Novak Djokovic vs College Tennis player : some good points won by Govind Nanda against the GOAT

Novak Djokovic vs College Tennis player : a few good points won by Govind Nanda (UCLA #1) against the World No 1 during a practice in Beverly Hills.
Thank you Govind for the videos (IG : / govnanda1 )
Des points gagnés par Govind Nanda, joueur n°1 de UCLA, contre Novak Djokovic lors d'un entraînement à Beverly Hills. Son petit sourire à la fin quand il regarde la personne qui filme est fabuleux. Il est trop saucé.
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[@cyrilhaessig27]

Let's not forget that he is also a pro player with a mid-300 ATP ranking, not just some random college tennis player.

[@elvistrumpet]

time to get Novak on Winston's channel 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jerryplaystennis]

to do what?

[@owenclark6487]

Winston will call him a pusher

[@JH-bb8in]

@@owenclark6487 Winston's actually a 4.0

[@jamesmckinnon9473]

Great comment!!!

[@WayneLynch69]

We hosted a couple Chilean college players great many years ago. One told the story of a lady asking out the window of a condo if her husband could come hit with them ("please no")...Rod Laver walked out with 7 rackets under his arm.

[@dboystipsandtricks408]

This is even better than that Netflix match

[@xx_koub_xx249]

😂

[@ajkorras]

Lot more fun to play against locals

[@jdmresearch]

They sure put more energy than Carlitos & Rafa

[@networth00]

@@jdmresearch The name Carlito is only used on a little kid. It's Carlos when you get over 12yo.

[@jdmresearch]

@@networth00 Not always... I live in Spain by the way.

[@ryanmathewfriedman]

0:16 amazing to see the difference in rally pace. As good as Govind is... top pros are just at a completely different level.

[@yeetsquad9380]

What happens with a 360 SW racket

[@daehoonnoh5228]

Well..for those shots Novak was on the offense while Govind was trying to stay alive. Of course Novak's shots are going to be more powerful.

[@edmundwolf3905]

yeah I mean thats nuts, he had to slice a forehand off a one of novak's rally balls.

[@andres.e.]

@thefedhd1580 Yeah, I think Novak himself said that if you watch a top 10 and a top 100 playing together (without knowing who is who), you wouldn't be able to tell de difference. He said the difference at that level is mental strength.

[@mknepalnamaste]

In my opinion top 20 player hit only a little harder than top 200, but this makes a difference. And mental strength.

[@brianjuice]

I'm seeing Govind everywhere. College match highlights, Winston's videos, and now vs. the GOAT. Keep it up. 👏

[@verbalkint4052]

First off, there’s really no such thing as a GOAT. It’s subjective and not quantifiable for many reasons. But in your world where there is, Novak is still not THE goat. He’s among them. He’s no more the goat than Sampras, Federer or Nadal were while they held the most slam titles.

[@zlatkostevanovic5891]

@@verbalkint4052 HAHA that makes no sense. It's exactly about quantifiable numbers and not subjective. Shame on you, and show some respect to the GOAT Nole with MOST GRAND SLAMS, MOST MASTER 1000'S, MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE, MOST YEAR END NUMBER ONES. Yep thats quantifiable for you!

[@jasonlee6180]

This is some high level college play. The guy in the green shorts has beautiful, fluid technique for a college player, wow!

[@sowmyan3458]

Govind is certainly in the upper echelon of college tennis but pretty much all D1 college players have fluid technique

[@MrWillyCC]

lol! Yeah the guy in the green shorts definitely has a future in the sport if he sticks with it 😂

[@jasonlee6180]

@@MrWillyCC Lol I forgot to read the title and didn't realize it was Novak.

[@euansmith7059]

@@MrWillyCC Nah man he'd never win a grand slam, what is he like 37?

[@bigrobsydney]

What an absolute thrill it must have been for Govind! I would love to hear from him about how he found hitting with Novak. The pace, consistency, depth, angles, etc. Even from just those few points, it looked like Novak was on fire, so good on Govind for how he played.

