(HD) Stanislas Wawrinka vs Rafael Nadal Australian Open 2014 FINAL (ESPN) - HIGHLIGHTS

[@robertsobotka3725]

In my opinion, Stan Wawrinka on his good day is untouchable for literally anybody in tennis history. Like, I mean it, when he's in the zone, he is a monster

[@aleksamilosevic8792]

He nearly lost to djoker this tournament,he lost to him at AO and USO 2013 and he got murdered by nadal at RG 17.

[@warriorsfilmroom4224]

On his good day, he can keep up with the greats, but I wouldn't say "untouchable."

[@yousefbhoyroo6960]

Very true. Its hes head

[@lukashelmhart1806]

@@aleksamilosevic8792 yeah and he did beat him so whats your point? If stan is on he destroys djokovics defense with his insane power! Of course he cannot do it everytime but when hes in the zone novak has no chance , nobody does

[@abhishek4044]

@@lukashelmhart1806 get his duck out

[@NEVAB4]

Stan at his best is ridiculous to watch. My favorite player.

[@HT_Ray]

100% agree

[@danieleugen3858]

​@rafaundisputedgoat4291😂

[@anneperry9014]

Always!❤

[@abdushukurjorayev6060]

I Love Stan wawrinka

[@LennyTurner]

Wow, the way Stan was hitting that ball! It honestly wouldn't have mattered who he was playing that day. The title was his!

[@lecturerhetshah4345]

Lenny Turner unless if fed was playing

[@goxaviergo11]

Lenny Turner only Feds prime could stop him, but otherwise no chance for anyone else.

[@srkucrickk]

Nadal is 17-3 against Wawrinka. Nadal was injured here. Healthy Nadal destroyed Wawrinka at Roland Garros 2017. So healthy Nadal would have destroyed this Wawrinka.

[@Agila0718]

@@srkucrickk no. Nadal is healthy here...and this Stan is better than the best of rafa in the AO.

[@Agila0718]

This is probably the highest level of tennis in the AO history

[@EvanNagao]

That ending kind of made me emotional. He was so humble. He was sympathetic of Nadal's loss though I'm sure he was very ecstatic to finally win a slam.

[@adithyanaren519]

His 1st ever slam

[@azazello1784]

Sympathetic? Nadal won much more than he deserved.

[@marilou20091]

​@@azazello1784 sympathetic of him being injured

[@marshaloga3047]

@@azazello1784 Dude, sympathy isn't being about winning or losing, I always remember the gesture Nadal had towards Federer in Ao 2009, I think till this it's one of the most kindest gestures in the history of tennis. Nadal totally supressed his emotions in finally winning his first AO against his great rival, and comforted Roger totally when he was emotional in losing.

[@azazello1784]

@@marshaloga3047 Nadal should have let Federer win. He had no business winning that grand slam.

[@rafanadal147]

Stan is most humble guy in tennis i ever seen. I like the way he console his opponent after winning. RESPECT

[@charlesjang4854]

I wish the comments would act the same way tho 😕

[@muhammaddaniyalrashid9463]

Agree

[@Server16116]

He's humble in this moment, but I've seen him act pretty cocky/arrogant too

[@5741-i4v]

@@Server16116 let's see the proof/video of Stan being arrogant

[@robinsoncruise2228]

Why do u see him as more humble than the big 3?

[@atharvathatte9335]

I think Wawrinka is the only player who didn't fall on the court after winning his first grand slam!

[@danggiang5366]

@markorevan he won't even smile

[@mdas5330]

@@Laland_1196 he has never fallen. Get your facts right little dude. What happened to Nadal? Oh yes got destroyed. Lol

[@trumpameri1638]

Because he realised that this is nothing special wining few grand slam title.... NOVAK nadal federer will be remembered like biggest champions in tennis history

[@jacobschmidt2709]

I hate to say it guys, but bubufubu is correct in this debate. Nothing, I repeat nothing in tennis history indicates that Stan was going to beat a healthy Nadal in this match. Stan was winless against Nadal and had not even taken a set from the Spaniard. In spite of beating Djokovic, which it is documented that Stan's style works well against Djokovic's style, there is nothing that shows that Stan could beat Nadal in a BO5 match. Styles make fights and Stan, even Stanimal 2.0, did not have what it takes to best a healthy Nadal in reasonable form in a BO5. Many people bring up the first set, but how many times have we seen an inspired player take the first set, only for Nadal to find his rhythm and become too strong for the "said player" in the course of a bo5 match. All-out aggressiveness and power can usually not hold against Rafa in BO5, with Soderling being the rare exception. History also shows that in spite of Nadal's struggles in earlier rounds of slams sometimes, he usually brought his best by the time the semifinals and finals roll around. Just ask Federer and Djokovic how difficult it is to beat a locked in Nadal. What we do know is that Stanimal 2.0 had not arrived till 2013- 2014(despite not winning, he had given Djokovic lots of trouble in slams since then). Stan was winless in both matches and sets to Nadal up to that point. Post Stanimal 2.0, Nadal leads 7-3. One loss was ofc AO 14 Final(Nadal injury) and the other two came in 2015---Nadal's worst year of his career---where everybody was beating him and he was just a shadow of his former self. Therefore, as it stands, nothing indicates Stan, even Stanimal 2.0(0-6 vs uninjured and normal Nadal) has what it takes to best an uninjured Nadal in reasonable form in BO3, let alone BO5. Would have Stanimal made this a competitive match? Absolutely. Was he going to beat a healthy Nadal over the course of 5 sets? Likely not. To conclude, if Stanimal was as unstoppable as some of you say he is, how did he lose in such pathetic fashion in RG 17 final? Surely "God Mode Stan" would have at least made things competitive if he was as great as some of you think he is.

