Nick Kyrgios vs Roger Federer: The Story Behind Their Miami 2017 CLASSIC!

[@Adanda1a-p5u]

One of the best non-grand slam matches ever

[@james-vx7nv]

Top 10 for sure. Many others out there. Djokovic-Thiem ATP Finals 2019 & 2020, Djokovic Alcaraz Madrid 2022, Federer Djokovic Bercy 2018, etc. So many classics. And Kyrgios-Federer Madrid 2015 too.

[@blistering2900]

​@@james-vx7nv The ones you have mentioned are lengthy but not that great in terms of shotmaking

[@sanchitkhurana1138]

@@blistering2900 ✅️✅️✅️✅️

[@Aman-nk5uq]

@@blistering2900 man 2019 thiem Djokovic was insanee.

[@carlosandrescastromedina3100]

@@james-vx7nvDjokovic and Alcaraz one is no where near top 20 3set matches ever

[@juha1428]

This is my favourite match outside of the slams I've ever watched. Absolutely epic level of tennis!

[@423985728945]

Check Nadal vs Alcaraz at Indian Wells 2022, that one is my favourite outside slams.

[@Emil-Roma]

Mine too, though it’s tied with Nadal vs. Djokovic in Madrid, 2009.

[@jameswalker6864]

Nadal vs. Djokovic Madrid 2009 = epic.

[@dowakinsanguedidrago9374]

​@@jameswalker6864 also Alcaraz vs Djokovic in Cincinnati 2023.

[@jakelm4256]

There are a lot of matches by Fed and even others I’m sure you’d agree surpass it if you watched them.

[@moaek3966]

One of the greatest technical matches ever , Kyrgious was on fire and did everything but it wasn't enough , Federer came up with shots no other tennis player would ever come up with + returning Nick's missiles on the serve/ FH and that famous volley when nick unleashed a fire ball of a FH and Federer casually dropped it dead at the net , Goated performance .

[@jameswalker6864]

"Federer came up with shots no other tennis player would ever come up with" Hyperbole. It's not like Kyrgios can only be beaten by Federer.

[@blistering2900]

​​@@jameswalker6864n 2017 he beat djoker twice in a row before this event.

[@jameswalker6864]

@@blistering2900 Worst Novak ever.

[@cineastik8220]

That volley was something I think nobody can understand… I seriously thought Roger‘s might have been broken…

[@a.nacap1593]

i really don't get what you see in this match guys, it's good and that's all. Federer was on another level

[@silverman169]

This match was insane to watch live. This was a real nailbiter from start to finish with great shotmaking from both players.

[@ShMayank]

This contest was 2017 Match of the Year and deservedly so.

[@telmolicious]

ATP match of the year that is.

[@jameswalker6864]

Rafa-Dimitrov AO 2017 SF was the best match of the year, but the "2017 ATP match of the year award" is only given to non-Slam matches, as the Slams are operated by the ITF, not the ATP.

[@ShMayank]

@@jameswalker6864 Yes.. I know 😁 I meant ATP only.. Thanks

[@nirmalgurung5023]

Imagine being able to go toe to toe with a version Fed '17. Needless to say, the kid is talented asf.

[@hoangtoduc6557]

Well said!!

[@johnster7161]

not a kid anymore

[@tomk887]

The dude is in his late 20s lol

[@masters.1000]

He's not that talented.

[@nirmalgurung5023]

@@tomk887 ​ @Johnster figure of speech is all.

[@mr.clutch987]

Kyrgios vs Fed is always a good match to watch! Even the laver cups they played vs each other was epic

[@KCNwokoye]

Nick is such an amazing player. Love watching his matches. He's so talented and hits clean shots.

[@chiefscheider]

11:01 my favorite point ever. Kyrgios tried drilling the ball through Roger and ... nah

[@Emil-Roma]

Genuinely some of the best tennis we had seen so far. My god what level. And if it hadn’t been for the legendary AO final, this would have probably been the match of the year back then.