[@venktennis]

Govind making him hit those extra 5 shots lol

[@harkirehal258]

The pace coming off Novak's racket is insane.

[@RonnieJamesOsbourne]

1:02 I love that smirk he gave to the camera at the end 😏 Classic, Govind.

[@mychannel2902]

The difference in ball speed!

[@ericthranduillvargaspenafl4011]

Yeah, incredible

[@killo98]

Imagine to be this "kid" this night in the bed.... "Mate, I played against Djokovic..." I´m really happy for him

[@MarcoSolidx]

It’s govind nanda, he already graduated, now play professional tournaments

[@Sakrich]

Nice! You played for 3hourhs and you get these 4 points! Nice.. much better than 99% of us :)

[@MegaMonkeyboy09]

Djokovic’s pace is crazy

[@AS-js7kb]

Yes, the weight of his shots is incredible

[@ronm7114]

@@AS-js7kb devestating, i only just see that now. In his matches it almost seems average pace "just hitting it back" with good pace not dvestating pace like u see here.

[@AS-js7kb]

@@ronm7114 ya could be the camera angle. Djokovic usually plays on stadium court so the camera angle is from high up making his and other top pros shots seem average. You can see the core strength in his shots here.

[@dekitesla9915]

Don't forget he is 36 years old crazy.

[@Aman-nk5uq]

Truth. Just times it easily

[@LegolasD]

We need more than 1 min!!! Haha

[@yevgeniimoshchenko5852]

Bro, the task was to put in only the points that Novak lost, so it only consumed 1 min. The rest of 29 minutes, Novak won points ;)

[@randolphpinkle4482]

The game was only a minute long. Speed tennis.

[@Greebstreebling]

Clips like these are real gems. Thanks for sharing and thanks to Novak for taking part :) :)

[@rameshreddy9483]

Nanda is ridiculously good and Djokovic's rally ball basically pins him into a defensive position on every point. The level is insane. I'm a 5.0 tennis player and I probably couldn't get a game off Nanda. In fact, It would be struggle to win a point. So to extrapolate that to Djokovic is ridiculous. The level to sports are incredible. IF they only showed this court level view on regular TV, it would only serve to pull more people into the sport as the athleticism and speed required is lost when viewed from above.

[@vickyrajan5378]

But that view is what makes it viewer friendly.. Tennis players and some viewers might differ.. But I'm sure majority would want it the way it is... At some stage they change the camera angles and it gives the viewer a different experience for sure... But to make it the norm would not be a right decision... Otherwise it would have been done by now.. Top view is what i reckon is best view for the one who is just watching it for entertainment.. But an aspiring player or the one who is interested in the nitty gritties of this beautiful game might like lower and side angle view and might share ur view.

[@mrhatman675]

Wow I have never seen his forehand beeing so good if this is how djokovic forehand looks imagine the pace of federers and del potros forehand its just crazy

[@berkan54]

Longer footage please !!!!

[@quentincrisp6933]

It amazing that the kid can hang with Novak at times. That's the difference between the top pro and an elite college player!

[@jimmyjoe1591]

This is one minute. He probably got stomped

[@huzcer]

A match is not a rally highlight

[@JAM-fm8lt]

​@@jimmyjoe1591 Does it really matter if he got stomped? He got to play and did lot better than most of us would do.

[@dl3988]

@@JAM-fm8lt I understood and fully agree with your point, but to put things in more perspective for the rest of the KZbinrs: Govind plays #1 singles for Div 1 powerhouse UCLA and his career high ranking is #330 or something, so he's better at tennis than approx 99.99999% of humanity, give or take. In contrast, Djokovic and other top, top pros are, let's say, 99.999999 percentile.

[@Jade-ms2ys]

Be great to see Govind's awesome return v Novak

[@AlexfromHollywood]

Whose courts are these? They are nice.

[@sylvesterpalermo937]

I recall people saying something like "well I took a game off of X" . In this case it is "I took a point off of Djokovic" . Those are some good players coming up.

