Juan Martin del Potro vs. Roger Federer Extended Highlights | 2009 US Open Final

[@davidburke7777]

We’d be speaking about Delpo in the same breath as the big 3 right now if he didn’t get injured. One of the greatest lost talents in tennis history. As least he has this moment to look back on.

[@jonathanb1406]

Tells you a lot about his ability that even _with_ all the injuries he was able to keep coming back to each finals of Slams and Masters, win titles, win bronze and silver Olympic medals. Really is such a shame how much injuries impacted his career.

[@steeltrap3800]

Who agrees with the thought that DP had perhaps the greatest forehand of any player of the past 20+ years? It's a monster.

[@sudhirbisht5577]

I attest it any day of th week. 🙂

[@user-wm8iy2cq7m]

Delpo's forehand was brutal

[@uw10isplaya]

2nd best I've ever seen (Fernando Gonzalez)

[@christophegeoffroy4281]

It depends of surface. Maybe for hard courts but on clay, you know who has the best forehand ever.

[@t-bone7988]

Gonzales better change my mind.

[@graysonphillip23]

how 20 year delpo played against roger in a grand slam final was insane!

[@MgoUmk]

it is really, that federer won roland garros wimbledon and australia after. Beat djokovic in semifinal with the shot of his life. How could Delpo took this was epic

[@masters.1000]

@@MgoUmk Because Federer gave it away to him in a silver platter.

[@mosab.2815]

21 years

[@MgoUmk]

@@mosab.2815 he won 9 days before his 21st birthday

[@NamTran-xc2ip]

@@masters.1000 Don't be salty

[@mishraman9611]

That forehand is lethal man .wow

[@PaDutchRunner]

I mean..literally. Incredible - time after time, even on the run. Always with depth too.

[@インコ-l8e]

If he could have walked without any major injuries, he would have peaked around 2013 or 2014. With an unparalleled all-time great forehand and the most solid backhand on tour, he would have been the GOAT hard hitter.

[@ReneGado-jz5jz]

QUE PARTIDO LEGENDARIO QUE FUE ÉSTE, NADIE QUE NO FUERA DEL BIG 3 PODÍA VENCER A FEDERER EN US OPEN POR 5 AÑOS CONSECUTIVOS HASTA QUE EN EL 6TO DELPO LO DESPLAZÓ. GRACIAS POR DEJAR AL PAÍS Y AL DEPORTE ARGENTINO EN LO MÁS ALTO. SOS UN GRANDE DEL TENIS !!!

[@matheussilqueira1788]

These highlights are worth seeing a lot of times per year. What great players they were....Delpo forehand is the best so far

[@Cameronofdune]

Delpo beat peak Fed in a slam final… Don’t ever forget that!! 🇦🇷🏆

[@mateosimon4237]

This was the biggest upset in a final still to this day i think🤔, Delpo was just a kid, against a 15 time GS champion

[@drlee2]

This loss felt like a turning point for Federer because he didn't really dominate the game anymore after this season. This match should/would have been his 3rd Slam of '09, but it ended his season on a damper. With this loss, he never won another US Open after '08 and sporadically only won a total 5 majors over the next decade with his rivals Djokovic, Nadal, and Murray imposing themselves into the 2010s. After '09, the only year Federer was able to win even 2 Slams in the same year was 2017 (the AO and Wimbledon).

[@Gitfiddle]

Fed should have brought Delpo into the net. Instead Fed chose to bang on the baseline with a guy that was hitting on fire. Bad decision.

[@LilianaPederzoli]

No me canso de ver este partido,Depo querido, como lo disfruto cada vez !!!!!!!

[@kingston4313]

Federer’s pride cost him the match. He shouldve sliced and diced and dropshot the big guy to death but he insisted on going for the forehand and kept getting burned

[@mariodoblado668]

Roger threw away this one big time going against Delpo's forehand

[@JD-jc8gp]

He really did. Arrogance was always Roger's downfall.

[@shervintravels2628]

I was screaming at the tv, stopping hitting to the forehand! Roger thought he could outfit delpo on the forehand wing and he couldn’t

[@mariodoblado668]

@@shervintravels2628 Worst part is, you can clearly feel he is in control of the match, till suddenly he decides to prove his forehand is better or something, he can't, and then loses his mental because of a late challenge. Sometimes tennis is about playing in a certain way that dismantles the opponent rather than overpowering him and show off, and Rog forgot about that in this match. Not that I am mad about it, because IMO Delpo deserved it.

