Rafael Nadal vs Juan Martin del Potro | Miami 2009 Extended Highlights

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[@djoleluk]

Delpo is one of my favorite players. One of the players very appreciated in Serbia. He was such a beast of a player.

[@permansan9164]

He's appreciated in Serbia cause he didn't destroy novak time after time and doesn't have more records than novak. Serbians are one strange nation

[@djoleluk]

@@permansan9164 Nope, i dont think thats it. Even at that time when Djokovic lost to Del Potro in the Rio Olympics, from what i saw in Serbian sports forums, there were always nice words of praise for Del Potro more often than not. He maybe is simply a likable guy, and well received in Serbia. And why do you think Serbians are strange ? What is strange about Serbians, do tell ?

[@gunmachine4832]

@@permansan9164 the same thing happens with Nole. He used to be loved before 2011, until then we all know what had happened.

[@monicafoley1136]

@@gunmachine4832 what happened

[@Kidgloves1984]

Still is a beast player I imagine..despite injuries..

[@alwallace1984]

Damn Juan Martin, you could have been the Giants Slayer and prevent Federer, Djokovic and Nadal from winning so many Grand Slams...tennis would have been much more interesting with you at the top.

[@maheshgupta4196]

He stopped Federer in 2009 us open final.... And almost had him in RG 2009 as well ....He stopped Nole in Olympics 2016 ...But yeah without injuries he could have won 4-5 slams

[@Space-nb7dr]

@@maheshgupta4196 He will not better than nadal on clay and 2011 and prime Djokovic

[@rahulfederer20]

@@Space-nb7dr well he certainly was big3 material

[@Spacevet]

@@maheshgupta4196 "If if if doesn´t exist"

[@romaIsHim]

@@Spacevet but he didnt say if though

[@danielrencsenyi917]

Whan an absolute monster he was back then..heartbreaking..

[@snygarmeister]

This was a bloody classic

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

Delpo was such a beast... big, tall but moved so well, big serve, atomic forehand. He could’ve have been a huge problem for the big 4 without all the injuries

[@MrTurbo87lx]

Theres no big 4. Only big 3. Murray was never a threat to the top 3

[@reggie178965]

Reminds me of Marat Safin

[@geschmackj209]

@@MrTurbo87lx Murray once led H2H against Federer.

[@MrTurbo87lx]

@@geschmackj209 u said once

[@MrTurbo87lx]

@@geschmackj209 fed beat him in every grans slam but 1. Again no threat when it counts

[@ivandesantis858]

He was on a fast track to multiple majors I believe if he didn't have that wrist injury and all the other injuries after that. His firepower was second to none

[@NamTran-xc2ip]

His play style will lead to injuries. So is nadal’s.

[@aleksamilosevic8792]

@@NamTran-xc2ip I mean besides his FH,he took BH early on the rise,didnt move around too much and had a great serve. That doesnt lead to anyhwere near as many injuries as he had in his career

[@ivandesantis858]

@@aleksamilosevic8792 You're correct. He was just unfortunately one of those athletes that are just prone to injuries plus when a tennis player has a 6'5" or taller height I'm always worried. I really like Medvedev but he's 6'6'" and I'm always thinking he's going to break down physically .

[@pomerlain8924]

@@NamTran-xc2ip His play style was fine. He hit the ball big off of both wings, he moved naturally. He just had the misfortune of having bad tendons in his wrists.

[@0077delevadova]

08-09 is some of if not the greatest tennis we have ever seen in the open era. The greatest match ever at wimbledon, Nole won his first AO, Nadal won his first channel slam and only AO, Fed won his only channel slam, Delpo won a slam, there were incredible masters series, great semis and finals, and the list goes on.

[@fan5407]

Del Potro was on a rocket to the moon in 2009. Qf at AO, Sf at FO (!). Came from behind to Federer in the Us Open final. Also, WRECKED Nadal earlier in that same US open. Man, what could have been if he wasn’t riddled with injuries.