[@telmolicious]

Nadal - Dimitrov

[@Emil-Roma]

@@telmolicious Banger match. I personally prefer this one, but that's close for that year. Same with maybe Federer - Wawrinka that AO.

[@ashleythomas4112]

Rafa and Dimitrov would've been match of the year.

[@jameswalker6864]

@@Emil-Roma I personally prefer Rafa-Dimitrov, but the Federer-Wawrinka was also magical, especially due to the backhand interchanges. 2017 was one of the most special tennis years for us tennis fans, so many magnificent battles.

[@dradenhaven1549]

The greatest best-of-3 match I ever saw, I wish I was there!

[@nelsyoung833]

This is how Nick respected Roger more than the other Two. He is always been out smarted by Roger in every aspect. Everytime he does best there is always a spectacular return from Roger. What a match when these two met.

[@carlkligerman1981]

Say what you want about Kyrgios he was the only next Gen player with enough talent to get under the skin and shake the rock solid confidence of every one of the big three.

[@thornbird6768]

For sure , he's a talent and a rough diamond 👍🏻

[@annewalden3795]

​@@thornbird6768Unfortunately Nick does not take tennis seriously .

[@carlkligerman1981]

@mariacharalambous3368 he’s said on Theo’s podcast that he’ll be back in a month or so. Probably see him at Wimbie, I reckon.

[@sighfly2928]

If Nick had Roger’s mindset he would have won multiple grand slams, easily more than Murray at least.

[@carlkligerman1981]

@@sighfly2928 if Nick had been dealt a better hand temperamentally I honestly think he could’ve smashed all the records and been dominant in the men’s tour for his entire career. But Nick is Nick, and honestly he might not be so compelling to watch if he wasn’t!

[@christinam.k]

2017 was the best version of Roger Federer. He was unstoppable half of the year. 3 finals against Rafa and he wins it. 😭🇨🇭

[@jameswalker6864]

Not the best version. First, he was facing a slower version of Nadal who had declined in the defense department (while Federer was also slower, his game is more offensive and has never needed so much of defense as Nadal's one). Second, none of those 2017 finals were on clay. Federer strategically avoided playing Roland-Garros in 2017 and 2018 to avoid facing Rafa. When Roger finally faced Rafa at RG 2019, he comfortably lost in 3 sets. Peak Federer (roughly 2005-2011) always won 1 set against Rafa at RG.

[@ashleythomas4112]

@@jameswalker6864 Peak Federer usually won a set vs Rafa at RG, but not always, you forgot 2008 RG final where Fed got trashed 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.

[@andreihorodniceanu2406]

@@jameswalker6864 he didn t participate in clay season not becouse he was scared of Rafa but becouse he was back after an injury, the rallies on clay are much longer, he needed to finish the point fast. In the next years he participated in French Open so your point is invalid

[@HighTierMike]

2005- 2006 best version of federer. get educated please.

[@abdulmuhammad8339]

@@HighTierMikefederer 2015 and 2017-18 was better. The competition was much stronger than 2003-2007… his serve and backhand was the best ever in 2015 and 2017. It’s just he came up against peak Djokovic in 2015 and got a back injury in 2017 that hurt his US OPEN chances

[@flyingsaucer8199]

Maaaaan... that knifed defensive CCBH slice from Fed is one of my favourite shots.

[@MistahhMingus]

It’s so incredibly smooth

[@lancesteveson3363]

Kyrgios absolutely annihilated that ball at 11:01 Fed just casually volleys it😂😂, forever a classic point

[@DannySuls]

Tennis doesn't get much better than this. The level of this match was out of this world!

[@alexalonso4958]

11:01 Federer's cold blood at this point ... Absolute master class..

[@sasicmirko]

Simply madness how Roger played 2017. Hats down,I wanna heap praise and incessantly be in awe of

[@RealJ8]

This will go down as one of the most tactically beautiful and exciting matches of all time.

