Roger Federer vs Andre Agassi Highlights! | ATP Finals 2003 Round Robin

[@tennistv]

Which other cross-generational ATP matches would you like to see?

[@ferguson7128]

Federer vs Agassi Indian Wells 2004.

[@pawshands9706]

@@udupashashank i am cracking up🤣 I often call him Needyvak dJerkovic!

[@masters.1000]

@@sunflowersofinferno7904 So that makes Đoković even weaker, since he lost so many times to him.

[@masters.1000]

Agassi-Nadal

[@sunflowersofinferno7904]

@@masters.1000 hasn't beaten him in slams in 8 years and never will. Enough said.

[@suatkayatennis]

Nobody hits the ball cleaner than Agassi and Federer is timeless,ageless and the most elegant player of alltime.

[@markaven5249]

And faster balls, courts, and requests with less top spin.

[@bbbazzinga]

This must have been a very big match for Roger, his first victory against Agassi. Also, you can totally tell that the level of skill of these two was above anything else back then.

[@bbbazzinga]

@@calvin9187 Which is the match of this video...

[@fusionflare3119]

@@bbbazzinga lol ikr

[@TheColourwonders]

@@calvin9187 in the final, Roger gave the legend a drubbing which was totally unexpected.

[@alexpate8626]

You ruined it! ;)

[@manolinfernandezdiaz1780]

Agassi was outstanding.....he won absolutely everything....the 4 gslams the masters cup the davis cup the olympic gold medal more than 100 weeks as number one....16 years top ten....amazing

[@Hallucination]

And to think he skipped the Australian Open the firt 8 years of his career just because and he also skipped Wimbledon for 3 years just because. Unreal he manages to have the success he did through so much turmoil and his own disinterest for a large portion of his career

[@metanano359]

​@@Hallucinationand to think the AO was where he won his most grand slams 😂

[@ZAY109]

This match was the start of Federer's rise to greatness. After this match, he become the player that he is today. Prior to this match, he was still very inconsistent despite having won Wimbledon.

[@eduardochernia]

I agree. He was still perfecting his backhand (maybe footwork?). Nalbandian found some flaws in him in the US Open

[@NamTran-xc2ip]

@@eduardochernia his bh is quite weak. Since the court was faster in the old days, he was able to shine and cover this weakness. Now slower courts, nadal and Djokovic, especially nadal just play top spin on fed bh and he makes unforced errors

[@markaven5249]

​@NamTran-xc2ip I watch Sampras Agasse in 1996, and then switched to today on slow clay, and today's tennis so so boring it's incredible. The days of rallys that last 3-5 shots seemed more interesting. Was literally watching 2 guys in modern tennis just hit it in the middle towards each other until someone hit it our, ot was boring.

[@AL-ss4vr]

@@markaven5249pushers like Nadal and Djokovic have ruined the game of tennis. It needs to get quicker to compensate for racket tech.

[@soheiladam7510]

​@@eduardocherniait's his footwork, you can clearly see that he still not quick enough to get to the ball.

[@jakelm4256]

Agassi-Fed matches were something else. Both guys taking the ball off the rise and playing so aggressively

[@christophermoriarty7843]

One of the most entertaining matches I have ever seen. Federer-Agassi is such an athletic match-up.

[@Xacber26]

My two favorite players of all time collides!

[@marcosdoyter7460]

Even nowadays, he is my favorite tennis player of all time. In terms of technique, his baseline style became widespread in modern tennis. Semi-western forehand and two-handed backhand were really uncommon when Agassi was a kid. In terms of marketing, he made several inovations and brought a lot of attention to the sport. Sponsors became more interested in tennis. He opened the path for this new generation. He should be praised more about what he represented to the sport.