[@muhammadazzam7545]

Nope. Murray us open 2012

[@steveosaur]

The quality of Stan's tennis here is impossible. Hard hitting with extreme consistency and accuracy from both sides, plus great serving and some nice volley in between. A beacon of hope to us mere mortals!

[@wahn10]

So many insane shots. My jaw still drops multiple times watching a highlight like this. Stan was unplayable here.

[@scottwarren4998]

Stan has a losing h2h in slams vs Fed. Stan also has losing h2h in slams vs Nadal. Stan is close vs Djokovic in h2h in slams, but still Djokovic is leading the h2h in slams 5-4 vs stan, and Djokovic has 24 slams to his name.

[@yi-juhuang8204]

I'm a Stan the Man fan but Rafa was injured here. Rafa even said he should have skipped this match due to his injuries, but you don't walk out of a GS final so he still showed up. As much as I love Stan, I just can't see him beating an in-form Nadal on hard.

[@scottwarren4998]

@@yi-juhuang8204 No, nadal was not injured. But nadal wooul probably have beaten stan's ass if they just met on hard court grandslams after 2014.

[@scottwarren4998]

@@yi-juhuang8204 I mean in 2013. us open 2013 for example. nadal had beaten stan..

[@yi-juhuang8204]

@@scottwarren4998 that was novak lmao

[@kunalsethi7192]

Stan was firing rockets that day....what a beast, I wish he'd make a comeback

[@alexanderbobylev2810]

Why is he not playing these days?

[@kunalsethi7192]

@@alexanderbobylev2810 currently he's suffering from foot injury, he did play AO 21 but he's nowhere near this level

[@rgfitness6425]

Fluke

[@bacardibum]

To beat Nadal you either have to out-Nadal him which Djokovic does, or just push him around the court like Soderling, Wawrinka, and Del Potro have done. Either way it's a very tough task.

[@bazingadude2492]

Feliciano Ernesto Guevara well Djokovic beat him in 2012 AO final, a match which Nadal admitted to giving it his absolute all and playing his absolute best tennis.

[@samarthadhikari4830]

bacardium or simply hit him off the court like 2017 federer

[@srkucrickk]

Nadal is 17-3 against Wawrinka. Nadal was injured here. Healthy Nadal destroyed Wawrinka at Roland Garros 2017.

[@srkucrickk]

@アンディマレー There is no doubt that Wawrinka wouldn't have beaten a healthy version of Nadal. Nadal was 12-0 against Wawrinka before the final. In the final Nadal had a back injury and couldn't run and move properly.

[@srkucrickk]

@アンディマレー No, he was just facing an injured version of Nadal, who had a back injury and couldn't run or move properly. Nadal dominates Wawrinka all his career 17-3 for a reason. Look at how a healthy Nadal destroyed your "Stanimal" at Roland Garros 2017. Same would have happened here, but unfortunately Nadal had a back injury.

[@edvardkalathil3128]

What a powerful backhand by Stan!! How's it even possible to have that much power

[@freework4989]

Must be God gifted.

[@riajraju6863]

The only player to beat both Djokovic and Nadal in the same tournament to win AO. Come Back Stan the Man, tennis misses you

[@bogdan55]

Let's not forget this was Stan's first Grand Slam final.He was almost 29 back then, he always had the game to compete at a top-level but I feel he was falling short mentally. Only after having started working with Magnus Norman he became the Stanimal that we know today. However,once again this was his first GS final and in the tennis era that we're living, you can never take for granted that you'll get a second shot. And for anyone who knows anything about tennis, one can easily get distracted and divert from his game plan when facing a seemingly injured opponent(even more I'm stressing this out, when you're in your 1st GS final at almost 29). So kudos to Stan for being able to focus on his game only and finish off the match, regardless of his opponent fitness state.

[@Grivian]

Magnus Norman is a good coach. He also turned Robin Söderling into one of the best players on the tour.

