Roger Federer: 2 Iconic ESCAPES Against Prime Djokovic

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3 ай бұрын

Some houdini acts by the great Roger Federer against a very in form Djokovic. WOW

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@Thebtfgame 3 ай бұрын

Note: Yes, Federer indeed lost both matches. Lost the 3rd set in Bercy 2018 7-6 (3) in the decisive tie break and lost the 3rd set at the IW final 6-3 in the 3rd set after a poor display. The concept "Escape" is refered to the way Federer came back on both sets to level the match under inmense pressure. Thanks for watching :)

@guruk 3 ай бұрын

🤦‍♂️😂

@sumanchowdhury6162 3 ай бұрын

U define new meaning for escape 😂

@AlejandroAlvarez-zz4km Ай бұрын

La verdad es que Novak se escapó de perder con Federer infinidad de veces. No recuerdo ningún encuentro en el que Roger lo hiciera. Al menos no de alto valor

@geraldmcgee-pf4lh 3 ай бұрын

Federer was great under pressure but since that Us Open match against Nole something changed the rivalry

@strelitziA_A 3 ай бұрын

One of the best kits Uniqlo made for Federer. 🔥

@NicoR-ds7gg 3 ай бұрын

Federer lost an incredible amount of matches against Djokovic that went the distance, especially in the later years. When Roger won he did it generally in straight sets, with the exception of one match at the US Open and that RG 2011. Such a shame because RF had many many opportunities in some of the losses against the serb that he simply couldn't convert.

@TheNeilsalvesen 3 ай бұрын

Wimby 2019 PTSD forever and :(

@johnrenehan7406 3 ай бұрын

Well put ; if Federer ever had a weakness if was his generally poor conversion rate of break points - especially against stubbornly consistent players like djokovic & delpotro - he lost two US opens against both , despite leading from the get go & having some match points ..... his conversion rate of several break & game points in these and other matches generally takes him to 24/5 GSs easily...... Perhaps his aggressive style didn't always fire at its best when he was leading matches

@fransiscoscaramanga674 Ай бұрын

@@johnrenehan7406 let's rehash history.... 2005 AO final fed lost to marat safin, 2008 Wimbledon final fed lost to nadal, 2009 AO final fed lost to nadal, 2009 US open final fed lost to del potro, US open 2010 an 2011 fed lost to the Goat novak, 2012 AO fed lost to nadal again, Wimbledon final 2014 an 2015 fed lost to the Goat nole, and how can we forget wimbledon 2019......and I'm not even gonna mention the countless times fed lost to nadal on clay........ let's see you rationalize that? fed got to 16-17 grand slams and hovered there forever, took him forever to get to 20........if it wasn't for nole, nadal would have 30 plus grand slams!

@echochamber1234 24 күн бұрын

@@fransiscoscaramanga674 biased bullshit. I could do the exact same rehash but with Rafa's horrendous losses. in fact I would say Rafa had more poor losses than fed, which is why 2 years less at number 1 than fed.

@fransiscoscaramanga674 24 күн бұрын

omg, stop it with the BS rationale, you're embarrassing yourself.... Nole started berating Fed in 2007 eventually catching up and surpassing him. how about the simple reality that the competition caught up to him..... let me explain something, there are three certainties in life. death, taxes, and nole beats fed....... enough already and accept whats plain as day.........nole is the GOAT!

@domenicobasile6874 3 ай бұрын

Really? Do you consider an escape not losing in straight sets?

@csflorentin 2 ай бұрын

Well you praised novak because of his mental strength but so often he was unable to close the match when he was so close, Roger push him the distance more times than anyone!

@arvidl5666 2 ай бұрын

@@csflorentinyall Federer dickriders are hilarious. Speaks volume that you consider not losing in straight sets a succes

@Lukic-bb1qs 3 ай бұрын

The first escape was awesome my god that forehand to save break point (match point*)

@stidudiiduri 3 ай бұрын

They were not escapes, he lost both matches LOL

@baptfk7621 3 ай бұрын

Its crazy how a man like federer couldn't find any mental solution against djokovic for so many matches... Its like his brilliant agressive game was dazed by djokovic's pace...

@darylfoster7944 3 ай бұрын

Let's see what would have happened if they hadn't slowed the courts years ago.

@guruk 3 ай бұрын

Actually novak likes medium to fast courts more than slower courts. Rafa benefited from slower courts.