[@shervintravels2628]

@@mariodoblado668 you’re absolutely right. Later on Federer always adjusted his game to defeat his opponent. But here I guess he was too proud to accept that this 20 y.o was outhitting him on his forehand.

[@googoogooman]

Well, according to Mouratoglou, Delpo had one of the best double backhands of all time. So I would say Federer was simply outplayed by Delpo in this game.

[@mimmozambetti6890]

Due bombe atomiche !!!!!! Che tennis ragazzi era difficile dire chi avrebbe vinto tra due !!!!!

[@romainmj7245]

thats not an extended highlight what is this come one ? why do u skip half the match

[@damtt4555]

Well, half of the match probably was like 2 hours right? hahah

[@Gilgarth]

@@damtt4555 in fact it was 4 hours, so even if the highlights were 2 hours, they would have skipped half the match 🤣

[@IzakD8]

I think it’s pretty obvious what he’s saying but ok. Usually extended highlights show long form highlights of the entire match, they don’t just skip entire sets.

[@lordbyron3603]

Two of my favorite players !

[@chuongle1403]

i have just realized that Del Potro looks so much like David De Gea haha

[@eduardoteodorobracamonteal397]

el superheroe argentino del nuevo milenio

[@jbm8167]

I don’t get these videos. There were no highlights from set 1 then lol?

[@ytanic]

Greatest us open final of all time

[@SangAcquiescentFroid]

This crowd was lively

[@IamKirkoBangz]

5:23 is frightening btw

[@rebecalinares5393]

Federer missed a crucial forehand at 3-3 in the 2nd set tiebreaker to give the set, then loses two crucial forehands again in the fourth set tiebreaker when he was 3 points away from a 6th consecutive US Open title. Wimbledon 2008: Federer commits 8 forehand unforced errors in the last 2 games, after being 2 points away from a 6th consecutive Wimbledon title. Roger´s forehand may have given him a lot, probably the best forehand ever, but at the same time took from him a lot more glory, victories that he should have had.

[@alexxaritakis3166]

Its not the forehand to blame my friend..he was not that strong mentally was his problem against his big rivals..and this final against del Potro.. this was the reason he had so many lost break points

[@iamheful]

This is tennis my friend. You can probably count some crucial points that Delpo lost but should've won... oh well..

[@diegosotomiranda4107]

That doesnt make sense, it's more a mental problem.tjan a fh problem, cause he always mishit those shots in pressure Moments

[@rebecalinares5393]

@@diegosotomiranda4107 Youre not giving an answer; how can he have that problem when his mentality gave him 20 slams and many records.

[@michelez715]

Federer forehand no way the best ever. Sampras, Nadal, Del Po, Gonzales to name just 4 off the top of my head were far better.

[@robertbird6387]

I remember watching this live and thinking at the time that no one could have a forehand that big! He just leveled the ball and hit it fairly flat. To me, it was reminiscent of Pete Sampras’s forehand when he would really pull the trigger.

[@IamKirkoBangz]

I remember watching this as a kid, Federer was my guy, hated seeing him lose. But I remember thinking… Fed, this guys forehand is absolutely destroying you mate stay away from it lol

[@jonm2522]

Imagine if Del Potro didn't get all his injuries, be definetly would have been in the great 4. His forehands were insane.

[@oneone5028]

This match ended Federer 1st era

[@diegosotomiranda4107]

Nah, Federer vs Nadal 2008 Wimbledon was the turning point aside the next gen being hardwr to beat from the baseline than the likes of Roddick or hewitt

[@elkesriamine8908]

He won the Australian Open right away after that match

[@urosraskovic7730]

What a loser you are, Federer. You lost a match you won (first set 6-2 and second 5-4 with a serve for the second set where you are 30-0. Novak dismantled this Argentine charlatan from an easy 3-0.

[@Markph7]

This was the match that should have made Federer move to the bigger frame and rework his back hand. But Roger was extremely stubborn with 15 grand slam titles despite loss after loss to Nadal at Wimbledon and the French between 2009 and 2016. The bigger frame, Edberg in his corner, and the neo backhand enabled him to win 2 slams in 2017! It’s a lesson that nothing fails like success. If Federer did not have 15 grand slams, he would’ve made those changes in 2010, not 2016

[@jesseordonez5088]

It's a shame Del Potro couldn't keep his form!