[@cyriljacob4839]

His backhand has many gears.

[@maheshwaran3768]

Ass gears Rafa was injured

[@userhsu]

Indeed, in my opinion, he is the only player who can control the one handed back hand fully, from hitting the ball short to deep and adjusting angles and levels of spin

[@pastilla01234]

@@maheshwaran3768 ahhh the he was injured excused of all the time, only when he wins there was no injury

[@maheshwaran3768]

@@pastilla01234 look Back injury was the reason Stan has no chance in hell against rafa Vamos rafa

[@suyog.4]

@@maheshwaran3768 Clearly Wawrinka was dominant all the time. Rafa was not looking injured initially, Wawrinka's game made him injured...and also Nadal has injury problem on every part of body since the beginning of his career so it's nothing new. Don't be a blind follower, you should give respect to opponent's skills also.

[@windi1982]

Stan „The Man“! Best one-handed backhand in the business! 🔥🔥🔥

[@M.L.official]

Most inconsistent*

[@humanentity2214]

What a champ, no over celebration even though it was his first grand slam, acknowledged the injury of his opponent. Class act, take notes kyrgios, this is how a grown up man acts, Stan The MAN

[@teppo9585]

I think he just knew he wasn´t the goat, and he just beat someone who potentially is, at least on clay. Had he been few years younger and vying for a goat position would have been different. He knew he was just Stan. A guy who beat Nadal in a GS final and he was quite happy with that without need for additional fanfare.

[@drstew1]

Then three years later Nadal had another incredible final with Federer. Stan Wawrinka is pretty much unbeatable when he’s on his a game.

[@M.L.official]

Any of the Big 3 are unbearable. You're sounding like a real casual saying something like that lol

[@kevinhickey3515]

The most beautiful shotmaker. Strong and graceful all on one. Always loved watching Stan.

[@miguelbarahona6636]

Wawrinka hits the ball so cleanly!

[@moaek3966]

Prime Stan kicked every ass he faced , man outslugged prime Djoko and prime Rafa multiple times with a sledgehammer for a racquet

[@azoleyehirooni11]

Wawrinka was playing out of this world good and deserved the title! A little suspect that Nadal all of a sudden has an injury as soon as he gets broken easily in the second set and sees Wawrinka is playing too good for him to beat him and is on his way to being routed!

[@Romans8-9]

Rubbish, if that were the case, Nadal would have thrown the match vs Medvedev in 2022, you can see the injury clearly had an effect on his service motion.

[@erichandbury6321]

Stan was a beast back then. Great to watch. The French Open final with Djokovic was a masterclass in aggression.

[@nicolaszunker4938]

Stan the Manimal. He absolutely SPANKED nadal this game. Freaking brilliant player when he on,

[@connorism69]

In the first set he did... Things were just weird from then on.

[@innosanto]

@@connorism69 what you mean weird.he was better.

[@Romans8-9]

@@innosanto Nadal serving at 100mph, was def weird.

[@RaphaelBas1995]

@@innosantoWeird in how the last three sets unfolded. In set two, Nadal’s injury flared up, and he could barely move, making it uncompetitive. In set three, Wawrinka started to rally straight back at Nadal instead of making him run, for some reason. Meanwhile, Nadal flattened out his shots out of necessity and strangely took control. And then in set four, Wawrinka broke through, only to immediately give the break back, and then break again.

[@capoman1]

Stan has Soderling's coach, who was world no2 in the 90s, and both hit the ball super hard consistently.

[@RabehMnasri]

The only player who never lost any Grandslam final he played.He played 3 major finals against Nadal in AO 2014 and he won and he played Novak twice in French open final 2015 and US open 2016 and he won both.

[@frankneto5984]

Kuerten never lost either. He played 3 RG finals and won all 3

[@menziboy2072]

Bro he lost the 2017 RG Final..

[@vachaty13]

Sportsmanship,friendship,respect. Love both of you,Stan and Rafa

[@maxlee8371]

stan have the best backhand in the history of tennis, unbelievable

[@ragas2845]

Just clean ball striking from Stan. So pleasing on the eye.

[@henrykaspar3634]

Stan at the top of the game never seemed rushed. Rather, it seemed as he he had endless time to position himself and play the ball any way he wanted.

[@ALLNAMESAREALLREADYT]

its all coz of the good movement , good movement is everything in tennis , look at Stan now , he barely can move

[@michaellove7912]

The way Stan plays the ball is just beautiful

[@sebastianrubesamen3874]

Stan has so much talent - if he feels mentally good - he is invincible!

[@mysticnomad89]

nadal was injured 😂

[@SlayerSaber]

​@@mysticnomad89but not Djokovic, so, Stan won the GS fairly. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@ragas2845]

He was at his peak, he was in the zone. Stan Wawrinka was unbeatable in his prime.