[@Editor_Hound]

It's interesting, most of tennis pundits say he played his FH with a semi-western grip, while Andre himself says in his Udemy course that he used an eastern grip, he even showed on his racquet that he had his index finger knuckle on bevel nr. 3 saying this allowed him to have a bigger strike zone. But all in all, Andre did revolutionize tennis. One of the greatest. And to this day the cleanest ball striker to ever grace the game, in my book.

[@thebigmonstaandy6644]

@@Editor_Hound his forehand was not that clean.

[@davidgoldman5392]

Great comment. I couldn’t agree more. I used to play competitively and patterned my game from Agassi. He was literally hitting people off the court coming up. Even today, nobody hits the ball so cleanly and especially on the rise as Andre. Great comment

[@ArthurVerhulst]

When Agassi burst on the tennis scene a doublehanded backhand was fairly common. Borg, Connors, Wilander to name a few.

[@marcosdoyter7460]

@@ArthurVerhulst Borg’s and Connor’s backhands were really different. The motion was completely different. The only modern tennis players, that I remember, that had such a backhand were Berasategui and Meligeni. It is simple to verify. You just have to research vídeos on KZbin to see how their backhand were different. My point was the fact that one-hand backhand and eastern forehand dominated the scene.

[@huythc1654]

This is the best match i've ever seen. Every shot is so clean and satisfying.

[@thebatman7192]

6-7, 6-3, 7-6. What A Match! What A Performance By Both Men. Great Victory For Roger.

[@KlldbyCuriosity]

That last shot by Federer was insane

[@1nalh]

yep. he was known to make those regularly later on.

[@AstroPatel]

Does an even crazier version of it in USO 2003 against Blake. 3rd set, 0 games - 0 games, 15-15

[@jnbmusic4092]

Great match, awesome highlights. Two legends of the sport!

[@TigerWoodard]

This is one of the greatest matches I have ever had the honor and privilege of watching period. Agassi Federer God bless you both

[@brandnew9834]

This is brilliant stuff. I really wish we could have seen Agassi in his 1995, or 1999-2001 form against Roger 2005, 2006. They would’ve raised each other’s levels.

[@essenceau]

High-quality match, great hitting from both ends. This was the last time Andre had a chance to beat Federer, and the beginning of the Federer's era!

[@danielsmith5032]

The Federa

[@stephenlow1841]

He also had his moments in the 2004 and 2005 US Opens to beat Federer, no?

[@1nalh]

@@stephenlow1841 yep. he had chances there too mainly 04. 05 never went to 5 sets

[@vatsalsingh1555]

@@1nalh In 05 finals he won the second set and had broken him in 3rd as well and was ahead until federer broke back to win it in tie breaker so yeah he had a chance there as well.

[@drnirmalraj2456]

Agassi had whipped in every match prior to this.

[@ferguson7128]

Now THAT is tennis on a proper court. Sharp and offensive hitting.

[@masters.1000]

Good old times.

[@Masterdoctorgenius14]

@Zavonna Partiamo Yeah. Coming to the net in his service games was super defensive.

[@pareshmathew1596]

@@Masterdoctorgenius14 Also i think he was playing a high school kid i believe lol...aggasi was playing attacking too so its not like he can be not defensive sometimes...cmonn

[@focusproductionarts]

hi, can someone please explain when court cover changed and what was it and when? can't find proper info about it... thanks

[@BullyGarfield.]

now slow hard courts are making tennis slow and more spin oriented

[@TWFEDERER]

Anyone else thinks OPEN is an outstanding autobiography?

[@valar_dohaeris7387]

Yeah I do, I've read it a few times and think its great lol

[@buffalobob2890]

I think it's way better than a lot of sports autobiographies and biographies that are out there.

[@cybernetennis]

its great especially compared to the lame sampras one; it was not revealing about anything; he must have some dark secrets

[@figueiredowff]

How I miss tennis!

[@alwallace1984]

Back when hard courts were not a 'faux-clay'.

