury, and this was the furthest he had made it since returning. Delpo had won right matches to get to the finals, playing a 5 set match. I'm no Murray fan at all, but he was the fresher player that day, and he was lucky to have been playing against a fatigued Delpo (who still managed to grab a set). What a tournament from Delpo though.

[@WilliamRobinson-bb6mr]

This was also Murray on the biggest roll of his career.

[@alexoh7834]

slices

[@alexoh7834]

for taller players

[@alexoh7834]

trying to make it tiring

[@thiagosouza895]

Como o delpo faz falta, muito talento, garra e carisma...merecia ter mais saúde.

[@omi3090]

¡Gracias Delpo! 💙🇦🇷

[@incognito7994]

One of the greatest matches ever

[@leonarddai4998]

Del potro's forehand so satisfying

[@framework1600]

1:20 is unbelievable

[@jota_bs]

Still lost though...

[@jayap3557]

yes...sad that Rafa lost...his game for the best part is unbelievable... his bad-luck moments are also unbelievable sometimes...

[@david.1844]

That match was increible. I remember watching it like if it would be a football match

[@MAURGASM]

the court was sooooo slow

[@nhuskar8846]

That ball at the second 0:40 was so in. Put super slow speed, and you will see.

[@mutlangen7]

it was probably a bad camera angle

[@jota_bs]

Oh of course, hawk eye must be wrong then. Sometimes I wonder if people are actually serious with their comments...

[@dulceamor816]

Del Potro tiene que ser el abanderado en la ceremonia inaugural de los juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020

[@haydengarinduchesne9269]

Yeah if Delpo weren’t beset with injuries throughout his career he could really have challenged the quartet of Murray , Federer , Nadal and Djokovic on his day he was an absolute brute to play

[@guicon2007]

Que partido!!!! fue el que mas grité en mi vida cuando ganó....

[@Maestrojedi]

¡Grande Delpo! :)

[@loganthewolverine2030]

Del potro - onvredible heart and quality of a champion, epsecially when playing for hos country. He beat Djokovic AND Nadal in Rio 2016 (losing to Murray), pretty much without a backhand after wrist surgery, and beat Djokovic in London 2012 to win a medal (lost to Federer 17-15 epic final set). Even though he played in the absoluate prime peak of big 4 era he showed an amazing game+emotions to win the heart of tennis fans all over the world.

[@FedeVideos1]

JMD is THE BEST

[@Samuel-zm9lh]

Sos mucho orgullo Delpo, aguante Argentina!

[@_Ap0calypse-]

Orgullo jajaja ese manco ni una medalla de oro tiene facundito

[@Samuel-zm9lh]

@@_Ap0calypse- 23 títulos incluido US OPEN y MASTER 1000 DE CINCINATI COPA DAVIS MEDALLA PLATA Y BRONCE

[@Samuel-zm9lh]

@@_Ap0calypse- y vos quien te crees que sos para decirle manco?

[@shashwatgupta397]

Andy murray is not the goat but he manages to beat THE GOAT for an OLYMPIC GOLD.True country boy

[@cosmicsteel2803]

Huh

[@wildguy219]

@@cosmicsteel2803 he’s talking about when he beat Federer straight sets in 2012. Tho, I do think Novak is GOAT tho.

[@Marekxk]

One of the greatest tennis highlights ever 😆😆😆😆😁😁😁😁😜😜😜😜

[@quest9133]

Dang man. Remember when Rafa was struggling with his serve and forehand that he changed his serving position on the ad side.

[@tomasiglesias8264]

Partidazo, quise tanto que le ganar a Nadal en este partido y lo disfrute tanto que despues ni me importo que perdiera contra Murray. Aguante delpo hoy mas que nunca.

[@MinhTran-qt2pi]

2:11 what is Rafa doing serving from so far wide???

[@jweber018]

I believe he was injured and couldn't serve at full speed, so he went for angles instead.

[@mezomoza7]

Del Potro forehand accompanied by his grunting is my favourite shot of any tennis player EVER. He doesn’t hit the ball, he punishes it!

[@starllama2149]

Tennis is just the best man

[@avtarkahlon4724]

My all time favourite delpo

[@ezequiel.p22]

NOSTALGIA❤

[@gmarcussi]

Someone has the full match link ?

[@fdsjlaf]

Del Potro's respect for Brazil at the end is very rare from an Argentinean

[@alanthomas5406]

Really wish you would have shown the first match point.

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Great Delpo ❤

[@amohammedsuhail9130]

Wish he'd won it so badly.