[@ramnareshyadavmg2877]

After #Fedal..i just love this guy. Very humble and down to Earth. Hope one day he will win his career slam(wimbledon).

[@tennis.with.srijan]

You're correct the most humble man on the tour.

[@mikeg6894]

listen to the ball come off wawrinka's racquet. he's absolutely bludgeoning it. this win was reminiscent of soderling's win against Nadal. he just pummeled him from the baseline.

[@CalebPereira9123]

+Michael Gills Uncannily, both cases were with an injured Nadal.

[@CalebPereira9123]

No, just tragic. Diseases are funny in your family?

[@CalebPereira9123]

That's probably because he's really injured, and the beholder is a petty Fedfan. ;)

[@davd1986]

Nadal definitely wasn't injured when he lost to Soderling.

[@vivekkolambkar202]

@@davd1986 He was not fully fit either. He skipped wimbledon afterwards. I like the fighting spirit of Rafa. He never blames injury for his loss. Never ever. Always appreciates the opponent.

[@guleyton]

Me encanta el revés de Wawrinka. Uno de los mejores de la historia de la ATP.

[@user-bm9cv9vn2k]

I've never seen a player who has better backhand than his forehand, provided the forehand is great too.

[@innosanto]

On certain years Fed has this. Fed used to have great forehand. But then his forehand became a little worse and his backhand much better.

[@pypiano2406]

U forgot Djokovic

[@frankneto5984]

Kuerten. Had a godlike backhand even though his forehand was good too

[@markfatman7205]

With or without injury Nadal was going to get hammered on that for sure. Stan defeated AO GOAT in epic five sets - he was on another level in that event. Nadal was simply awestruck by his level.

[@rohandua6105]

Incorrect. Injured Nadal won a set against wawrinka. Wawrinka had no chance had he played "healthy" injury-free Nadal. You are incorrect

[@As-qz5lr]

@@rohandua6105 lol, Nadal tanked it, he couldn’t bare losing to Wawrinka so had to a fake an injury

[@rohandua6105]

@@As-qz5lr great. awesome talking to you about a match that is 8 years old.

[@As-qz5lr]

@@rohandua6105 yeah, it was a long time ago so it's important to let people less knowledgeable know what happened.

[@feno5383]

The ball quality of Stan is stunning

[@jeremiet2739]

I love this era of tennis! You have the 3 greatest of all time in Djokovic, Nadal and Federer and whilst their all arguably still at the peak of their games, come along Stan and on his day is able to just blow any of them off the court! It’s really quiet incredible where you have these 3 consistent GOATs but one can argue that the peak level of Stan is better than the peak level of the other 3...the way he played in this tournament and the French Open is just unplayable!

[@ertugrulkorpinar51]

Jeremie T yes he was unplayable

[@udupashashank]

Stan is yet to dfeat Fed off clay. I dont know what you are talkin about. Its easy to throw words.

[@jeremiet2739]

Shashank Stan beat Federer at the 2015 French Open in straight sets..

[@udupashashank]

@@jeremiet2739 You understand English? I meant outside clay. They have faced each other more than 15 times off clay. Are you telling me Stan could not bring his peak level in any of those meetings?

[@jeremiet2739]

Shashank ahh ok, my bad. Yeah Fed has got his number on the other surfaces

[@juanriosjr.9920]

He lost to the guy that beat Novak Djokovic.

[@buddyfidrooze6120]

points at 2:16 9:55 11:07 always lights me up cuz nadal would do that to federer getting him in the backhand cage and when he did it with wawrinka he just got demolished

[@gherbihicham8506]

"demolished" hahahahaahaha, Nadal is like 15-3 against Wawrinka he still does the same thing against him and wins consistently to this day, Nadal was clearly injured and the highlights only show winners not the UE, this is too stupid.

[@gherbihicham8506]

Feliciano Guevara Ironically, that's when Nadal just gave up the match, he was clearly injured and was hitting his serve 20 mph less than his usual average whicbh was already slow, he was just trying to make the points shorter because he couldn't manage any long rallies.

[@charleswashington3973]

Gherbi Hicham Lord Fedr is greaterer than Nadal

[@nicolaswhitehouse3894]

buddy fidrooze pinning the one hander doesn't even work against federer now

[@RS-hh3et]

What does "lights me up" mean?

[@randomvideos4327]

Yet another good example on how good of an actor Nadal is.. 👏 👍 👌 😀

[@alfieharries]

I honestly think Stan - when he's at his best - is the best player in the world.

[@quinnbrown_golf]

I agree

[@Jackaroo.]

At his best he might be.

[@kapil7167]

No

[@kapil7167]

The big 3 s prime is much better than his

[@andreaho]

I think he didnt still reach the prime big 3's level.