[@rupertgordonii6623]

Yep, and needed real shot making to win

[@sup9542]

Hard courts are actually slower than clay these days. It's not just the courts it's also the balls they use - in fact the balls may be more significant. Clay tends to play faster because they use lighter balls. When Nadal played Djokovic on hard he was only wishing it could be faster.

[@z1az285]

​​​@@sup9542excellent points. the only exception was turin.and Shanghai last year. even the USO played a bit sloower than 2022

[@YourPunisher7]

THIS IS THE GOAT

[@pawshands9706]

Federer is the game's artist.

[@ricardoerdoscappon3640]

5:20 one of the best points played ever right there. amazing ground strokes. wow!!!!! 6:58 this one is crazy also.

[@pawshands9706]

What a match! Outstanding!

[@maxsirenko7938]

Agassi's slice at 11:06 is a masterpiece!

[@SonateSonate]

He did the same against Connors back in 1989.

[@AlmightyGTR]

I miss tennis so much, I started playing Virtua Tennis last week. Brings back memories.

[@nathan2497]

Great match 2 of the greatest tennis players👍

[@ertugrulkorpinar51]

Feds movement here was absurdly good

[@МишаН-ю8ф]

Upload next Federer - Agasi Houston final 2003. This was best Federer match ever play.

[@iPumaPantz]

Baby Fed vs. Agassi the legend.

[@farid1406]

This is peak Fed prepping for next year's God-domination of the tour. The fact that 80 year old Andre Backassi almost beat him is testament to just how great a player he was. Regulay ranked in the top 10 ever, and that's still underrating him.

[@14DANESSJ]

@@farid1406 ATP Final was peak Fed. Gave Agassi a bagel

[@thenewguy7527]

I don't see Dimitrov in this video

[@ciaronsmith4995]

@@14DANESSJ Federer is unbelievably overrated. One of the best, yes, but not the best. Weak era beneficiary with a WAY PAST his prime Agassi still troubling him. Nadal and especially Djokovic, have destroyed him in recent times.

[@14DANESSJ]

@@ciaronsmith4995 Federer is not overrated and both Novak and Nadal both benefited from weak competition in recent times.

[@gomriria2197]

you take your breath at every shot, the amount of creativity they bring is outstanding, not like boring rallies nowadays

[@tahakhizer37]

First match I've seen of Roger where the crowd wasn't on his side. Though can't blame them cheering for their home favourite.

[@Vipa567]

Wimbledon against Murray.

[@ericnekli7631]

He is the second favourite swiss export good after chocolate I guess 😂

[@muktibasak2600]

the defence of federer was unreal to me.

[@neptune1525]

Battle of the GOATS!!!

[@trulaila8560]

Tennis TV: Video about Federer Fed's haters: It's free real estate

[@starllama2149]

When you're that great, you get haters because of various reason from nationality to i don't even know what. This is when you know your the best, when people hate on you irrationally. Federer is forever in their heads and they don't even know it.

[@kakashihatake1029]

@@starllama2149 man every top player has haters. Especially Djokovic

[@rishimanda2191]

@@kakashihatake1029 What happens usually is that, some fan posts something positive about their idol, eg:Federer and then a Nadal or Djokovic fan contradicts that. This is normal. But some fans, mainly Djokovic's, don't write anything good about Djokovic, but literally write shit about Nadal and Federer. That's the difference, between a fan and a hater.

[@ketan6182]

@@rishimanda2191 you know you're technically hating on Djokovic's Fans right? Didn't see you write anything positive there either😂🤭 (no offense)

[@vibhorgupta1753]

Why should there be Federer haters or for that matter haters of any tennis player. There are only tennis lovers.

[@planet9176]

These two are the greatest of all time

[@1nalh]

huh? agassi 8GS. djokovic and nadal have 21 and 22GS. wake up.

[@shabzone]

Holy crap cant believe they were making these shots with those rackets. The angles both of these guys were creating were wild, and both were the best at taking balls early in their generation. What a match

[@endorstoi863]

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

[@ggohil42]

Two of the best players beyond doubt.

