Novak Djokovic's serve once held him back. So he reinvented it to become the GOAT | Acing It

[@branimirkarajcic3095]

Wow, positive video on Novak on ESPN!!! Amazing!

[@kukang1232]

Bahahaha! True that .....

[@Knockyourselfout89]

😂😂😂

[@Hacker-rx1vn]

Djokovic is once in 8 billion guy - incredible talent, won’t see this talent for centuries to come.

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

But much higher hard - worker than actually talent. Talent has nothing to do with dominating soo long. You can only achieve that with ultimate work on everything

[@grantogrin]

It’s also hard work

[@echochamber1234]

@@hristijandimitrovski8664 but you need good genetics too to be able to train that hard and long and not get injured.

[@dec2721]

And yet we saw three of his talent in this century alone

[@shadeyfang8564]

We already saw more talent come from Federer and Nadal (who switched hands at birth). Also, sinner is already showcasing much more talent than Djokovic. Sinner is 1 out of a billion, not Djokovic

[@randozd]

great video, players like novak prove how through hard work, every part of your game can be improved.

[@votdfak]

The greatest ever to do it.

[@shadeyfang8564]

Federer is the greatest to ever pick up a racquet

[@Tennis214]

@@shadeyfang8564Lol it’s over man

[@earl8295]

@@shadeyfang8564 yes. he's just like the art of tennis.

[@earl8295]

@@Tennis214 yes its over, but his legacy stays, like what "Joker" said during Laver cup.

[@huzcer]

@@shadeyfang8564 You'd really have to go with Pete Sampras over the Fedal copers. The long-reigning pre Big 3 GOAT has said it clearly and his voice comes from a place of authority and experience that nobody else has to anoint; Djokovic "he is the greatest of all time". " He did it at a time where he dominated Roger and Rafa, and he handled the next generation of players very well - all at the same time".

[@ZoomTop7]

The greatest athlete to ever walk the earth!

[@arjunsinhharer4448]

It’s good to see that his serve is getting the credit it deserves. Although he doesn’t serve with power. His placement, disguise, and ability to come up with good serves on big points is what makes him so dangerous. On any given game you know he will get more than 1 free point off his serve

[@guruk]

Incredible tennis player, extra ordinary athlete, a great human with a big heart and who isnt afraid to speak his mind in today's age. That's novak djokovic THE GOAT not an eatablishment friendly, masked PR handled sheeps of tennis. 💪

[@SidelineFilmz]

These types of videos are what make ESPN the worldwide leader in sports. Fantastic watch!

[@lngun]

Minor correction 2023 was his age 36 season. He turned 37 back in May this year. Djokovic isn't a once in a multi generational talent, there is only one Novak Djokovic.

[@arvindhmani06]

I think that's what it means, age 37 meaning the year following his 36th birthday?

[@guruk]

❤ the authentic GOAT novak djokovic From india 🇮🇳

[@kingnole4237]

Even khokli respects Djokovic

[@joshheinink]

He leveled up everything

[@kiranchintapalli2607]

He is an Absolute GOAT

[@shadeyfang8564]

Federer is the goat of tennis

[@Nostalgic14-zo3pk]

@@shadeyfang8564Only to his fans😂

[@jeevanpb3479]

​@@Nostalgic14-zo3pkincredible 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@earl8295]

@@shadeyfang8564 yes. too blinded by the number of slams, open up the numbers do some statistics. Roger and Rafa are way better lol. Buts it ok, let novak fans have it, we are more humble like Roger and Rafa. Lets see if Novak gets called out for hindrance in the middle of the point or smash racket at the net again.

[@earl8295]

@@Nostalgic14-zo3pk same goes to Novak's fan when they say he's the goat.

[@Hacker-rx1vn]

I’ve seen Djokovic plays live a few times - also Nadal and Murray too - not Federer though - Djokovic is a level above.

[@barcaforever997]

Everybody,the goat 🐐 wishes you a GoooooooooooooooD Night

[@info781]

Another fun fact is Novak wears glasses. He wears contacts during tennis, but usually great athletes have better than perfect vision. His evolution is fun to watch, guys like Aggasi and Sampras, Federer showed up at 18-19 almost fully formed champions, Novak had to change a number of things. .

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

The best ever! 🐐❤️

[@bububaba8815]

Even as a Federer fan I have to admit that Djokovic is the GOAT.

[@milanvelickovic6666]

Goran Ivanisse ic helped him a lot to improve service ...

[@ashhathaway3254]

Dope video! Great job

[@SasaM26]

GOAT

[@botanistmartian3954]

great video learned a lot

[@criley0007]

Ben simmons catching strays in the beginning lol

[@willhopson1277]

This video is about 10 years too late but nice job lol

[@marcosp7053]

Better late than never!

[@ashleythomas4112]

Better (extremely) late than never I guess haha!

[@marcosp7053]

@@ashleythomas4112 ahha

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

His serve right now is still much better than it was 10 years ago...