[@ThinkStoicPersona]

Stan is one of tennis’s hardest hitters. No comparison

[@alomgirhussain488]

Wawrinka is a big game player! His head to head record in other rounds or ATP maybe bad against the top 3. But in the finals he is a beast! STANIMAL

[@steveturner609]

When Stan is in this mood, he is unplayable- but that’s the problem, he’s not often in that mood!! And that’s the difference between Stan, and Novak and Rafa, the latter two are far and away more consistent week in and week out….. Stan is like a passing Storm!!

[@bishwanathdc]

Sometimes I wonder why Stan hasn't won more slams. He definitely has the game

[@BiscoWho]

Have a look at that thunderous one-handed backhand... Okay. Now, imagine trying to keep that constantly hitting the mark for an entire slam, and against the best of the best who will make you need to play more and more of them. This is why he didn't win more slams. He couldn't keep that one-hander consistently strong and accurate for the entirety of every match throughout a slam. But, his 2 are from when that one-hander was at its peak and he kept it consistent for the entirety of those two slams. And just fyi, Stan's one-hander in this particular tournament is the greatest any one-hander has ever been hit by anyone ever. I don't think anyone will match it for a very long time, if ever. Go watch all the matches. I watched all them live because I watch all the slams 6 courts at a time until the later rounds. Then, it's one at a time, obviously. But yeah, I remember how insane his one-hander was in every match. It kept making me say "Holy shit. That's unstoppable.". And as the rounds went on, he was not starting to miss like he usually did. I knew that if he just kept it up, nobody had a chance and I waa right.

[@kchuk1965]

@@BiscoWhoalso his movement is not quite at the level of the big three. Plus his return of serve is so so

[@tempesta1229]

can't imagine why not. this was a pretty weak era.

[@M.L.official]

He doesnt have the game at all. He has the game to pop off in a single match when he hits the ball well. Andy Murray is an infinitely better player despite having the same number of grand slams

[@rijulgupta1597]

The point at 2:55 shows how lethal wawrinka is with his forehand too when he is playing his best tennis. His backhand is magical but his forehand is very underrated.

[@h4rder10]

he has a devastating FH against high balls and he has shown them in all his slam wins.

[@darkdiablo1601]

his groundstrokes are 10/10

[@diggingwithphasetech]

In his recent win against Ruud, his forehand did all the damage

[@angelcaneparuiz7865]

Stanimal, maybe the best one handed backhand of the world.

[@Ruoktoday1]

Stan is the best player to watch, esp when on fire like here... has the best shots with both power and style

[@dadmaxx8641]

Stan is such a bully...love his game

[@sarasonsalas3472]

Watching this during the 2022 AO...i can tell you Now they dont make them like Stan anymore....One word "SOLID" 🙌🙌

[@nidzablejacox]

12:34 What a forehand from Stan !!! :D

[@OisselA_9991]

00:54...

[@anjangogoi1513]

I consider myself lucky that I got to witness this man ... Stan's shotmaking was just out of this world... Enjoyed every bit of this tournament...

[@Madferit91]

Even if you didn't watch the game live back in 2014, it amazes me how people can still watch this video and don't realize Rafa was injured.

[@philgarrett5498]

He was injured in set 2 trying to cope with Stan's power!

[@benjaminthomas4155]

the big 3 give him so much respect, just shows how good they know he is/was; shoulda won a lot more GS's but hey, tough era

[@innosanto]

NY years he was not focused.

[@suyog.4]

2 seconds silence for those who can't give credit to Wawrinka's skills and gameplay in the match. Hey people you don't love tennis.

[@darkdiablo1601]

this guy is the best example of utilizing his muscle to the highest possible, every hit he does looks so smooth and strong

[@AshutoshKhantwal93]

Rafa at 2012,2014,2017 AO had so many chances to win all of them, he would have had atleast 3 AO by now

[@AshutoshKhantwal93]

@Diogo Ubirajara Corrêa Jucá 2012 final he had championship points, same for 2017.

[@AshutoshKhantwal93]

@Diogo Ubirajara Corrêa Jucá oh maybe it was in 2012 final then

[@SHVideografie]

@@AshutoshKhantwal93 In 2012 he also didn't have championship point.

[@Lockher]

lol clown :)) what chance did he have in this game wawrinka was way better lol tf stop watching tennis

[@not_deepyxy6713]

@@Lockher I didn´t say nothing.

[@sureshmurugan2406]

Wawrinka got him all emotional.

[@wheel631]

When Stan goes into beast mode he is untouchable

[@andrewsimpson5818]

Stan won fair and square Nadal tried to play his usual mind games very happy for Stan he is now a slam champion.

[@tristarbidtobuyhome2951]

Mind games against stan... He was 14 - 0 against stan befire this match and could have been 15 - 0 if he was not injured.... lucky for Stan...