[@FlowJunkie65]

GO[VIND]! GO BRUINS! Love the smile at the end of this video! Priceless! 🤜🤛

[@InCountry6970]

This camera angle shows the ground stroke speed so much better than national broadcasters

[@ValentinG23]

Novak does these things for these players to make their days while Nadal charges 150 k for 1 hour 😅😅

[@squidjames7735]

the spanish way ... le deneiro!

[@clague]

Djokovic is an all time genuinely good guy.

[@stratuspei9405]

Not to take away from Govind, but Novak was just having some fun and Govind was working hard.

[@gonzoteacher]

the smile at the end says it all...BWOW!

[@ericthranduillvargaspenafl4011]

Geez he's so lucky to play with the GOAT

[@verbalkint4052]

First off, there’s really no such thing as a GOAT. It’s subjective and not quantifiable for many reasons. But in your world where there is, Novak is still not THE goat. He’s among them. He’s no more the goat than Sampras, Federer or Nadal were while they held the most slam titles.

[@Bowl849]

@@verbalkint4052he’s still lucky to be hitting with him

[@gevsjan8012]

Beautiful place ❤❤❤

[@cbp117]

The power and placement on novaks hit are just amazeballs and thats why he has succeded with what he has done. And he doesent even put moch force its all technique

[@ancientlandmark_]

This is great footage! More please!

[@hanif.shaikh786]

Its clearly visible that Novak was being way too much casual and soft with him, and yet his pace & spin was too much to handle. Just goes on to show the vast difference between college/club/low tier players and pro players.❤

[@Bowl849]

Govind has a career high ranking of #339 I think, so I wouldn’t quite call him a low tier player since he’s better than 99% of the world

[@vladimirgetselevich4704]

I think one of the main difference is that Novak seems to be more times in balance when he hits his shots while his college opponent here looks a lot of time rushed. And Djokovic didn't play 100 percent in the attacking shots according to this video. A little bit more like an exhibition match.

[@marlenebuls9535]

Novak has the best balance

[@RoBiEsHoW]

Yep no shot tolerance with the college kid, all shots out of balance and just surviving.

[@dl3988]

He's rushed and off balance because he's playing against one of the greatest tennis players of all time, mate. Govind plays #1 singles for DIv 1 powerhouse UCLA and his career high ranking is #330 or something.

[@vladimirgetselevich4704]

@@dl3988 He just recently beat Karue in `5K tournament!

[@Bowl849]

@@vladimirgetselevich4704got his revenge lol

[@user-pj4wl2xp5q]

Govind's highest ranking is 339 in singles, so he is capable of handling some shots.

[@peterbedford2610]

When Nole rips that forehand.....😗

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Thank you for this great video! 😍

[@robertgarica]

In my neighborhood neither would be higher than a 2.5.

[@timwigglesworth6873]

Both look like it might be their first time playing. Can’t be too hard on them.

[@vling4312]

🤣🤣

[@robertgarica]

@@timwigglesworth6873 True. But so far tennis looks too difficult for them. They may have a chance in pickle ball or lawn bowling though.

[@Bowl849]

Cmon mate, on is like 37 years old, he’s doing great for his first time

[@sharathgadasally2309]

Wish I had been on campus at Ucla on this day. Pretty awesome.

[@dackerman123]

what a beautiful court

[@ToOpen6seven]

This was good and that college tennis player has some great skills -- he handled himself well against such an amazing and top player as Novak!

[@alanrobertson3172]

What an exciting experience for the student .

[@Kenzie_Hill]

Novak is like Maverick from movie of the same name. Early points are used to find your tells and your weaknesses. By the end of the set, he'll run his game all over the opponent ❤

[@mpa1931]

This is big for Winston Du fans

[@Bowl849]

Winston gotta get Novak on his channel now

[@user-vs1dz3gj7q]

Novak djokovic is quite a great guy and good sportsmen

[@oddassembler]

A few points dont make a good player. It is the consistency that makes one a pro

[@Poppi-Poppa-Socky]

Baby Joker had that boy looking like a track star on every point.