[@august25th38]

Love these courts

[@maximum667722]

I love how fast this court is!

[@z1az285]

not fast by any means, medium pace at best

[@poisenopinionator]

What a match! Agassi hadn't played since his loss to JCF in the US Open - Incredible!

[@freshplaya2011]

Looking back Agassi s decline in movement from 2000 to 2003 was crazy (as mentioned by Cahill). Probably more to do with his back than his age. Looking back to agassi at a similar age to fed, maybe around 1989, he moved like a demon, not too many faster than him on tour. This was one of those turning points in their rivalry, although that bad line call in the 2nd set costing Agassi a break back and a missed volley in the final set tie break proving decisive. Also, Feds movement compared to now, he was a lot faster, but still hasn't lost as much as others.

[@therealbs2000]

Yeah like at 3:40 he can stab cleanly at the forehand and on the very next shot run around to hit this down the line. Thats free movement. In his later years he would hit backhand in this spot, which changes everything.

[@ordinaryguy6869]

I love watching Roger win matches!

[@gerlindemayer9645]

Most beautiful match to watch!!

[@tshep_fulu4442]

Big shout to my favourite player Roger Federer 😁😁🌻🌻🤗🤗🤗

[@debjyotiboral8679]

You're shitting me with this match..!!!!! To all those people saying that Fed would have lost to Djokovic in his prime, just watch this goddamn match.... This is insane tennis..!!!

[@andomando9303]

If the challenge system was in place back then.... Hawkeye would have overruled at 8.00 and Andre would have broken in the second set. Likely would have won the match! What a contest!

[@edgarpanganiban9339]

correction: broken back. Federer up a break, true that Agassi should have broke back but still long way to go, Federer could still edge the second set.

[@therealbs2000]

The federer agassi australian open 2005 match was also sick

[@aksingh3167]

Prime Roger was something else .

[@kayacankardes2292]

Me watching tennis: Oh yeah I can definitely play like that! Me Playing Tennis: yea i give up

[@rishbahpandey8697]

Is tennis tough playing??

[@g2tennis]

@@rishbahpandey8697 Yes

[@sln7839]

Agassi’s double handed and Federer’s single handed backhand are both elegant.

[@yoyouyos767]

I respect two players ❤️💕

[@TimelyAdventure]

That bad call in the second set against Agassi... how many matches swung on bad calls without the challenges allowed today

[@sln7839]

In one of the u.s opens, Agassi defeats Federer so easily. Never would have thought he’s playing the future GOAT.

[@sln7839]

@Ryo Sushuke In 2005 USO final, Federer was unplayable for Agassi. Federer had improved so much by then.

[@ЙоанисЛоканидис]

In 2005 us final Agassi take the second set brutally and in the third set he had a big chances.Federer wasnt unplayble.See again the mach.

[@sln7839]

Йоанис Локанидис i felt Federer dominated that match esp in later stages. First two sets were a little competitive..age was clearly the difference

[@ЙоанисЛоканидис]

@@sln7839 And if you remember agassi played a 5 set thriler in the quarterfinal with Blake and 5 set with Ginepri.

[@FelixSunMusic]

Holy moly that pass on match point was incredible

[@Arabicrypto]

what a quality match

[@anthoportos67]

It was tennis table ! That was so fast

[@laron2239]

Incredible match. Such amazing skill and elegance from both players. Would have been such joy if they overlapped on tour for longer. Feel terrible for Agassi as that 2nd set wrong call probably cost him the match. But...that was part of the game and it almost didn't matter because the quality of the third set was insane.

[@ShadeXH]

"Possible future legend in Roger Federer" Hmmm, you think?

[@redfox14-ffox]

Great clean ballstriking from both players, loved how they just got on with the points 👍, no ridiculous gamesmanship on display with unnecessary towelling off, endless ball bouncing or OCD rituals

[@AdrianoBernese]

Amazing André! Great figher! Unlucky this Time! 🥎☹

[@aemiliadelroba4022]

Wow 🤩 What a great match ! ❤❤❤

[@LetsBuildThatApp]

Agassi at his age being able to withstand the fed is impressive.