[@rajeshlparab]

Tristar Bidtobuyhome Hi there, did you see Nadal got owned by Wawrinka on clay in their last meeting. Any comments on that?

[@JordanjamesX]

Tristar Bidtobuyhome yes nadal is a sore loser whenever he is losing in a slam he will fake an injury or take a time out.

[@harrisonjananto91]

yeah it looked to me as if nadal just couldnt accept his moonballs doing having no effect against a single handed backhand...n he just practically gave up

[@CalebPereira9123]

+Rajesh Parab Rafa in 2015, was certainly worse than Jan 2014. So, no, no one sees the connection between Rome 2015 and Jan 2014. Since you're making up trans-chronous incongruities, I might as well make my own and point out WTF 2013, Shanghai 2013, RG 2013 and Madrid 2013 then. Ring any bells? ;)

[@jacobschmidt2709]

I hate to say it guys, but the Nadal fans are correct in this debate. Nothing, I repeat nothing in tennis history indicates that Stan was going to beat a healthy Nadal in this match. Stan was winless against Nadal and had not even taken a set from the Spaniard. In spite of beating Djokovic, which it is documented that Stan's style works well against Djokovic's style, there is nothing that shows that Stan could beat Nadal in a BO5 match. Styles make fights and Stan, even Stanimal 2.0, did not have what it takes to best a healthy Nadal in reasonable form in a BO5. Many people bring up the first set, but how many times have we seen an inspired player take the first set, only for Nadal to find his rhythm and become too strong for the "said player" in the course of a bo5 match. All-out aggressiveness and power can usually not hold against Rafa in BO5, with Soderling being the rare exception. History also shows that in spite of Nadal's struggles in earlier rounds of slams sometimes, he usually brought his best by the time the semifinals and finals roll around. Just ask Federer and Djokovic how difficult it is to beat a locked in Nadal. What we do know is that Stanimal 2.0 had not arrived till 2013- 2014(despite not winning, he had given Djokovic lots of trouble in slams since then). Stan was winless in both matches and sets to Nadal up to that point. Post Stanimal 2.0, Nadal leads 7-3. One loss was ofc AO 14 Final(Nadal injury) and the other two came in 2015---Nadal's worst year of his career---where everybody was beating him and he was just a shadow of his former self. Therefore, as it stands, nothing indicates Stan, even Stanimal 2.0(0-6 vs uninjured and normal Nadal) has what it takes to best an uninjured Nadal in reasonable form in BO3, let alone BO5. Would have Stanimal made this a competitive match? Absolutely. Was he going to beat a healthy Nadal over the course of 5 sets? Likely not. To conclude, if Stanimal was as unstoppable as some of you say he is, how did he lose in such pathetic fashion in RG 17 final? Surely "God Mode Stan" would have at least made things competitive if he was as great as some of you think he is.

[@janardhanareddy9384]

Wawrinka played wonderful tennis 🎾

[@Tennislover511]

One of my favorite matches of all time

[@tasos499]

Good game for Wawrinka, but I feel sorry for all the hate idiot fans give to Nadal... He definitely doesn't deserve it...

[@catedoge3206]

Yes. I support this comment. A win is a win you fools.

[@talastra]

@the awakened How will your ego stay buoyed after Nadal retires? Why do people think that numbers somehow indicate something? What is it you're trying to prove. You like Nadal: super. Who wouldn't. You can't really like tennis and hate Nadal, or Federer. *sly-grin.

[@ElectricGuitarStyles]

To all the noobs and casuals hating on Nadal ....he was playing under tremendous pain in this match ...but didn’t wanna retire so that it doesn’t take away his opponent’s credit. All his serve and shots were flat without spin ...which clearly shows he wanted to get it over with A gladiator and a true warrior Nadal. Nothing to take away anything from Stan.

[@marikafasola8771]

dont be ridicolous.... pain? so how he got to the final with pain??

[@alvaro.m]

@@marikafasola8771 Maybe because you can have pain just in the final, due to the accumulation of matches? Just maybe. Well said, Joseph. Indeed, Rafa said he had incredible pain that match but couldn't retire being a final. And yes, I think that Stan may have won anyway. He played simply brutal. Killer forehands, killer 1H backhands. Just a beauty to watch.

[@marikafasola8771]

@@alvaro.m Thats the case! Stan was too good, his shots were amazing , thats why nadal;s body couldnt handle it. Nadal was healthy as hell going to final, he was perfectly alright.. So Joseph raj mumbling about nadal playing under tremendous pain in PATHETIC. that pain didnt come out of nowhere. Because nadal couldnt bear stans level of play and he strained muscles.Thats it.Stan was too good.It is not his fault that nadal body was too weak(yeah still to weak for wawrinka god mode) and he was not able to play against Stan

[@CMDR_Belisario]

That forehand of Stan, awesome.