[@gb5663]

​@tano2775 If you're on the court you're fit to play

[@TheRafaelBond]

Rafa was riddled with injuries himself, seems disingenous to say Potro "WRECKED" him lol.

[@albertobocca1557]

Delpo was a legit threat. He had no weaknesses: great serve, the most impressing forehand I have ever seen (seriously, he dug holes with that shot) solid backhand, great touch at the net and moved very well for a big guy. What a shame he had all those injuries. I remember fondly a Davis cup match he had against Murray back in 2016 or 2017 when he came back from the latest string of injuries and won in a five-setter. I was screaming the whole time, and I'm Italian

[@llobell86]

All players have injuries. How many Grand Slam and records Juan Martin did? Honestly, so complete but Nadal was cutting balls with backhand as he wasnt playing OK. So many mistakes. Del Potro (6) victories vs Nadal (11). Great player the argentinian, but now has to take off the slip from his ass, as he said once to Rafa.... ;) talkers

[@miljann98]

​@@llobell86Delpotro may be worse player than Nadal, but his peak is higher than Nadals peak ever was. Plus, Delpo is a sweetheart of a man, while Nadal is a snake of a man, which matters to me if I'm gonna be a fan of someone or not

[@samirsolai7579]

@@miljann98 lol you're a troll

[@魚-c3d]

He definitely had weaknesses and his movement was at best average for his height. But he could've been one of the greatest indeed.

[@AlexisNess-mn4zw]

@@miljann98 None in tennis history has peaked higher than Nadal

[@franv991]

We all miss Delpo, hope he comes back with that massive forehand of his

[@SantiagoTomas27]

Nostalgic. What a player, what a competitor, what a man. I miss you, delpo :(

[@vasishtakodati]

9:24 Nadal served 131 MPH ACE!!

[@jackmessent3490]

Thanks very much for these extended highlights Tennis TV. Looking forward to the return of the Miami Open.

[@jorgefernandez1714]

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO FUISTE UN MONSTRUO SAGRADO TOCADO POR DIOS. GRACIAS POR TANTAS ALEGRIAS ........

[@mvbasten]

such a shame we never got to see the '09 Delpo backhand ever again. he had no hole to exploit. even his movement was great for a 6-6 (nearly 2m) guy. kinda amazing he made all those major quarters and semis after '09 with just a slice from the BH side.

[@pomerlain8924]

He was still able to hit his heavy two-hander until the second wrist surgery in 2014. After that, he heavily used the slice and he had to alter his two-handed BH technique since he couldn't cock his wrist to generate the topspin.

[@TheRafaelBond]

Potro did much more than slice his BH lol

[@AlexisNess-mn4zw]

@@TheRafaelBond He means after the second wrist surgery

[@1438Thejames]

For him 1 grand slam is enough to prove that he's good.

[@bigwill2333]

He beat the best in the world, that time.

[@lucianorevainera6799]

Pero que partidazo!!! No lo recordaba. Que jugadorazo Del Potro por Dios

[@moadrehhali5120]

I watched this match live and never saw any highlights of it after but it stayed always in my mind as one of the best matches in terms of quality of tennis ,drama and as always the argentinian fans were on fire. thanks for the upload

[@darthnhilius5282]

The best match on Miami !!!

[@mertkalender1306]

This Delpo would eat any modern day Next-Gen for breakfast.

[@Punkster556]

He would've fck medvedev or Thiem

[@pomerlain8924]

@Ronish Padhy DelPo's BH, as we saw in this match, was a weapon, and a great compliment to his FH. Prior to the wrist injuries, when he was in full flight, he was scary off of both wings.

[@jorgefernandez1714]

DELPO EN SU PLENITUD PODRIA GANARLE EN UN DIA A TRES O CUATRO DE LOS MEDIO PELO DE LA ACTUALIDAD UN FUERA DE SERIE DESDE LO FISICO Y CON UNA DERECHA LETAL ( ERA UN LATIGAZO)

[@mraposo78]

Delpo and Nadal always play awesome matches. This one, US Open 2009 semifinals, Indian Wells Final, Wimbledon Semi final 2018, there are so many.