[@danielandersondefreitas4183]

Curti ele beijando a logo do Rio

[@sanjay01376]

what a point at 1:11

[@KasusEpykMusykII]

*Great del Potro! Always kind and classy sportsman. When he was on his top form (100%), he could have beaten anyone.*

[@jihadahmed9568]

delpo should watch this highlights again n again this will inspire him to beat rafa in FO semi final:)))

[@armstrongtixid6873]

@ppm120667 The comment was probably posted before FO SF 2018, when Nadal beat Delpo in straights ... it was never going to happen in a million years ...

[@armstrongtixid6873]

@ppm120667 Yeah, if I was a Rafan, I would ... but I feel that even with Moya, injuries would hinder him.

[@armstrongtixid6873]

@ppm120667 With Moya, he might've been able to win on clay, but everywhere else, he was bound to play really bad ...

[@armstrongtixid6873]

@ppm120667 Yeah, I'm sure ...

[@papigringo5692]

Very unlike Nadal to miss that sitter forehand on match point.

[@N.Kishore]

2015,2016 were his worst years,he lost matches physically and mentally.

[@littl3m0nkey]

This felt like what a Davis Cup match would be like if the stands was split 50-50. The atmosphere for the tennis tournament (men and women) at Rio was unreal

[@arihantaryan8261]

How would you feel when you defeat both Djokovic and Nadal to win silver😔😔😔

[@Corleone-px3nx]

Bravo

[@prafulyadav2658]

Imagine beating djoker and rafal then losing to murray

[@pacificbutterdo2326]

Murray, as boring as his game is, is a solid baseliner and has pretty decent touch at the net too. Covers the court and is mentally fit. Not that much of a surprise.

[@jacobschmidt2709]

Yeah, imagine losing to a 3 time grand slam champ, future world number 1, World Tour Finals winner, 2 time Olympic Gold medalist, 11 time grand slam finalist, 14 time master 1,000 winner 🙄. You need to research your history bud. Murray is an all-time great.

[@prafulyadav2658]

@@jacobschmidt2709 I didn't mean it as Insult for Murray,Murray is great but he is nothing when compared to rafa and nole....that's what I meant he heated both rafa and nole but lost to murray

[@davidleonelflores1148]

Cuando volveremos a verte jugar delpo

[@ashwiniyer5609]

Nadal could’ve won this match if he just caught the line when he hit a straight back hand which was out by some centimetre.

[@ec7001]

As Nadal would say: if if if, it doesn’t exist

[@juliashireen6195]

@@ec7001 LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I could actually HEAR him saying that👍👍👍👍👍

[@theyoutuber273]

How did nadal manage to break back??

[@monstajd]

man..has Rafa aged like... a lot since this match? Doesn't even look the same

[@tennisradu]

He looks exactly the same 😂

[@gautaml6891]

Only guy to beat Fedal in olympics

[@2000Chess]

2:10 SO FAR

[@regworld1167]

Del Potro celebrated like he had just won the tournament. Guess he forgot Prime Murray was waiting for him in Final ?

[@Balfour.]

That's how you celebrate when you beat Rafa and get yourself into your first final after overcoming a career-ending injury.

[@nhatlongvu8896]

Nadal came back from 0-40 (4-5) on third set...still hit unbelievable shot!!! what a man of steel.

[@dennisvillaflor3359]

Nhật Long Vũ what score are you reading? Lol.

[@N.Kishore]

@@dennisvillaflor3359 SAME SCORE LOL,it['s true,delpo was serving for the match and got broken,can't you see it?

[@fedemart21]

Hubiera estado mucho tiempo dentro del top 5 del potro sino hubiera tenido tantas lesiones

[@jayap3557]

Rio-de-jajneiro is an Argentinian city... like London was also an olympic city... :-) poor rafa...he should have won this match...wonder he did not even get a bronze... is that even possible for a champ like Rafa...

[@nizamuddina]

wow, that's a slow court

[@raminrasouli191]

Was this played in Olympics? Or was it Australian open?

[@AgustinVeron-up5kv]

Río de Janeiro Brasil

[@innosanto]

Del Potro had capacity to be no1.

[@argensimiofuribundo640]

Las dos medallas de Oro que tiene Nadal las verás en sueños Del Pony

[@gonzalopistara7511]

Y la copa davis no la conseguiran nunca en tu pais jajajajajajaja

[@valenting2003]

Y tu país en copas davis?