@toddjohnson271 2 ай бұрын

@@guruk Nole matched him on grass too.......and was very good on clay.

@gregorsamsa555 2 ай бұрын

Better defense, better serve return, better backhand, quicker and younger player. Who knows, maybe Roger would won at least 2 of 3 Wimbledon finals against Đoković if he was the same age or younger than Serb...

@saratchandradeevi Ай бұрын

Most of those matches are after 32 or 33 years old. Most men wouldn’t be even able to get such close matches with Djoker. And Federer already achieved a lot by 2012

@Tennislover511 3 ай бұрын

these aren't really "escapes" since djokovic won all these matches. Theres a number of other djokovic fed matches with similar scorelines where djokovic won such as 2009 miami where djokovic was down a set, 2009 rome sf where nole was down a set and a break and down bp for double break in 2nd set and down a break in the 3rd set and won 5 straight games to win the match. not to mention all the great grand slam escapes such as 2010 and 2011 us open and 2019 wimbledon all saving 2 match points. 2014 indian wells was pretty good because federer was playing much better in the first half and djokovic had no chances to break until 43 in the second set. Nonetheless this is a fantastic video showcasing great matches, I applaud the hard work you put into uploading this video, thank you

@edkiely2712 3 ай бұрын

He is obviously(at least to some of us)talking about within the set itself and not the overall match!

@Tennislover511 3 ай бұрын

I remember the indian wells 2015 match very well, all the commentators thought that fed was gonna win and nole was gonna crumble cause of the 2 double faults in the tb, I thought that was a dumb analysis cause by this point djokovic had proven many times that he was the mentally dominant player on the tour and sure enough less than 40 mins later he proved it again

@antoinesavoit8657 3 ай бұрын

Paris 2018 hurt because he played better than Djokovic and looked like he finally came clutch against Nole

@abhishekagarwal17 3 ай бұрын

The same at Wimbledon 2014 (was 0-30 up on Novak's serve at 4-4 in 5th set and had an overhead at the net that he netted) and Wimbledon 2019 (as we all know!!). These 3 matches he could have won easy and that would have seriously impacted both Nadal and Djokovic's careers.

@mantaishere 3 ай бұрын

@@abhishekagarwal17 2019, yes. W 2014, no. He did not play better than Djo there. Paris is disappointing because he did not drop serve, but he never did win a deciding set TB against Djo so not that surprising.

@kweizi5712 3 ай бұрын

@@abhishekagarwal17 Federer had many matches against his 2 biggest rivals where he fell behind at the start then made a comeback to level the match or at least made it look more competitive. Just like in Wimbledon 2008, he came close but couldn't get across the line. Had he won those matches, he would have cemented his GOAT status and have a more favourable H2H record.

@ben86jones82 3 ай бұрын

I love Federer. But he never beat Djokovic in a 5 set match. That tells you a lot. We can go on about the specifics. Of which there are many. But Djokovic calms down in the most important moments. Federer panics.

@talbaram7870 3 ай бұрын

Umm no you have non idea what youre talking about haha he definitely beat Djokovic in 5 setters..

@hectordavidortiz 3 ай бұрын

@4:33 just incredible! A delight to watch over and over again.

@Tennislover511 3 ай бұрын

2018 paris sf was fantastic too. nole was more than 75% of both 1st and 2nd serve points but was broken while fed barely won half of his 2nd serve points but saved all 12/12 break points, both played fantastic but nole raised his level in the tiebreaks

@r3tr0n17 3 ай бұрын

Those RF shoes are lit !

@tyrone2252 3 ай бұрын

The crazy part is Federer used to beat Djokovic quite well before he turned 31. He was 13-6 vs Fed before he hit 31.. after that Djokovic just had his number. Once Roger lost a step Novak owned him. Kept pulling him out wide on his FH then would control the point after that

@kakashihatake1029 5 күн бұрын

Djokovic also improved his overall consistency tenfold and reduced his big tournament losses to lower ranked players.

@tatsuyasigh1906 3 ай бұрын

Idc abt the one in Indian Wells bc Djokovic really outplayed him. But that one in Paris was a shame. There was nothing between them, then he just collapsed in the tiebreak. After 3 sets of top quality tennis too. That match deserves a better ending

@Thebtfgame 3 ай бұрын

Very very true

@AlanRR121 3 ай бұрын

It really feels like even if Novak had an average day he somehow still beat Fed...