[@felipevallejosmellado2081]

Del Potros 09 backhand, pure gold.

[@pomerlain8924]

That thing was a wrecking ball. That was a great compliment to his awesome FH. That's what made him so dangerous. He could attack on either side with heavy pace.

[@yinhoukhor7109]

Goodness I miss Delpo!!! My all time favourite player!!!

[@pomerlain8924]

Watching highlights from DelPo's 2009 season just makes me sad now. You just wonder what could have been without all the injuries. He had a powerful, aggressive game, and could opponents off both wings. He was tough mentally, and he had the quiet belief that he could win against anybody he faced, including Fed and Nadal. And he was just putting it together, winning the USO and making the finals of Montreal and London, and we were all excited to see what he'd do in 2010 and then the wrist injury happens. Damn shame for the sport.

[@ml_gamer8344]

peak nadal was a wonder to watch.

[@estel6677]

I am sure that if it were not for his injury, he would be the world No.1

[@pomerlain8924]

Most definitely. #1, at least 6 majors and over 10 Masters titles.

[@zedearl5181]

I’m watching this in the FUTURE! April 2022…what a match! 👏🏾👏🏾

[@mujeeb07]

Been looking for quality highlights of this match for years

[@neilangianelli1955]

I remember that year destroyed Nadal in Us Open by triple 6/2, 8/8 in breaks, fucking monster back then

[@markknopfler6902]

Never saw the same delpo after 2009:(

[@Punkster556]

2018 was not bad for delpo

[@vanshagarwal2362]

@@Punkster556 he also had his moments in 2013 (wimby semi), 2016 ( silver medal), 2017 (defeated fed again at Us open) and 2018 (indian wells title, us open final).

[@markknopfler6902]

@@Punkster556 yeah...it was not bad but his weakness had already been exposed

[@pomerlain8924]

@@Punkster556 2018 was great come back year for him (though I hated it ended with a broken kneecap, which is why he's still out), but 2009, he was a force. He was destructive off both sides. Players didn't want to go to his FH, but if they just stayed to his BH, he could hurt them with that side as well.

[@neilangianelli1955]

Look that backhand man, was really solid as well, a complete player that was ruined by injuries, at least he won a slam

[@bindhupriya6425]

ohh!!! such a good match.

[@alperyldrm6385]

what an absolute mania this was. delpo was a true warrior and even a better personality. miss him on the tour a lot.

[@psvlog9370]

I once thought Delpo is so tall that it is very strange to watch him playing, in these years I admitted that i was totally wrong, more and more 190+ guys dominate this game now. Haha

[@hoyoungwon]

Nadal's forehand in 2009 was so weird. His 2008 and 2010 forehands had so much more pace on them with better defensive capabilities.

[@Morlich209]

nah nadal was having his best season up until madrid 2009

[@hoyoungwon]

@@Morlich209 I'm aware and he also had some family complications, but I'm specifically just talking about his forehand here.

[@Morlich209]

@@hoyoungwon idk in my opinion he was playing really well mostly because his forehand and movement. His forehand had a slightly different takeback in 2009 but it was just as lethal as any time in his career before his injury in 2009

[@geoousp]

I agree. I have also spotted the obvious difference in 2009. Weird set up and opening and not very effective imo. He didn't have a good year actually...

[@ertugrulkorpinar51]

Nothing wrong with his forehand here

[@kailashpatel1706]

Its a shame the injuries wrecked him (he retired today or will do so after Argentina Open), the potential for him to have been nuisance to Nadal post 2009 was evident..His backhand was actually a lethal weapon but the wrist problems put paid to that..

[@sumeursault]

Watching this highlight after Delpo's retirement announcement makes me sad. It was a golden era of tennis

[@pomerlain8924]

The point at 8:17 was a fine display of just how dangerous DelPo was off of both sides when his wrists were fully healthy. His FH was, without a doubt, the scariest shot on tour, but his BH was not too shabby. Most guys have a stronger wing and weaker wing. You really couldn't call his BH a weakness. He would hit it hard, hit it deep, and hit it consistently, which only made his FH that much more scary.