[@lukscar2000]

What? Agassi was 33 in this match comparing to GS titles big 3 won in their mid 30s and Federer almost taking W in 2019 at 38. Look what Djoker is doing right now, at that age.

[@raju21386]

What a match man!!!!

[@estel6137]

Take a look at how much faster the courts are

[@rupertgordonii6623]

Yep, definitely favored shotmaking and aggression

[@andremartini1405]

What a GAME!!!

[@yoshikay8787]

Must have been tough. Going from Sampras to Federer.

[@sup9542]

This is the closest to both of them in their primes. Crazy ball striking from Agassi and Federer hanging on, then matching it, then surpassing it. Agassi would have always been a huge battle for Federer. They're my 2 favorite players and I'm sure there would have been a lot of epics between them with Federer winning by tiny margins.

[@ЙоанисЛоканидис]

This return on 6 / 5 Agassi never forget !

[@sylvio9771]

2:02 the last 2 forehands were pin point precise. Video game by Agassi

[@deviceinside]

Federer = Insanity with Grace

[@germaintet7648]

It's crazy to think that Agassi played against Connors (winner of grand slam tournament in 1974) and against Federer (winner of a grand slam tournament in 2018). And even Nadal (winner of the French in 2020)

[@mokumoku91]

The man awakening.

[@elijahs.1429]

Not a huge fan of Agassi, but that point there around 7:30 was pretty exceptional from both players.

[@KingCast65]

What's your issue with Andre? He's a bad MTF man.

[@noaharbab2164]

What a match.

[@sebulban]

That version of the ProStaff racket is probably the best racket ever made

[@saritsirisirilert2428]

Great match from both

[@blackspiderman1887]

This match was intense

[@masters.1000]

Good old times.

[@lafony]

What a match

[@daweedcito]

beautiful backhands

[@dominikmatic4032]

Awesome highlights, but it feels like Agassi could've saved the last match point.

[@sln7839]

There was a time when American dominated tennis !

[@pablotupone4190]

Last year of real domination was 2000, then Sampras and Agassi both still competitive

[@salaheddinnafi3373]

بداية الأسطورة كانت من هنا❤😢

[@JGUBU]

THE GOAT ❤️

[@supermovietimebros6770]

How is it that Agassi is this good yet he could only win 8 slams in the 90’s? Stronger era

[@metanano359]

Personal issues, retired for some years and did meth

[@bobborghartgooglable]

How the commentator thought that last shot was out is a bit silly as it wasn't even on the line but well inside... Incredible, earth-shattering shot.

[@AdrianoBernese]

Very lucky Roger

[@bramvalkenburg5655]

If you look how the game changed when Agassi started his career and a match like this. The change is way bigger than the transition in 2000s to 2020s. He actually won a slam in 2003. I wonder how he would have coped with the game now days (and I'm pretty much certain he would have coped just fine).

[@ryanknowles]

Agassi got cheated in this match. Would've won it in straights had the umpire not conspired to hand the point to Federer at 3-2 in the second set, when he was down break point.

[@rosies14]

Players get bad calls all the time..he ran out of steam

[@sup9542]

Agree, Agassi got screwed. But the end result probably would have been the same - they meet in the finals and Federer turns the GOAT switch on.

[@ryanknowles]

@@sup9542 Fed had mental edge by then. I’m not sure result would’ve been the same if Agassi had beaten him in the RR.

[@nickwu4384]

Yet Fedfans cry so much about the matchpoints he lost which was called correctly.