@gregorsamsa555 2 ай бұрын

@@AlanRR121 Yeah, like in Wimbledon 2019, think Roger was somehow "afraid" of Đoković defense and return after all those matches from 2010-2016 (only one victory in GS matches at Wimbledon 2012 and so many close losses)

@incredibleXMan 3 ай бұрын

I think the term 'escape' would have worked better if he had won.

@jamessandlin4406 3 ай бұрын

roger was the player i always cheered for losses to djokovic were harder to accept than any others for some reason a federer match was generally much more exciting and enjoyable than a baseline grind which is typical to n. djokovic tennis play

@drkarenbukharibukhari9931 3 ай бұрын

Iloverogergeferick

@BrotherTree1 24 күн бұрын

Federer usually doesn’t go down without a fight against Djokovic but usually doesn't make it out alive. It more often than not becomes more competitive after the first set, especially when Fed gets outplayed in the first set.

@boriskostic6964 3 ай бұрын

He lost both matches so this is not an escape

@h-dawg1876 3 ай бұрын

Federer had a winning percentage against Novak from 2017 until he retired. If Federer never had the knee surgery he would never of retired

@katerinadicamella 3 ай бұрын

People often talked about Federer's remarkable "prime" period between 2004 till 2007, when he barley loss matches in each year, but personally I think Federer's level actually went up a notch after the 2.0 version of Djokovic in 2011, even though Federer did not have the same success or results like he has done during the so-called prime, but Federer did improved his level as we can all see the results against Nadal since 2015, particularly on hard court, Nadal haven't beating neither of the two greats. Really, the big three wouldn't be who they are if neither one of them didn't exist!! we are so lucky, guys~

@KarlMalowned32 3 ай бұрын

Would have been nice if Federer came back from match point down to beat Djokovic for a change.

@Thebtfgame 3 ай бұрын

Yep. Choked the 3rd set specially in Bercy where he played way better than Nole. That match has a lot of similitude with the Wimbledon final

@John-lr4hp 3 ай бұрын

@@Thebtfgame he wasn't better than Nole in the Paris semifinal tbf. Clutch play kept him in the match. Not comparable with the Wimby final

@Thebtfgame 3 ай бұрын

@@John-lr4hpnot comparable, that's true. But Federer was the only one to break in that match. Fall short on both tie breaks to clinch the victory just as it happened on Wimbledon

@John-lr4hp 3 ай бұрын

@@Thebtfgame Fed's dominance ratio was 0.79 in Paris and 1.14 at Wimbledon That's why i'd say hardly comparable except for losing the TBs

@AlanRR121 3 ай бұрын

@@John-lr4hpeverytime they went to distance Fed ended up losing. RG11 is the only match in my head that went well for Roger, but it didn't have a deciding set.

@joelhoffman7173 3 ай бұрын

Doesn't "escape" imply "win"? For a video title, what's wrong with: "Federer saves two sets!" Click-baiting should be fineable!

@batmanspiderman8122 3 ай бұрын

Federer and wawrinka when he had those couple of magic years only players ever i seen outsmart or out hit djokovic

@ramyg5037 3 ай бұрын

4:22 - Very cute ball girl...holding the umbrella for herself..😄

@rioverde1597 3 ай бұрын

The vast majority of matches where on Federer’s racquet. I saw all of them and I would say the last two Australian, the last Cincinnati and this Indian wells match where the only ones where Djokovic was noticeable superior.

@12aR9 3 ай бұрын

He escaped 2:0 which is good. Good player rf

@giorgitatarashvili3875 3 ай бұрын

To be honest I don’t understand when Novak was in his prime? 😂

@Cake-ql8lh 3 ай бұрын

40-15 wimbledon 2019 iconic escape

@gregorsamsa555 2 ай бұрын

The grand theft by Đoković

@esterrlopez 3 ай бұрын

Federer con 35. Y 38 años. En el final de su carrera

@user-yd6ef1yo9d 3 ай бұрын

Time waits for no man.

@pauljohnson6019 3 ай бұрын

Not time, choking was happening to Roger even when he wasn't that old, yes now he really is past it, but no matter what, mental side is most important.

@sludge86 3 ай бұрын

Djokovic could’ve put him away in the second, but the tournament organizers wouldn’t have been happy. Depends on the agreement they had before the match.

@raulvelasquez6682 3 ай бұрын

Igual no mas se hizo palizear . Grande NOLE.