[@kailashpatel1706]

totally agree..the probs he would have given Nadal if he stayed healthy post 2009 as i have said before do not bear thinking about though Nadal became a better HC player and hit a flatter forehand this guy would have stayed a king sized pain who would have given Nadal/Federer/Novak massive issues post 2010..

[@gokucacarotozayayin3414]

thank you for the video

[@pauljohnson6019]

This match is so reminiscent of Danni, coming back and beating Nadal recently, on wtf London 2020, and Tsitsipas recently, at AO2021- Nadal has mental weakness on hard court, I've always been saying, he's not as invincible as he poses, when his opponent goes all out for a win.

[@guaybique4210]

The tower of tandil 🙌🙌

[@eduardoguia6557]

Pese a la altura, q manera d correr y defender q tenia del potro y su reves era muy bueno, mas alla d q todos tienen lesiones, pero las lesiones q tuvo del potro, fueron siempre en sus mejores momentos y lo dejaban afuera meses

[@inderr7bajaj]

Such commitment, such passion is missing from next gen who is already on the verge of becoming previous gen...😂

[@trumpingtonfanhurst694]

Del Potro was a class act. Could hit a forehand so hard it was past you before you could even think about hitting it back. I love these old matches; the best time of tennis

[@tumua2010]

Fabulous match.

[@Punkster556]

Oh I miss this Tower of Tandil

[@jeresosa9744]

Once, many years ago, Roger said something like "We (the big 3 plus Andy) know that we were somehow lucky that Delpo was injured so many times. Things could have been very different with him around healthy long enough"

[@pomerlain8924]

Yep. 2010 and beyond would have been very different had a fully healthy, in-form DelPo been around. Rafa and Novak don't have their 3-slam seasons.

[@kailashpatel1706]

@@pomerlain8924 agree..especially vis a vis Nadal...who would have loathed that kind of hitting through you guy..

[@maheshgupta4196]

Whenever Nadal loses to Delpo his fans come up with excuses 😅😅😂😂.....Usopen 2009 and Us open 2018 are prime examples for that.... Rafa was tired, Rafa was injured etc etc😅😂😂

[@aleksamilosevic8792]

He was injured at both of those though This one was 100% deserved vitory.

[@NLLeFa]

He really had a legit stomach issue at the USO 09. And in 2018 he literally stopped playing after 1st set, why wd he do that if he's healthy? He lost the 1st in 17 too, but won the match. Miami 09 is a deserved victory. Del Po can beat anybody on a given day. When Nadal loses and he's injured, it's not an excuse, it's the truth.

[@JoannaPawlowicz-n7m]

Nadal ne sait pas perdre avec dignité..il est nonchalant et agressif notamment avec le personel. A la fin du match il fait des câlins uniquement quand il gagne. Ce n'est pas un type gentil..je ne crois pas.

[@joelripani5020]

Es impresionante y superador todo lo que logro Delpo a pesar de todas sus lesiones de gravedad y todo lo que podría haber ganado si dios lo hubiera bendecido con una buena salud física.

[@vins6814]

Del Potro looked like he was 30 years old his wole life

[@ong55663]

Injured free Delpo is definitely the same level with Big 3. Unfortunately 😢😢😢

[@CoachAdrian]

Nice classic match! Prime Delpo could take out anybody! 💪

[@filipsostaric309]

I love Delpo and Murray,if there were no inyuries,Delpo could have 3-4 grand slams and Murray could have 6-7

[@yaserqazi5851]

2009 Delpo would cook medvedev tsitsipas or zverev and then eat them for breakfast lunch and dinner at the same time

[@sandeshreddy5347]

Even now he has the ability to last the next gen in straight 3 sets.

[@CardenasBryan]

este tipo sin lesiones fuera sido imparable y más como modificó su derecha ya que no le podía pegar con la misma potencia ya ese revés si no fuera sido el mejor de la historia

[@インコ-l8e]

Rafa and Miami are not a good match, but he was still at his peak. The potential of young Del Potro is astounding. As a Rafa fan, I appreciate his greatness in the first half of 2009, but at the same time I feel more about the greatness of Del Potro who beat him.