[@bov.2843]

Great Commentary with clips to follow

[@Tennislover511]

what a joke espn and other media companies are for still going on and on about how novak's serve was previously bad even though that was literally more than a decade ago, if you watch his matches, you would think his serve was bad as of yesterday. His serve was only bad for about 6 months in 2010 and 6 months in 2018. Btw, incase anyone is interested. Rafael Nadal actually had worse serve numbers in both 2011 and 2022 according to the atp website based on the % of service games won, which is the most important statistic yet you'll never hear espn or any other media company that covers sports regularly talk about how his serve was an impediment to his game talk about it on and on

[@echochamber1234]

you won't hear about Nadal's serve because he had practically given up on fast surfaces since the mid 2010s. We talk about people who adapt successfully, not the ones that don't.

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

They're literally talking about it in order to praise him and you somehow take it as an insult. Many younger (or newer) fans might not have known his serve was bad before he started his ridiculous winning streak in 2011. It's also dishonest to say his serve was only bad for a little bit of 2010, because before that it also wasn't good.

[@CringeBasedDuality]

to Fedal fans bringing in their biases, gooooooooooooooood night😊

[@YeTism]

His serve in 2010 was awful. Todd Martin held him back from winning slams earlier.

[@Leomerya12]

4:12 82% IS high enough. 5:40 ONLY 6'2"? It's really all or nothing with this dude.

[@shreya1100]

82% is high enough to finish 3rd in the world but not 1st. 6 foot 2 would not to be considered tall when it comes to best servers or if your name is not Roger Federer. Yes, they make it sound like Novak was mediocre but that was just the level of competition and the standards Djokovic went on to set for himself over next 13 seasons.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Master of reinvention. Even comparing today with 2011 which was his first successful year, he plays very differently.

[@RamsBereit]

He is the only one who evolved, Nadal was stuck on clay and Roger became complacenct while Djokovic quietly was improving his game, by the time Roger becane aware, it was too late. The GOAT was born ❤

[@ashleythomas4112]

Only later in his career did Rafa become "stuck on clay". He won several majors on other surfaces when he was in his early twenties and is the youngest person to ever win all 4 slams.

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

Lol Roger also kept improving

[@saladin3452]

I disagree all three of them evolved incredibly well. Djokovic is just the goat. but it was the toughest era in men's history. those 3 with Murray basically prevented any players from the past few tennis generations winning anything.

[@sanjj_1]

Great video. Usually don't see good tennis videos out of ESPN. I wish you guys went a bit more in depth into his biomechanics and what exactly he changed to improve it.

[@bernardanderson8140]

He didn’t talk about the surgery and the abbreviation he made to his serve

[@artygunnar]

Todd martin as a coach was a huge mistake. He made novaks serve worse than better

[@SebastianSaavedra28]

Djokovic GOAT ❤

[@Naz-h8z]

❤ the vid

[@Smiththebat]

I don’t know where to ask about this because I can’t find ANYTHING about it but did ESPN stop posting “Get Up” and “First Take” on KZbin??

[@christian_cheuque]

Can you believe they used to call him "Choke-ovic" ???

[@ljhokk]

Djokovic didn't only improve technique in serve but also forehand and moving on the court.When Djokovic was younger before he was world no.1 his forehand was less technically good.His elbow was too close to the body and wasn't sideway enough to create more space for elbow when ball come close to him.Alo he improve movement in the way that from half court to the on side of the court he needed just one step.Sky sport television was once talking about that.I think there is still video about that on YT but I am not sure.

[@stefan33uk]

His serve is so good now but why don’t the returning players stand closer to the middle when he’s break point down on the ad court? He goes there 80-90% of the time.

[@austinshannon4197]

Jim brown, NFL GOAT PS: Join the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, it’s the most hardcore branch in military history, even over the Ancient Greek Spartans

[@yep4630]

The British media is working so hard to put Novak down. Thank you ESPN for this video.

[@Brolito23]

🐐

[@mmtsr8848]

Can someone explain to me why in the world they've started comparing the men's grand slam records to the women's - it's like saying Djokovic has 6 more majors than Jack Nicklaus...why do they keep shoving this down our throats?

[@huzcer]

it's mainly Fedal copers who hate Djokovic. Yes they are totally different sports. Never mind the fact that while the other 3 slams had 128 players, her Australian Opens then only had 32 players and more than half of them were Australians and the Top players of the world were not even there. Plus most of them not won in the Open era. Her "records" of the Australian Opens are totally hollow - you would have a stronger field in a WTA 250 tournament of today.

[@TheBrass18]

He still needs to work on his overhead. Man, can’t smash an overhead, even if his life depended on it lol. But is 99/100 on everything else. 😎

[@SebastianSaavedra28]

He actually has improved it in this Wimbledon

[@hurlbut2005]

He also wears contacts. This is my theory on why he can’t master the overhead.

[@huzcer]

it has improved tbh in the last few years and also in comparison to serve, fh, bh and even volley it's a very low frequency shot so rarely affects a match in an over-riding fashion. Federer's high-frequency flaky topspin bh on the other hand lost him many many matches.