@joelsuraj2501 3 ай бұрын

Wimby 2014??

@mimo104 3 ай бұрын

U're serious 😂 is not grand slam

@joelsuraj2501 3 ай бұрын

@@mimo104 ??....didnt get u bro

@Jonathan-mp3ju 3 ай бұрын

Federer is the GOAT of tennis and the only player to transcend the game globally. He is the MJ and Tiger Woods of tennis.

@mazuljce Күн бұрын

He can't be the goat in a sport where a direct rival has 4 GC and a dozen m1000 more than him.

@Jonathan-mp3ju Күн бұрын

@@mazuljce Wrong. Your comment shows how little you know about what it takes to be the GOAT at any sport. It is not strictly about numbers, which is the way fanboys like you want the majority of people that know better. Having the knowledge and experience to see beyond numbers is a skill that comes with experience, kid. If the GOAT was determined only by your criteria of stats, then Novak Djokovic, Margaret Court, Jack Nicholas, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, or LeBron James would be your GOATs. The majority of the world will take Federer, Serena, Tiger and Jordan. Yes, the majority of world refer to GOATs by one name 😝

@mazuljce Күн бұрын

I feel for you and you have my sympathy for your bitterness. The difference in rivalry between James / Jordan, Woods / Nicklause and Djokovic/Federer is that the latter ones played against each other for 15 years so we can actually compare... Behind the stats there are matches, mental strenght, champion attitude etc... Wimbledon 2019 says is all : the romantic loser unable to convert one of his 2 match balls, despite having all the western audience with him. And the true goat who only needed one. But don't worry, Federer will always be the goat of commercials.

@gregorsamsa555 2 ай бұрын

Well... The great escape or grand theft was in 2019 Wimbledon, Đoković never should won that match when you see how did each player played that match. One of the biggest "steals" in history of sport...

@MrRajesh8897 29 күн бұрын

Djokovic the GOAT FED THE BOAT( BEST OF ALL TIMES) NADAL BOTH GOAT AND BOAT but only on CLAY

@Luckyluckyluc 3 ай бұрын

These comments 😭

@koolpikle999 3 ай бұрын

he still lost

@hasanmehti3656 3 ай бұрын

Where is the 2019 Wimbledon 😂😂😂

@edosilvestri00 3 ай бұрын

Yes, but the final is the same. Victoy of djokovic.

@karvis028 3 ай бұрын

Federer lost his midas when Djokovic started his prime. Besides, his knees kept bothering him

@ahmedkhan-bi8lv 2 ай бұрын

Its quite clear that once Federer crossed age 32 mark . Novak enjoyed weak era

@gregorsamsa555 2 ай бұрын

Yet, he lost to Wawrinka twice in GS final, many Đoković fans think that the level of play by Stan was "out of this world" and no one could beat that kind of Wawrinka

@AlanRR121 2 ай бұрын

If that era was weak, I'm not sure what we should call an era where no names were making Grand Slam finals and winning it did it in their only 3rd round and Quarter finals appearance.

@canski5646 3 ай бұрын

Djoki is very articulated when he speaks pre/post matches always has something to say , has beliefs and sticks to them, took tennis to a level with his discipline and work eithics where no player is even close..Even Nadal admmiited Djoki conditioning is surperior ..Fed had a spolied up brining and not bright showed when he played didn't think at all... as with Djoki he had to fight since he was born and thinks when he plays. always has strategy,fighter ..A true warrior ...Fed had no guts, not bright, didn't condition his mind and body is why he could compete with nadal/djoki..Fed was too busy selling running shoes and watches to Pageantry watching crowds who were mostly armchair tennis players

@andrewseah4224 3 ай бұрын

Lmao keeping hating munchkin 😊

@leonardogorozabel9220 3 ай бұрын

Los 2 partidos igual los ganó Djokovic

@federicotown8052 3 ай бұрын

But unfortunately he lost both matches !

@jokelot5221 3 ай бұрын

Escapes ? Where ? 😂

@user-tz7yn3hc4e 2 ай бұрын

40-15

@nicholascafenich7369 3 ай бұрын

Even though, lost both matches 😂

@lucasroman3010 3 ай бұрын

Well, he did not escape, he lost both matches

@schymi841 3 ай бұрын

What you mean by 'Escape'? Federer lost on both ocassions...