[@teoma1918]

Some days Delpo's backhand was better than her forehand,beast

[@marcelozampieri6516]

Que cabeza ganadora, que pena por el y por no haberlo visto más años, hubiera cambiado la historia del tenis.

[@fabrileonel1650]

Te amo juan martin

[@piturkilimbrush1]

Delpo Forever 💚

[@Sterkan93]

You can see how slow these hard courts in miami really is here..

[@ashayshah164]

I miss him ! 😭

[@redixhemalaj8998]

2021. I FUCKING MISS DELPO

[@ian031]

7:15 Del Potro's very good defense begins here

[@rub1516]

Davis cup atmosphere. Delpo loves that.

[@t0myy]

I miss you Delpo :(

[@augustorojas2788]

TE AMO JUAN MARTIN

[@707ladytee]

Blast from the past! So before this match Delpo didn’t take a set off Nadal? Wow! I sure hope he gets back to the tour soon. Nice ATP.

[@adrianpalazon2840]

No exageremos...

[@undergroundkid8337]

Rafa was fired up wow. But I never knew Delpo was such a beast.

[@truthseekertitan3986]

Very uncharacteristic loss from nadal. Looked like he suddenly ran out of gas in the middle of the 3rd set. Obviously delpo played incredibly as well.

[@hanzvargas3090]

07:05 what a point

[@adnaneelyoussofi4576]

Classic🙏👌

[@maheshgupta4196]

This guy alone is better than all the Weak era players whom Federer dominated between 2003-2007.....

[@SHVideografie]

Nadal, Safin and Agassi say hi!

[@apathak34]

Del Potro is better than Nadal? 😂

[@SHVideografie]

@@apathak34 It's crazy how these fanboys exclude Nadal from the 2004-2007 period. Like didn't Federer play an amazing young Nadal at RG in 2005, 06, 07 and Wimbledon 2006 and 2007? Heck even old Agassi was better and more consistent than young Del Potro.

[@apathak34]

@@SHVideografie Not to mention that Federer has dominated everyone else (other than Nadal and Djokovic) till last year. If the competition is so strong now, why are they still losing to such an old and declined Federer? Prime Federer would totally dominate this supposedly "better competition".

[@nitendradhaker6018]

Federer double bageled him in the aus open same year, then they played a close match in French and then finally delpo beat Federer in us, else federer would have won 4 slams in a row, those two final losses actually 3, 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 aus open and 2009 us open were very close

[@maheshgupta4196]

Guys like Delpotro,Murray, Wawrinka,Berdych,Cilic,Tsonga,Nishikori are way better than Roddick, Hewitt,Safin,Davydenko,Nalbandian.....Djoker and Nadal won slams in a more competitive era than Federer has... Deal with the truth😂👍

[@rodrigocoppa]

And Ferrer

[@SHVideografie]

That moment you find out that Federer actually beat Cilic, Murray, Berdych, Tsonga, Wawrinka and Nishikori to win his slams😂 Federer dominated all of them in slams.

[@apathak34]

But Federer has dominated all the players like Delpo, Murray, Wawrinka, Berdych, Colic, Tsonga, Nishikori long after his decline and being older than them so how are they better competition? They couldn't even compete against old Federer so how would they stop prime Federer?

[@zarkoostojic9063]

Sorry but no. Safin and Nalbandian were beasts and i don't need to spend words about safin, would be cliche. Even Davydenko was better than half players you named.

[@kamizariuvingle3277]

That's absurd. Wawrinka was only on fire for 3 years and only on slams. Murray was one of the best indeed, but berdych, cilic, tsonga and nishikori are much worse than hewitt, safin, davydenko and nalbandian. This comment clearly comes from someone who did not watch tennis regularly back then or is just a troll. Safin and Nalbandian were incredible players and were a million times more talented than those players you showed. You didn't even talk about guys like Haas (an old mid 30's Haas defeated prime Djokovic in a masters 1000), Blake, Gonzalez, Coria (on clay), Gaudio (on clay), Ferrero and Soderling (the only guy who beat top form Nadal on RG. Nole defeated the worst version of Nadal), who were very good players too. Roddick was less talented, but his insane serve and good movement were very hard to deal with. His old forehand from 2003-2005 was a really good weapon too, until he changed it, using too much spin and lost power.