[@ViaticalTree]

I feel clickbaited. The title says you played the GOAT but Roger was nowhere to be found in this video.

[@verbalkint4052]

Very funny - but even Roger doesn’t deserve the title. Nobody does. I could go into great detail why, but for brevity’s sake … Rafa won 22 slams in far fewer slam appearances. Roger had 3-4 full years (2003-2007) without a real challenger. Novak’s prime years 2012 and on came when Fed was on the slide and injured. Only Rafa had to go through Fed during his prime and Novak during his prime. Yet despite that and far less appearances AND the disadvantage of only having ONE slam on his best surface (vs Fed and Novak having 3 on hard court and grass) he’s still right there. And, no, I’m not championing Rafa as GOAT - as I believe there really isn’t a such thing - but rather briefly demonstrating how nuanced this debate can get. I’d argue that Fed, Novak and Rafa are all among the greatest of all time, along with some other guys from different eras when the rules, surfaces, and rackets were all different. Bjorn Borg belongs in the elite group as does Rocket Rod Laver. Borg won 11 slams before he was 25 years old and did that largely only playing 3 slams per season, not 4. Prior to 1988ish many of the big names skipped the Aussie Open as the conditions and surface were terrible. IIRC Borg only entered the Aussie Open twice. And Jimmy Connors not many more times. And that tournament is where Novak has won most of his slams - yet those older era guys didn’t have the benefit of playing it (as a viable, well run event). All of that factors in and matters. And, yes, this was a brief explanation. I could really pile on more reasons and expound in greater detail. ;)

[@squidjames7735]

... roger sleeping dude. needs his afternoon uncle naps now.

[@chadmanl2121]

D1 tennis players are incredibly talented.

[@tr1ckster726]

Awesome!

[@Agent77X]

Nanda looks like the GOAT to me!😮

[@user-ev4jt3om3r]

Awesome

[@Darkness2Maxrocko]

Full video anywhere?

[@RamsBereit]

I am looking for a video of Roger Federer giving an experience like this to mere mortals

[@hubaiiiii]

I remember Federer playing with a young kid who asked him to play with him in an interview before. Don't really know if it's on video or not though.

[@applesforakbar]

Good grief bro give it up, mans is retired, move on

[@oliveroshea5765]

Lovely tennis court

[@Parkanvas8]

Nice video…but Djokovic is also playing a bit friendly and cheeky. 😂

[@beemac79]

It's only ever small margins at this level, but those small margins fall in Djoks favour

[@user-ln7vh3yl5b]

Very interesting

[@BlizzyFoxTF]

Wonderful technique by djokovic!!!

[@fritzlange7934]

I mean he is a pretty good player.

[@K4R3N]

Amazing

[@neilgreene]

Where were they playing at?

[@ilijabrasic4999]

Novak is down to earth ❤

[@davced1]

Why is it so hard for you in the US to bring out the single net posts? Even the world no 1 has to play without them it's very surprising.

[@minh1197]

these are considered the worst public courts in beverly hills /s

[@farid1406]

lol you can see water stains all over it. I'm surprised no one was injured sliding on them.

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

​@@farid1406How exactly are water stains going to cause injury when sliding?

[@farid1406]

@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten my point is the courts are in poor condition and that can cause injury while sliding. If there are stains in the back where they are, that can also cause you to slide too far and get hurt. Even at the HS level they don't let you play until courts are completely dry.

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

@@farid1406 How does it cause you too slide too far? And the condition of the rest of the court seems fine to me.

[@tennismcgee]

probably wanted to go somewhere more lowkey after getting swarmed on-court when he practiced at UCLA

[@mericusta1988]

Anywhere I can find full video?

[@eikeonodera]

Which college did this green shorts dude go? he should go pro

[@BishopTennis]

This was today?

[@stepaushi]

I'd like to see what happens if Djokovic actually tries to win the points!