[@jastaransingh1156]

Wawrinka Has Amazing Baseline Shots .

[@alloe6609]

Nadal always calls a medical timeout when he's losing. If he comes back to win, the media calls it "heart". If he loses, the media blames it on "injury".

[@h4rder10]

who cares? for first set and half rafa was fit but got mauled by stan. there was only one winner that day.

[@pauljohnson6019]

@@h4rder10 Agreed. And Nadal is know for these 'tricks.' He just wants to distract his opponent, so they play shit, and let him win, he was hoping, Stan dropped his level, and bottled it, but it didn't work! He got his ass whopped, and didn't take advantage, of a choking opponent- if Stan could be in God mode, more often, he'd have at least 10 slams.

[@jaqg7478]

10:10 sublime cross backhand of Stan 👏🏼🎩🎾

[@georgexanthopoulos3003]

Second set was absolute destruction. Nadal was completely demoralized.

[@TheRafaelBond]

How in the blue hell is this the recap that stuck with you? Lol

[@georgexanthopoulos3003]

I don't get what you're asking?

[@TheRafaelBond]

George Xanthopoulos No mention of Nadal at full health?

[@uttarakhandparvahan]

nadal is unfit now

[@gazorpazordfieldii3084]

"Uh oh, set and a break down? That means it's MTO time. Then afterward I will go right back to running around my forehand, serving, and retrieving Stan's shots." Andy Murray can learn a lot from Stan about not letting gamesmanship distract him.

[@ptej348]

It’s an eye feast to watch Wawrinka wield the racquet particularly that backhand

[@maryarwood5862]

Please no nasty comments although responses are welcome. I'm a djokavic fan I've seen all the great matches between all the best players and think they are all amazing but to be honest in my opinion when Stan plays his best tennis as he did here against Nadal on hard court. He can beat any body and is the best...... It just simply doesn't happen as much as it does for the big four. That's why they have Moe grand slam titles.

[@dumbledoriesII]

classy celebration from stan!

[@ArchHades]

That's One slow ass hardcourt.

[@azz4441]

Tennis addict 21 2015-2016 were also very fast

[@malcolmnorman5694]

it help Federer win

[@charlesjang4854]

Thats one dumbass bitch

[@TheFpzsomb]

They're still fast, or only when frauderer wins?

[@MoonShine-o5n]

@@TheFpzsomb Lol it looks like clay.

[@miguelgomes2542]

It remains the greatest one handed backhand in tennis history.

[@ellaholodenko79]

Nadal: Doctor I don't know what's going on, it feels like Stan has gripped my balls and wiping the court with my back.. Doctor: Uhhh.. OK I get it - your back hurts..

[@brenguieralexandrebrenguie7935]

that a very good analyse lol!!

[@TheRafaelBond]

You people are imbeciles, just letting you know.

[@rafagoat575]

Federer: Doctor, Stan just won the 4th set so I'm taking a MTO Doctor: Uhhh, gotcha Federer: Doctor, remember me from two days ago? Nadal just won the 4th set so I thought I'd take a MTO again. Doctor: Uhhh, gotcha.

[@goxaviergo11]

Rafa GOAT since when does Federer cheat like Nadal? NEVER. but Nadal does *cough FO 2011 cough* Nadal had a 9 fucking minute mto, off the court. 3x the max amount and is only allowed off the court in SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. SO ARE YOU ACTUALLY KIDDING ME WITH THIS BULLSHIT? THAT FEDERER CHEATS BECAUSE OF ONE FUCKING MTO WITH A REAL INJURY UNLIKE NADAL’S FAKE INJURIES? FEDS MTO WAS ON COURT (UNLIKE NADAL) IN THE MAXIMUM TIME ALLOWED (UNLIKE NADAL) AND WAS FOR A REAL INJURY, A GROIN INJURY (UNLIKE NADAL). SO FUCK OFF WITH YOUR BUTTHURT COMMENTS, PRICK.

[@Jimmyjim2307]

@@TheRafaelBond hahahahahha

[@richardj8853]

Stan's power was so raw and devastating in this match..jjust too good.

[@al2498]

Still so embarrassing when Nadal (here) and Djokovic (US Open 2016) pretended to be hurt soon they realized that Stan the man would shoot them easily off the court.

[@TheWinezen]

Wow. Stan was great, unstoppale one could say. But you can see Nadal was clearly injured or hurting from second set on. Kudos to Rafa for sticking it out to the final end. It just made Stan's moment more sweet that the final match was completed.

[@magicjohnson3121]

Always the same excuse when he loses. Nadal legit lost.

[@SHVideografie]

Nadal sure wasn't injured right from the start as some Rafa fans are claiming. At 3:55 you see the look of a player who was still firmly believing in his chances. The injury only started somewhere at the beginning of the second set. 5:50 is the first signal of Nadal not moving freely, caused by either an injury or being demoralized by Stan being in the zone. Perhaps a little bit of both.