[@TacticalSocks]

8:17 Antes de esas lesiones de mierda, pegaba cañonazos de ambos wings, una locura. Haber llegado a la final de Río 2016 a puro slice de revés da un testamento de lo que podría haber sido su carrera con mínimas lesiones.

[@kurosakishusuke1748]

Pretty down to know Del Potro took a full-time season last time in 2017 and the injury took almost half of his playing career. Only hopes for the success and best of health on his knee surgery this year.

[@wristsorrow6908]

What a win that was for Delpo

[@armstrongtixid6873]

2009 was really a great year for him, Miami, USO, and if he beat Fed in the semi, he could've won fricking RG ...

[@necikaa]

@@armstrongtixid6873 ATP Finals in London in final against Davydenko

[@armstrongtixid6873]

@@necikaa Yeah, that too ... heck he could've been no.1 that year!

[@lamontviolante]

3-0 up 2 breaks and still lost woow

[@robertace57]

2008-2010 Nadal is a BEAST.

[@Alejandro-ee3zl]

si del Potro hubiera tenido buena salud habría ganado, mínimo, 7 Gran slam porque tenía cualidades pero las lesiones constantes no lo ayudaron... es más, una vez dijo que casi siempre jugaba con dolor o que tenía que usar calmantes algo así.. una pena

[@wealthypromtpan2867]

Whoever made more than 10 million from tennis they are all legend.

[@adrianboyddodd8007]

Didn't realize he was that strong mentally.

[@Karollenart]

2009 = Prime Del Potro

[@SoniListon-lu4cn]

I remember this match; Nadal was 3:0 in 3rd set, 2 breaks up, Del Potro comes back and wins!!

[@phizz5822]

It Will be very good if we can have Djokovic vs Del potro in Olympic Games 2016

[@diegoartazcoz2390]

Key takeaways: - Delpo would have been so good for tennis if he was at 100% more consistently. Would have robbed much more GS to the Big 3. Even his BH sucks here, it is way better than his 2017 form. - Nadal has been always such a good player at the net and with variety, especially since 2009 forward. That BH slice is quite tricky. - Nadals FH in 2009 was soooo bad (except AO). Way too overspinny, with no power and quite often short shot. It makes live quite easy to Delpo that captalizes to step in and bomb his FH left, right and center. Key point in this match tbh. - Last but not least: Key Biscayne >>>>>>>>>> Hard Rock Stadium. Nobody can argue against that.

[@AlexisNess-mn4zw]

Nadals FHDTL was really good here tbf

[@masters.1000]

Upload Haas vs. Djokovic Miami 2013.

[@premrajdewatas8583]

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[@manuelignacioarturoocaranz1185]

Prime Delpo dominates prime Nadal in hard surfaces. He was at par with Roger but Nole was truly his only black beast. Prove me wrong.

[@AlexisNess-mn4zw]

This wasnt domination in any way.

[@graysonphillip23]

Delpo 😍

[@agustinmartinez9532]

11:39 DALEEEE BOKEEEE

[@marcosjaviermendozavidal1931]

Se le extraña a Del Potro, lastimosamente la lesión de su muñeca le impidió seguir en el circuito, sin duda el más grande tenista argentino de todos los tiempos.

[@AyushSingh-wn4gs]

4.31 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@hafidzzhasann9206]

Del po glory days

[@tomwaddle8125]

He would've won 6-8 Slams if his wrists didn't fail him.

[@armstrongtixid6873]

3rd, let the hating begin ...

[@alvarobreccia2177]

Delpo is the best!!

[@Ari-cw6op]

prime delpo vs prime rafa nice

[@miragowaikar98]

I miss Delpo:(