[@RAVISAHAR-ev9eg]

Delpo belongs to same league of Murray and wawarinka

[@lszujo73]

Olimpics.....the one place they take doping control seriously

[@israelmatute4726]

Del potro jugó increíble en este partido, vamos del potro ole, ole

[@maheshwaran3768]

Good to see delpo not winning final n gold medal We got revenge Vamos andy murray Vamos rafa

[@valenting2003]

No seas así hombre

[@kdsm3412]

Tower of Tandil!

[@2slow2survive]

0:40 just watch the ball with 0.25 speed. This ball was never out lol

[@shanandianebrewerdavisowen1697]

Tennis is not stupid for one thing your not on the correct court and the net is off - you are on the ping pong court with the wrong equipment.

[@hrishi-jagtap]

I watched this match live :)

[@afafreen]

Hrishikesh Jagtap you are lucky!

[@philippegrard3760]

Bravo Juan. Et le majorquin se fait sortir pour la troisième place par Nishikori

[@huyquang1263]

Rafael Nadal looks like Echizen Ryoma!

[@janardhanareddy9384]

Power vs power

[@lautaroherrera3080]

Que bestia por favor

[@marstonrobert]

Is he ever coming back!!!!!!?????

[@ammaardawood9247]

the margins between winner and loser

[@jc-vu4gn]

big 3 hates play del po in olimpics

[@luisceasalamanca2744]

Juega muy bien Del Potro

[@muamerulic3122]

RAFA # G O A T

[@Pickleandrepeat]

:( rafa

[@88Ulloa]

2:11 Never saw Nadal or any other professional player serve from this position. Was it part of his strategy in some way? To me, it seems like it is strictly worse to serve from this position instead of the usual position (4 or 5 steps closer to the center of the court).

[@2112films]

fue adentro el globo de Nadal

[@branko09]

EASYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@davidcaton6010]

Tennis shouldn’t be an Olympic sport. Lame. Devalues Davis Cup. Any pro would take a major over a gold medal.

[@juliashireen6195]

Okay okay I know tennis should be played in SILENCE without people cheering blah blah, but this IS the Olympics. People WANT TO BE CHEERING, just saying Umpire!!! Gah!

[@Only4hands]

Should have gone down the line

[@rodrigiaguiar3225]

Mil gols mil gols .... so quem estava la sabe o que foi cantar pros argentinos

[@Agendnews]

contando goles de los entrenamientos y estaduales

[@valenting2003]

Todos goles inventados,messi>>>>>Pelé

[@patrickcarson290]

Oh thank God Nadal lost this match. I almost had a heart attack that day.

[@pauljohnson6019]

Nadal choked last point, an easy forehand miss! So the secret, is to put him under pressure, and he'll give you a cheap point, eventually.

[@TUTUMAH]

Paul Johnson Nadal usually paints the lines anyway, it was more a micro-miss, than a regularity.

[@t7612-v6h]

So I guess that Nadal would have talked about having an injury a couple of days after the loss, no?

[@N.Kishore]

typical RAFA HATER,NO?

[@FootieFan1886]

I can taste the salt from here.

[@maharshibhattacharyya1618]

2017 Rafa would have won 7-5,7-5.

[@jamesbu1187]

Maharshi Bhattacharyya look at Delpo though. He can't hit a two handed backhand without pain. He played against Elias today, about two or three weeks into his return after the Miami Masters and Indian Wells injury, and said he felt shoulder pain. Rafa not the only one to be cut down by injuries; delpo is suffering every day and it hurts to se him like this. Stillhas that mental strength but will likely never get back to 2009-11 Delpo level

[@sidds3180]

Nah, he would've lost to 2017 Federer in the QF or something lol

[@maharshibhattacharyya1618]

Sidd Sakhamuri the discussion is between delpo and Rafa.Why should you bring in Federer?

[@adithya9710679609]

Sidd Sakhamuri Are you Mad or high on Drugs ? Improve your reading capacity

[@sidds3180]

Oh give me a break, will you? He said if this was a tournament in 2017 Nadal would've won. I said he wouldn't have reached this far because this was a hard court event (and we know Nadal's roadblock on hard courts this year). If he could imagine a hypothetical scoreline for a match, I'm perfectly alright to hypothetically imagine this match up wouldn't even have been possible. And speaking of improving English, you could do better with unnecessary usage of capital letters. You do know that 'mad' and 'drugs' are not proper nouns, or do you?

[@billieame]

los hinchas argentiiinos che

[@aldoringo439]

Ah yes, hard court tennis. No one cares.