@leonstanic3960 3 ай бұрын

Haha this must be a joke he lost both of them

@Thebtfgame 3 ай бұрын

It's not...

@leonstanic3960 3 ай бұрын

Okay, if you say so, coach @@Thebtfgame

@robertobob6574 3 ай бұрын

Che grande campione il Serbo, attendere sempre l'errore dell'avversario...

@georgeganciu4838 3 ай бұрын

"prime" Djockovic is right now,2024😊!!

@gregorsamsa555 2 ай бұрын

Hold your 🐎, Nardi and Sinner disagree 😝

@DM-ik7bl Ай бұрын

This is pointless as Fed lost both matches, meaning he did not perform his best level at the most crucial moment of the match. It makes no sense and a bit lame to cling to losses where he played well for a better portion of the match but show them as a positive from Fed's side. There are so many matches where someone played Federer and they had this sort of "escape" but lost. Pretty much there are multiple matches every tournament where this "escape" happens by someone almost losing then coming back but losing anyway.

@canski5646 3 ай бұрын

Djokovic is TENNIS where he fine tuned his body,mind ,skills , mental, nutrition, every muscle fibre,strength ,endurance, pressure on and on..Fed ws marketing watches and running shoes to all the armchair tennis players who drank the marketing koolaid

@alexxaritakis3166 3 ай бұрын

Do you understand what you say for one of the greatest tennis players ever?the most talented one for sure?get away from the internet,make your self the favor

@ryaniam22 3 ай бұрын

And yet Federer had 20 majors so? I agree, Federer wasted his much more intensive talent than anyone before or so far after him. If he trained like Nole he would have been even better. Federer can do lots of stuff on the court Novak cannot. And I'm positive Novak started taking PEDs especially amphetamines just as he says he started eating different 😅😅😅lol. Only a fuckin sucker woukd believe that. Which is why Novak was so adamantly against anywhere anytime drug trestling which Federer and Murry pushed for hard.

@canski5646 3 ай бұрын

how did u get so cute? Fed only won 33% of His GS matches agaisnt Novak/nadal, Never beat nadal once at french, losing record at wimbledon against novak and lossed 3 finals in a row at Wimbledont on his supposed best surface!!..that is complete failure against his 2 rivals!! Fed's sqaush game was weak on mental strength and backhand ..Has a losing record H2H agianst novak/nadal...50% of feds ttiles were on B circuit 250/500..Fed did sell more running shoes and watches ...

@gamberiniluca8830 3 ай бұрын

Why can't you respect other players?

@mariuszneugebauer8801 3 ай бұрын

@@canski5646And these are the facts that some of people can't stand.

@fraerot 3 ай бұрын

look who is laughing in the end. This coordinated videos from Team 8 agency wont do better for Roger it will do more pathetic

@pizzatime3775 3 ай бұрын

Pretty stupid choices and I’m a Federer fan. Djokovic totally choked in the second to let Federer come back in the tie-break !

@ridgero 3 ай бұрын

Yes, he lost both :/

@VladimirKoleski-tx4xj 2 ай бұрын

Whats escape my friend he was losing two of this matches 😂😂😂

@claudineibarboza4226 3 ай бұрын

Federer e bom, mas Djokovic é melhor. 💪💪👑🏆

@user-cy6xl3vd3f 3 ай бұрын

But he lost both of these matches so what's the point

@titocabaperez287 3 ай бұрын

You hates djokovic

@Ahmed_Zakaria94 3 ай бұрын

reeederrhrth

@thanks_roger3077 3 ай бұрын

But he didn’t won these two matches

@kevinv7321 3 ай бұрын

But he lost both…

@zenaru1573 3 ай бұрын

but he lost... 😞

@TheRafaelBond 3 ай бұрын

"iconic" "lost" No one could care about this at all

@canski5646 3 ай бұрын

Djoki beat nadal 8 times on clay and 2 times at french!! FEd only beat 2 timews on clay and never at Fench.The true ammbassador/statesman to tennis is Djoki ..He stood his beliefs and never budged..As with Fed he sold to the highest bidder and never showed anything more than running shoe sales..You even see it in feds psot match speeches not very bright , never had anything to say.,fumbled through his thoughts...

@md.abdussamad1532 3 ай бұрын

Djokovic is the greatest actor of Tennis...The toilet-breaker...

@canski5646 3 ай бұрын

ur a cutey@@md.abdussamad1532