[@Rory626]

3:24 is such a classic Roger point. Somehow barely makes a return from a massive serve, beautiful inside-out forehand and then a huge drive volley winner to finish it off. Unbelievable

[@skipole09]

One of the best matches of the last 10 years without a doubt. Quality from start to finish. And the usual level of kyrgios shenanigans.

[@jimvrls4444]

Kyrgios so talented

[@Bojanthekid]

My C is also talented🧐🤯🙃

[@cineastik8220]

Why don‘t show that epic raquet smash by Kyrgios at the end??? It was super iconic and entertaining!!!

[@CLJCL]

You can see it on the stadium screen on the right during the on court Roger interview lol.

[@chsimpsonkid11]

I’m a simple man. I see highlights from Kyrgios vs Federer -> I watch them. Especially since there won’t be anymore 😢😢 I’m just glad we had them at all. Miss you Roger ! ❤️ Also the tour miss Nick rn too

[@felixy23]

one of the best ever matches in history

[@nolbu505]

most intense and best match ever including slams wish i could be there

[@rhoclouds]

probably the best hard court masters match of the past decade, probably top 3 ever

[@andresf1984]

Zverev v Federer in 🇨🇳 also in the contest

[@daniluzzu]

What a beauty Roger's game was that year.

[@sluggishnu]

Honestly great video you guys put together. More of this type of content, please.

[@Eskor.e]

i watched this live, what a treasure.

[@space78224]

Federer such a humble player throughout his hole career.. definitely the MJ of Tennis

[@yusei5ds870]

Damn what a match! Watched it live while flying to tokyo. Unforgettable. What a game, what a player. Miss RF Tennis 💔

[@tomcooper6108]

Aging Fed against Prime Kyrios......great match. Loved the green Nike outfit!

[@dwilliams02]

Nadal and Djokovic are incredible and both have more than legitimate claims to the GOAT title imo, but the way Fed played the game was special. The guy did things with a racquet that were just different.

[@lukerne9260]

They don't. Maybe Djokovic

[@matija5555]

Djokovic is the goat, grow up.@@lukerne9260

[@Mike-sj1jv]

Only djokovic not nadal

[@michaelwidjaja1502]

2017's green jersey hit hard 🔥

[@nelsyoung833]

That was his lucky outfit from nike!

[@endorstoi863]

Just passing through on my journey to watch every Federer match.

[@nathancoleman8792]

This atmosphere is amazing something you don’t get at the new location

[@patriciabazzi6532]

why did they even change it. new location just looks so shitty and artificial with the big football stadium in the background, instead of at a proper tennis centre with a great atmosphere. its like moving aus open to a new location when theres a world class tennis precinct. makes no sense.

[@nathancoleman8792]

@@patriciabazzi6532 IMG who own the event where not allowed to renovate the facilities so decided to move locations.

[@Divvy21]

Crandon park was so beautiful

[@Aman-nk5uq]

@@seaneckhart9914 and the court is fastened up a lot and all I see on screen is some blue shit color.

[@wassamhashmi]

You are right new location sucks

[@732mojo]

this is the best match i have watched ever in my 20 years of watching tennis.. that net shot of the bullet from Nick was a big lesson for Nick for life.. I think he must have never seen somebody take it like that.. After observing this match all this years.. i observed one thing why Nick lost the first and third set in tie breaker.. he hit double faults when he was trying to hit a strong serve on the second serve on both the occasions.. can you imagine he lost both the sets because of it.. yes it is..

[@the_fitness_doc]

This was a great match

[@GMPranav]

> "will it be the young gun" > proceeds to show 2017 Federer

[@saberdiamond3425]

Roger’s 2017 backhand 🤩

[@marshaloga3047]

To think that Nick was a bigger challenge to Roger than Rafa for the whole year on masters😮..