[@vaisnavaoneday9223]

He took the chance of his life

[@AnimeIntroStyles4]

Can we see the whole practice?

[@entrace1]

Theres so much weight behind Novaks shots.

[@DataSet]

that novak guy is doing really good here if he keeps working hard he could be a pro one day

[@tomnguyen1015]

Now show us the full match where Djokovic wiped the floor with you 😁

[@EvoX__lord78]

Cadê o vídeo completo?

[@rafhalimaxd]

Govind is a pro tennis player.

[@salempsic05]

Bello mi Djoko!❤

[@michaela.5363]

Blasting it

[@douglasamorim9382]

Probably showed 60% of the points he won in this video

[@TB-zt6hs]

Geez, the kid was already standing at the fences just tying to return novak's shots..lol

[@williewasahippie]

Nice! 😀👍✌

[@user-nq2kx3jy6n]

Govind ❤

[@davelee6002]

Govind is a beast, ngl.

[@tonyiguess424]

interesting to see the difference between a guy who is obviously way better than me versus a guy who is obviously way better than him

[@A_friendwithoutbenefits]

Novak doesn’t hit that hard so college players could at least rally with him. But his consistency means they would have no chance.

[@tomcooper6108]

They all go down to the Great One.

[@Blueian742]

It’s scary to imagine the difference between these two players far eclipses the difference between the average Joe and that d1 player

[@vladimirgetselevich4704]

Do not exagerate. Average Joe player will not be able to hold 2 shot rally against D1 player.

[@Blueian742]

@@vladimirgetselevich4704 uh I wasn’t exaggerating at no point did I say that a d1 player and a average joe was close. You’re only proving my point. It puts into perspective how big the gap between d1 and a top ATP player despite being only thousands of spots apart.

[@vladimirgetselevich4704]

@@Blueian742 I do not know how my comment proved your point. I think there is a significant gap between these levels but much smaller then between club player and college player. You can take UTR tennis rating which is more or less linear scale of level of play. So top player have UTR around 16.0. Good D1 college players may have UTR around 12-13. Now for comparison intermediate club player of 4.0 USTA level would have UTR around 5.0 maybe 6.0. So you can see that the difference of the level is much larger there. Even though difference between 12 and 16 UTR is still pretty solid.

[@Blueian742]

@@vladimirgetselevich4704 um im saying the gap between pros and d1 players is comparable to the average joe and a d1 player. I don’t know if you picked up on this but I think BOTH ARE INSANELY LARGE OKAY. Aight im done here

[@vladimirgetselevich4704]

@@Blueian742 I just proved you with numbers that it is not comparable. I am an average club player and I had coaches who played in the D1 division. You can't win a single point against them. It is not same level of difference as between Djokovic and this college guy. He could rally with Djokovic and he will win points and even occasionally games. But in a match play if Djoker takes is seriously there is no chance to win a set. Let's say difference between them like between D1 and D3 college players. But D3 player is not sloth at all. Us club players we not playing same game as college players at all, almost like they are playing tennis and we are doing something else :)

[@Dnman218]

recorded on a motorola razr

[@willhopson1277]

Joker totally just foolin around lol

[@Buddy_-ub1mf]

This is the guy Lord Tomic gave a breadstick to recently

[@madbadtrad7746]

I would never have guessed it was him. Just being honest.

[@user-hp2mp7pj1r]

Good fun😁😁😁😁😁😁😄😄

[@vinceliu605]

Is Govind going pro or not? If not he should!

[@JokerCat9]

Is this Tommy Haas's house? The court looks very similar to the one in his backyard.

[@casperharmer2599]

He is good

[@vanhalen407]

😊✌🏼

[@JayYeasmin]

Why can i only find like 1 minute of footage from this

[@capnrob97]

Because the other 59 minutes were Novak hitting winners or otherwise dominating this college player.

[@user-nq2kx3jy6n]

Novak ❤

[@Mcbeef34]

Nice of the Joker to go easy on the college kid

[@StefanGaetano]

👍👍👍