[@dewman7477]

@@nickwu4384Federer won this match fair and square no excuses here

[@ABDULABDUL-zk6dm]

First year roger won fans favourite player atp award.. no any player won that award since 2003 to date

[@tonydaysog9164]

Wonderful backhand 6:21 0:35 0:39 1:09 2:02 2:45 3:08 4:59 5:21 10:02

[@dibyajyotidas5470]

There was far too less competition for federer during his dominant days. It would have been amazing to see peak Federer, Nadal and Djokovic to play at the same time with Roger playing ever so attacking to dismantle Djodal, Rafa playing his matadoric best to outlast Fedkovic and Novak using his resilience and mental toughness to pin down Fedal. Wouldn't that be a sight to behold❤️

[@masters.1000]

They can't play in fast courts as Federer did with an 85sq racket.

[@athoughtscanchangeurlife482]

Federer is 6 years older then Novak and 5 years old nadal this shows what roger did okk

[@ferguson7128]

Nadal and Djokovic couldn´t cope with Federer on fast courts. They´re lucky the courts got changed.

[@dibyajyotidas5470]

To all the federer fans listen you are still not understanding the point. I have seen Rafa beat Roger on grass at Wimbledon. I have seen Novak beat both Rafa and Roger at Roland Garros and Wimbledon respectively. I have also seen Roger breaking Rafa's historic streak on clay and breaking Novak's 2011 streak on clay. So restricting these legends to a single surface and comparing them is as insulting as it is stupid. They all are unique and champions in their own way❤️

[@Masterdoctorgenius14]

@@dibyajyotidas5470 Just as disrespectful as your above post. Nalbandian, Safin, Davydenko, Hewitt, Roddick, Ferrero etc were top class players. Federer happened to be better.

[@Hallucination]

2nd set turned when that Agassi winner was called out.

[@kpwand]

Agassi was brilliant. had.he not melted down in the late 90s he would have won far more than 8 slams.

[@miguelalonsogranja-to4bx]

Roger, come back! I'm afraid he won't. :(

[@alessandroalbuquerque8382]

You should do a video when Federer had a match against Guga !

[@johnwhite2576]

Sick volley at 2:00…I’d forgotten how good Agassi was esp his forehand

[@lucafelici2902]

To me, this is Federer at his best. I never understand why he changed his groundstrokes tecnique, especially the forehand, which compared to this, has become way more wristy, innaccurate and less powerful. I think with that consistency from the back of the court, most of the matches he lost against Djokovic and Nadal would had a different story.

[@davidzhang1761]

How did he change his forehand technique? The main difference to me is a shorter backswing

[@brandnew9834]

I don’t think he changed his technique, you can’t really just reprogram a swing as an adult. But I do think he likely adjusted his wrist movement to accommodate the changes in racquet technology and the strings and even the balls.

[@lucafelici2902]

Actually it is possible to change the technique of a stroke in an adult, of course it's harder than with younger people, but look at Djokovic serve for example, when he's former coach Todd Martin tried to change his motion in 2009, he had a lot of troubles with serve and completely lost the rhythm. Also to me doesn't make sense that he has to shorten the backswing, for two reasons: first it wasn't so huge that needed to be changed (del potro had maybe the best forehand ever, with a way huge backswing) second, the court are getting slower everywhere, compared to 2003, so today he should have even more time to prepare, If you look at this highlights, they played super fast but he's timing it's perfect with the larger swing. I think it's not cause of balls, strings or even the racket change; I think it was more unintentional.

[@brandnew9834]

@@lucafelici2902 An adult can change their swing, but It won’t be an automatic reflex. Muscle memory is pretty much developed by age ten. It would be really hard to play as a professional, especially at the highest level having to think about how you’re gonna produce your forehand. That’s usually how people end up with hitches in their strokes. The only pros I can remember who were successful in doing this are Rafa Nadal and Nikolay Davydenko. Nadal is the only player I’ve seen really change his swings and still win Majors, not sure how he is able to do that. With Djokovic, that was a disastrous decision to change his serve and since he has gone back to his original motion he’s won 19 Majors.