[@manojo123]

11:02 one of the strongest forehand devolution I ever seen in my life, followed to one of the best volley reflexes I ever seen in my life hahaha

[@stuartc1936]

This was 1 one of the best matches ever , i wish tennis was this amazing again

[@colinpartch887]

Kygs should’ve won this one. Played perfectly but Fed was so clutch in the first TB.

[@kennethkakiiza1146]

what a gentleman. respect brother my goat 🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@kevinfernando]

Nick played amazing tennis. Unfortunate that he had to meet prime Federer.

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

7 years past his prime, but still close to his best

[@joshz6289]

one of the matches that even though u know the outcome u feel the pressure in the second and third set with every point in the tiebreak

[@TheKashCow]

This is one of the best matches of all time, but the crowd was absolutely awful and crazy hostile towards Kgys

[@orrissonpereira1070]

True. But you reap what you sow. The crowd interrupted many times in the match. Nick chose to yell at the crowd, Roger chose not to react. Ultimately, how each player reacted to the situation decided the match.

[@annewalden3795]

@@orrissonpereira1070 Roger is professional and Kyrios though very talented does not have the same commitment as the GO AT.

[@NamTran-xc2ip]

@@orrissonpereira1070easy to say as fed always have the crowd support. Nick is not Novak

[@masters.1000]

He deserved it, he yelled to the people many times.

[@ActionExplorerうみ]

Great match but also good we're done with those "Rogers crowds"

[@rakeshmahuli]

You make any list of best matches, this would come out on top 3 in 3 sets match..❤

[@KarmaticEvolution]

Surprisingly a little cold handshake from Fed, not obvious but it was there.

[@arthurdemange1090]

Peak shape Kyks and peak Rog post 2010s clash together in one of the biggest BO3 match I have ever witness. Of course Rog won this one so it's even better to watch it over and over again😂😂❤ love nick tho

[@pikachude5490]

Tied favourite 3 set game along with Djoko/thiem atp finals 2019

[@tipotheus.]

Nick with the mindset of one of the big three would be unstoppable

[@simplesimon6503]

seen live. one of the best matches ever seen

[@MrGueblaoui]

Worth watching every second !

[@Lucas-hz4um]

Nick with the mindset of Federer or Djokovic would be unstoppable

[@akashgabriel8362]

That's what Alcaraz is actually 🔥🔥🔥

[@teniente_cvrs9481]

Deal with this kind of serves for Federer is easy, he played against Roddick so many times🎾🔥

[@ilmelangolo]

you should post more "behind the scenes", as some football clubs are doing.

[@Best_M_A_K_E]

Какой же Федерер легенда. Просто нет слов изящество и сила в одном человеке. Не будет больше таких

[@UltimateAlok]

0:52 My Fav Moment Of This Video

[@ancientlandmark_]

One of the all-time greatest matches ever!

[@duykien4060]

This match and the match between Novak vs Alcaraz in Cincinati 2023 are legendary clashes between generations

[@johnrenehan7406]

Around that 2017 to 22 period , can't think of any other player who pushed ALL of the big three as Kyrios did

[@jameshenry1805]

The neo backhand was insane in 2017

[@buck6068]

One of the greatest matches in tennis history

[@garygonzalez3354]

This is the best match a ever seen live in front row

[@canadiantesladventure]

Lol they didn't edit the racket smash sound 12:10

[@nathanladd125]

Shotmaking masterclass by both.

[@masterd.2002]

This court looks so cool.

[@Aman-nk5uq]

Agreed. Classic court. Looks even amazing at night

[@nachzerer4788]

What's happening in the background at 13:09 between the lady in yellow and the guy?

[@simonsiddique]

Bound each other's hand I guess....