[@calgary_kai]

He was one of the few pro tennis players that choose not to take RMA covid vaccine that the world govt forced people to take. He knew that his body was more important than winning a few more slams. Had he taken the shot, he would have won more slams.

[@MMimi-mg4qt]

Novak is the best in sport, ever, and not just in tennis 🤴🎾🏆

[@naysayer1238]

LOL "Against mostly Australian competition" Against like 15 other 1960s housewives! God, stop comparing two different sports!!!

[@VJChax56]

Bad and incorrect title

[@bramwelayunga2256]

People think the best tennis player is the same as the greatest

[@huzcer]

You'd really have to go with Pete Sampras over the Fedal copers. The long-reigning pre Big 3 GOAT has said it clearly and his voice comes from a place of authority and experience that nobody else has; Djokovic "he is the greatest of all time". " He did it at a time where he dominated Roger and Rafa, and he handled the next generation of players very well - all at the same time."

[@bramwelayunga2256]

@@huzcer When you talk about the Greatest,,,You have to look at the influence he/she has had on the sport ,,,,How many people started watching/playing the sport because of that person,,,Did he influence how other players played the game ,,,Did he/she win the pple?...Greatness goes beyond trophies, records and stats...

[@huzcer]

@@bramwelayunga2256 it was all about records until Federer was behind! And who was the biggest hypocrite of them all on that subject... "It seems it's all about grand slam titles nowadays and I don't like that" Roger Federer in June 2021 as he was going behind....

[@GabrielGardner-wx2ph]

Wait I thought the western media hate Novak??

[@gledatelj1979]

He always had a good enough serve, he didn't fix anything , he just had ups and downs, this is just a blatant hit piece.

[@boomkiller1727]

No , He struggled with his serve then he changed his serve motion completely. His previous serve motion had a form of waiters tray, as pointed by many coaches.

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

You obviously hasn't watched him in past. He had terrible serve in 2010 and earlier, bur especialy in 2010 and that was one of the biggest reasons why he didn't win grand slam that year.

[@echochamber1234]

Wrong. I've been watching tennis since 2008, and Djokovic's serve sucked before 2011.

[@gledatelj1979]

@@hristijandimitrovski8664 I identified Nole first in 2005 . His whole game sucked in 09-10 serve included probably due to off court isues..His overall game is well balanced which means his serve is just another part of the game. If eh deopended on his serve like some others , he would never win half of the stuff he did.

[@gledatelj1979]

@@echochamber1234 Since 2005 and his serve was well done even before his first slam in 2008.

[@VipulVishwakarma-zv5wq]

Accept it...guyzzzz he is THE Goat..not goat of men's tennis😅

[@tigerising]

When did djokovic ever use a wilson?

[@naysayer1238]

A long time ago, as shown in video.

[@coclim5712]

Too bad he is a double backhander….cant be goat …

[@qanzap3313]

Djokobounce/ Djokodribble is boring!

[@sleepyjoe5251]

This video is one big jinx attempt, isn't it? Kabbalah is broken in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Most High, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. ✝

[@KillStreakMcH]

Not the GOAT

[@kakashihatake1029]

Wow espn called Djokovic the goat.

[@Zehpolishw0nder]

Except he's not the goat. Sob

[@nsd_respect]

Prima Donnavic

[@liamcannon9617]

Found the fedal and sinner fan

[@guruk]

Sorry for your pain. He has whooped your fav and you guys so bad 😢 Our sympathies to you 🙏 Hope you outgrow your hatred 👍

[@Multi071006]

Have a goood night

[@huzcer]

Poor Woger and Wafa left in the dust forever as also-rans....

[@shadeyfang8564]

He’s not the goat of men’s tennis. Federer is the goat. You never watched class if you don’t think so. Federer has the most titles of all time lol.

[@plumpduckk]

I love Federer but it’s delusional to think that Federer is the goat. Djokovic has the most grand slams and dominated Federer

[@NamTran-xc2ip]

Except Jimmy Connors has the most titles 😂😂 Keep coping though.

[@Srbenda126]

When will these dimwits realise GOAT does not equal my favorite player?

[@gledalac6715]

Federer doesn't have the most titles of all time. Jimmy Connors does, with 109 titles, Federer is 2nd with 103 and Novak 3rd with 98. Novak has 71 big titles (masters, ATP finals, majors, if you want you can include Olympic gold), Federer has 54. If you thing winning bunch of ATP 250's and ATP 500's will make someone GOAT and not big titles, well... I wish you all the best in your life

[@huzcer]

You'd really have to go with Pete Sampras over the Fedal copers. The long-reigning pre Big 3 GOAT has said it clearly and his voice comes from a place of authority and experience that nobody else has to anoint; Djokovic "he is the greatest of all time". " He did it at a time where he dominated Roger and Rafa, and he handled the next generation of players very well - all at the same time."

[@vanquishable7844]

GOAT

[@PraveenKumar-vp4sn]

GOAT