[@michelez715]

You make it sound as if Del Po had a choice. He was plagued with various injuries to different parts of his body over the years. He did his best, under the circumstances.

[@tennisfan599]

The better player won. He gave roger a tennis lesson.

[@soumadippatra912]

Roger's ego cost that match for sure. He played too many cross-court forehands to Delpo's forehand.

[@cocafanta7940]

Fed totally choked on this one 😂🤣

[@enriquemanent6299]

Un campeón adentro y afuera de la cancha !!! Después de Vilas viene Juan Martin

[@TheRafaelBond]

*lets ignore Federer serving for the 2nd set and Delpo breaking with stunning b2b winners lolol

[@andywu8558]

Delpo played amazing this game even though Fed was having an "off day"

[@willzsportscards]

man, rewatching this makes me mad/sad. Del Po should be sitting right now with 5-8 slams. And a lot of those would have been Djokers...this guy always was a bad match up for Djoker.

[@michelez715]

I agree. Certainly he would have won more GS titles on hard courts, and possibly at Wimbledon, where I remember a ferocious battle with Nadal in a semi final, I think it was.

[@AS-js7kb]

Fed lost so many winnable matches that could have changed history. AO 2005 semi W 2008, 2014, 2019 finals Us open 2010, 2011 semis Us open 2009 final.

[@felixy23]

if i'm not mistaken this is the match that RF very dissapointed when he's at the best and close to won this 6th US Open titles and i think if there's a time machine he probably trying to go back and giving an advices to himself(prime young RF). however credit must be given to Delpo who was absolutely great in this match. in this performance he could destroyed anyone like weak era champ Djokovic, king of clay Nadal, prime Murray.

[@sopuchitti2972]

😂😂😂salty fan like Federer

[@michelez715]

In fact, he did beat Nadal, in straight sets I think, in the semifinal 2 days earlier. Del Po had a big winning streak on the American hard court swing that year, prior to the US Open.

[@urosraskovic7730]

What a loser you are, Federer. You lost a match you won (first set 6-2 and second 5-4 with a serve for the second set where you are 30-0. Novak dismantled this Argentinian charlatan from an easy 3-0 in 2018 in the US Open final.

[@184motard]

Juan Martin Del Potro is The BEST of the World

[@writer684]

The crowd distrubed Federer and he lost - that's what Djokovic had to go througth every match

[@Mo_Hamd72]

Delpo did not have forehand. He had Oresniks only.

[@rondunn4336]

Never forget, Fed's 2nd serve, break point, and he served to del Porto's forehand and lost that game. Why?

[@jameswalker6864]

Del THORtro. That's why.

[@alexxaritakis3166]

​@@jameswalker6864 no brain detected

[@michelez715]

This victory couldn't have gone to a nicer guy than Del Potro. Federer shows again he didn't have the mental strength of Nadal or Djoko.

[@FLATSWISS]

Del Porto paid the price, to beat Federer you have to sacrifice your body, his wrist went due to this match… it was his only slam and an early retirement

[@workoutplaylists6420]

DEL THORTROOO

[@poyopocoyo]

Tiebreak je kalah! Kata goat?

[@diegorojas3958]

Then Djokovic is the goat because he competed so many years against other "great" players like tsitsipas, zverev... And he won more GS

[@dudenotsoperfect9366]

Just relax and enjoy.

[@sawgames8623]

Federer won 12 slams against lame competition like Roddick, Hewitt, and Safin. The weak era argument goes both ways. Tell me, who was the most successful during the Big 4 era, the strongest era of all time?

[@but1z]

@@sawgames8623safin and Hewitt would win quite comfortably Vs those mentioned

[@sawgames8623]

@@but1z Safin, maybe if he took conditioning seriously. Hewitt would get stomped.

[@zetristan4525]

Just please don't invite Martina to commentate

[@ahmedomarabdallah2052]

❤

[@Icca9999]

Did federer lose here because he was "old" lol

[@glutamin111]

DelPo made him feel old for the first time in his life

[@saairimran9508]

In 2009....Delpotro recognised only one Master - Himself. 👍

[@misterwinter64]

Another epic squandering by Roger……….