[@tauhid9983]

Let us just ignore the two random ppl fighting at the background when fed was being interviewed

[@james-vx7nv]

Lahyani umpired both of these Federer-Kyrgios encounters (Madrid 2015 + Miami 2017). What an honour to umpire such classic matches. Random observation, he said "Game set and match" in English by mistake instead of Spanish in the Madrid encounter, but announced the score in spanish. Oops! Also this Miami encounter is maybe the only time I can recall where the player who lost the coin toss chose the OTHER side of the net to start on. Although the sun was just setting so perhaps that played a factor. What an incredible match this was. Dont usually condone smashing a racket after a loss like Nick did here (bad sportsmanship) but in this case its kinda understandable given that someone in the crowd tried to call Nicks shot out throwing him off at a REALLY bad time. Kudos to Lahyani for not coding Nick for audible obscenity there, he knew the magnitude of the moment. It's not shown here but Nick yelled "What are you doing? Shut up! Shut the F--- up! What the F--- are you doing??"

[@andresf1984]

Someone did the same to Roger in the other tiebreak, but Roger has emotional intelligence and carried on

[@Ademdjokernole]

Nick doesn't exploit his talent he's really talented player

[@don251988]

Badhiya match tha bhai

[@pallavchoudhary8636]

The court looks nice...better than the current one

[@sfincione2000]

Roger is the classiest guy in tennis. Definitely the greatest of all time. I like how he talks about Kyrgios in the interview. Very subtle remark about how he's now in his 2nd or 3rd year on tour ad it's good that everyone sees how he is as a player "and a person"... I think that's Roger mentioning in a subtle way about Kyrgios' stupid character. But in Roger's way, as a gentleman.

[@oliveolive1674]

Kyrgios is for tennis as Ronaldinhio is for Football .... maybe the 2 best players to watch playing

[@ProbablyLying]

Federer liked playing aggressive tennis with Kyrgios.

[@TdM88]

Why was federer s backhand best in 2017, at such a late age. Crazy

[@dinahanderson]

Everyone was for Roger in the match, that was my favorite part

[@abrahamchoi6584]

They should take people out who says "out" when the ball is near the line, unbelievable.. the players were so distracted.

[@tmst2199]

They were tied at 19 games, 5 pts each in the 3rd set. Wild.

[@0xfrakman]

12:35 has anyone figured out what the lady and the big fellow in the stands are fighting about? seems like that was the real fight of the evening!

[@fabioCollection64]

Vista in diretta, partita leggendaria

[@jackjones8794]

hiya, great game of tennis! Been forced to put a comment in by Hannah. I love this sport

[@parkthoven]

Kirgios...metality~~~mentality~~~~~MENTALITY~!!

[@saadakram8758]

Probably my favourite match ever, 😅

[@danghuy4505]

Sometimes being a good human being is more difficult than being a professional tennis player as good as Kyrgios

[@standardking5077]

Its aging very well. It's going down as a top 10 best match from Roger.

[@richardkeys5602]

One of the best BO3 matches ever played

[@bereznickidesign]

13:52 Federer hairstyle a la classic movies from the 70s 😉

[@htcubes6458]

I miss fed’s amazing plays

[@SebastianKopacz]

I love it when ppl say Federer is mentally a weak player yet he managed to win so many close sets or whole matches like this one. Sure Djokovic and Nadal definitely went to his head too much at times but still easily top 15 toughest mentally player of ALL times, this includes all the Djokovics, Nadals, Murrays, Borgs, Lendls etc. That's why watching him was exciting, one time he came out of the locker room as the shitty uninspired Federer who targeted nets and outs, then all of a sudden he flicked the switch and turned the match around, being a Federer fan was so exciting because of that. He may not be the GOAT but he sure played exciting tennis with brilliant results against the best players. For me that's enough to remember him warmly.

[@ashishsonkar2965]

Federer is Father of Nick in Tennis ❤

[@vegathevictor]

This version of Federer was scary

[@Seppi1310]

Man the crowd is making me sick. Fantastic match but some idiots just can't keep their mouths shut and think that they should be the ref...

[@koolfraser]

nasty fiery match, really viscious stuff!!!!

[@bahibahi9248]

How I can get full match of this match please..😢