[@donblas]

Thanx doctor

[@SHVideografie]

@@donblas You should have said: thanx analyst😉 was just reacting to what I was seeing.

[@Romans8-9]

@@SHVideografie The implication is that your "analysis" is pure garbage.

[@MoonShine-o5n]

He was injured somewhere around the 2nd set.. around 1-3. I remember seeing it live.

[@tristanvilallon653]

Stan's backhand is a damn grenade launcher

[@rashedprime]

Nadal kept on playing with serious injury where no other player could even dream of this. He even pulled off 3rd set with 25% of his normal ability. But hey well done to Stan!

[@5741-i4v]

Ok boomer😂

[@kiranpillai7527]

@@5741-i4v ?

[@draganvukovic9313]

One of the best match amazing play Stan Wawrinka

[@WorldsWorstFishing]

When Stan is in form he is hard to beat...just isn't in form as often as the top 3-4 guys.

[@dewman7477]

@zakaria djouzi That's clay and we all know Nadal is 12-0 in RG finals. Here at AO 2014, I don't think even healthy Nadal beats this Wawrinka on that day because the surface is faster than RG clay. Hence, Nadal is more exposed to Wawrinka firepower and wasn't missing a lot if not at all.

[@baccaratroulettewinninggri1849]

Top spin back hand Stan is deadly.

[@DonyorAbaquita]

nadal has given his all tennis in the semis with roger and when facing stan in the finals all he needed was to recover from those damage roger gave him....nadal didn't have the proper grip he wanted cause those blisters hurt him so much.....and stan played well too

[@simonborko7402]

Of course🤡

[@dr-mustafaalrawi8262]

What a backhand what a forehand what a serve 😳 underrated player

[@priyanksingh3815]

What did Stan say to Nadal at the net after winning and Rafa replied it's Ok? Same way he said something to Novak after winning the 2015 French open and to my surprise Novak also reacted the way rafa did. May be he says..." i am sorry.. I didn't mean to win"..lol

[@Vamo0os]

I think rafa wasn’t in his best physically, wawrinka asked him if he is ok

[@innosanto]

@@Vamo0os no.. Nadal was great physically. But wawrinka felt bad because Nadal. Wants Melbourn trophy as championship.

[@oscartracey5364]

@@innosanto nadal was injured in the game. he had to have physio come and check out his knee mid game if you missed that. this match was the start of nadal's 2015-2016 period where he could barely play because of his knee. Wawrinka noticed this and asked him if he was alright.

[@nn3444]

stan was my favourite player from 2014 to 2016...

[@agradina]

wawrinka 2014 ao was the goat of all times.

[@ciaranselva]

Not even nadal fan but it is wild that before this match he had never lost a set to stan in like 10 matches on all surfaces. Stan is the man, I miss these days from 2007-2016, that was when was when tennis peaked, now it is shit it has to be said.

[@asmanasir976]

Nadal is very smart. He knew, he doesnt stand a chance against Stan; so, he decided to fake an injury

[@asmanasir976]

@YASIRAH NAJI Till the time, I reach this sore loser AKA Na Dull

[@reshmaparvin8855]

He is unbelievable and he's play is too unbelievable

[@amitranjan7363]

Rafa had never lost a set against Wawrinka in the 12 meetings prior to this match.

[@rafagoat575]

27-0

[@sachinkolachana7759]

Stan started playing well from 2013 . He won this match fair and square . He beat djokovic here which was an impossible feat . Stan would have won with or without nadals injury . Nadal won one set because Stan got distracted by the drama going on .

[@donblas]

@@sachinkolachana7759 If Rafa took a set with the back injured it's sure we'd have won the match in that case.

[@sachinkolachana7759]

Don Blas as I said , he won the set by distracting Stan with an injury . Stan completely lost his game and hence the set . If rafa wasn’t injured , Stan wouldn’t have got distracted so the end result would be the same . Please read and understand the previous comment completely before replying . And always getting injured when losing seems dubious .

[@donblas]

@@sachinkolachana7759 jajajajjaja pathetic

[@truthreignsforever9286]

I wonder if this is Stan’s best performance in a GS final compared to his other 2 GS wins? He did shots and winners that would seem only in a movie script.

[@ivanpalaca6230]

Wawrinka has such muscle and force. I wonder how hard it really hits if he tries to punch us😂😂

[@truthreignsforever9286]

When stars aligned for Stanislaw, and he was in the matrix, he was unstoppable. He only lost in one grand slam final and made easy work of the best two tennis legends. You can tell Nadal isn’t accustomed in being manhandled while seeing so many yellow blurs blitz by him

[@huynwookim1185]

so good Wawrinka