Winning The ATP Finals At The First Attempt! Alex Corretja 1998 Highlights | Nitto ATP Finals 2021

[@masters.1000]

He was such a fine player. Good old times, plenty of different styles and surfaces.

[@SaulGoodman-w2x]

Brilliant player. That 3rd mp saved vs Sampras was total madness.

[@TheSingingMystic87]

He played way ahead of his time. Damn. This was incredible to watch

[@miguelbarrerobilbao]

I remember watching both his semi-final win against Sampras and his Championship match against Moyá live at home, I was 11 years old. Corretja deserved a Grand Slam title and was just points away in the ‘99 season of taking the number 1 spot if he hadn’t got ill with mononucleosis. Great video!! 🙌🙌🙌

[@pdcdesign9632]

This dude had some serious skills. That forehand was dangerous like Pete Sampras's.

[@JeffLewistennis]

Corretja was awesome! Ton of class!

[@Marc443]

He was simple a to nice guy. Very kind and friendly.

[@juanaguerasallende3819]

Un fuera de serie. Grande, muy grande Alex.

[@rafaelfage8845]

Corretja is wildly underrated, his playing style also remind me of Bautista Agut’s

[@albertogmg]

So true! The forehand is very similar!

[@Introverder]

So all points in the tournament won by Corretja - that's quite extraordinary and unhuman also.

[@TTOORROONNTTOOful]

Wow he passing shot so great... i watched his game when he was not prime

[@glyko86]

The last time we saw so many one-handed backhanded players and Spanish players in the finals

[@edl1421]

Por este tío me aficioné al tenis, grande Corretja!!

[@dadsfreetimeclassicgaming1220]

Finally he gets a little love

[@javirivas1972]

Class player, super nice guy and now really excelling at TV broadcasting.

[@BurnsTennis]

Two observations. First this is indoor plexicushion. They switched from carpet after 1996. The surface is a little slower and higher bouncing, like today. Also, very interesting to watch Corretja use a standard Wilson Pro Staff racquet. I think he switched to Babolat either in 2000 or 2001.

[@silviatennismusic]

Que grande nuestro Alex ,muy currante,Bravo!!!

[@Eter-l1r]

Qué tiempos! Qué tenis más bonito jugaba Corretja, lástima que se retiró pronto

[@Marc443]

It was a big chance for gentleman Tim Henman to win. But he lost against Moya in the semis.

[@javiercampos2997]

¡¡¡¡Qué grande y elegante Alex!!!!

[@azharfarooq1141]

Oh my god alex corretja looks like batista agut unfortunately he could not win grand slam but the fact is he was a great player ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@schrodingerscat3059]

Master of passing shot

[@alext4481]

Grigor won it too at hid first attempt

[@viyou7460]

Pero cuántos passings hiciste en el torneo, madre de dios que locura 😮😮

[@AG-js1bl]

La gente que cree que los de antes tenian menos nivel.que los de ahora, peronestan muy equivocados, los de antes tenian bastante mas nivel que los de ahora, sampras sino gano mas grand slams, es porque se conformo, creyo que con lo logrado, ya no hacia falta maa, y sino gano rolsnd garros, es porque era vago, ya que no queria realizar peloteos largos frecuentes, porque como se puede ver, si podia pelotear si realmente se lo proponia.

[@keihnungm2011]

as someone still relatively new to tennis it seems to me that not having a one-handed backhand is a disadvantage here, as shown by the conclusion of the point at 8:55. no way for moyá to get that back at any real pace unless you're rafael nadal

[@ehrenamtlicherehrenmann4152]

He played a slice backhand. It doesnt matter if you play a one handed backhand or a two handed backhand as every player should have that shot in his arsenal. Moya also played a two handed backhand.

[@keihnungm2011]

@@ehrenamtlicherehrenmann4152 i think you've misunderstood what i meant - i mean with a one-handed backhand it would've been easier for moyá to get around the ball and maybe get some pace on it on the run, but corretja forced him to slice it just to get it back. seems more difficult to get leverage on a very wide ball like that with a two-hander

[@masters.1000]

@@keihnungm2011 A one handed backhand has better reach and maneuverability in the stretch.

[@keihnungm2011]

@@masters.1000 THANK you

[@danguee1]

@@keihnungm2011 But double-hander is better overall. The days of the single-handed backhand are all but over. The young guys are absolutely smashing those double-handed backhands (PS I speak as someone who has a particulary fine single-handed backhand - so am definitely biased in favour of the two-hander)

[@speabody]

Damn that first point was cold-blooded. What did Tim ever do to you? Lol

[@elliottperez1725]

Stefanos tsitsipas made the same accoplishment

[@Muhoslav]

Dimitrov also.

[@TheSingingMystic87]

The one-handed factor! lol

[@anseinueseima408]

Wonder why Sampras doesnt have a RG title. His rallies vs Corretja are pretty spiny

[@zeddeka]

Corretja illustrating how Sampras could struggle with heavy topspin baseliners who could get the ball up high on his backhand. Roger Federer would have similar problems with the likes of Nadal.

[@WhoAnro]

Anyone can tell me Moya’s shoes model?

[@eyesonuall]

These aproaches with slice are very slow and make life much easier for those who want to position themselves for a good passing shot.

[@julesknopf9806]

0:26 is that not a footfault

[@TexterEX]

Good eye

[@binkyxz3]

No. This is the wrong camera angle to judge that line, plus the far baseline is the least well-defined (appears fuzzy) on TV. Watch the entire video and count the number of balls near the far baseline that "appear" to be out.

[@gavi4212]

Show more of Connors!

[@thegoosemeisterohmy]

Did Dimitrov not do the exact same thing?

[@iraven_xz1142]

Idk actually

[@margaritat4068]

Tsitsipas did it too.

[@chumjetza6251]

Yes, he did

[@okaseath1674]

Incredible Time!

[@FrankieHresko]

You are saying its from 1998 but on the court and at back on the wall it says Expo 2000 in Hannover 🤔

[@javirivas1972]

It was 1998 in Hannover. These was publicity for the then upcoming expo.

[@shafqatishan437]

Henman was always on the losing side in big games...

[@qmto]

even though he won that match lol?

[@Aksriv100]

Didn't know about him

[@kevinmaboa7821]

Wawrinka’s idol

[@snickaren111]

Didn't know that. Interesting. I love both of these players. Wawrinka and Corretja has the most beautiful one handed backhand the game has ever seen.

[@robertk2007]

That dude was a problem

[@Marc443]

Sampras lost his dominance end of 1997. Not to compare with 1996 Sampras vs. Becker. Both in their prime had won in 1998.

[@maximp1679]

For example Roddick is so overrated and players like Coretja and san toro are the secret killers

[@angelor96]

You can tell Zverev is a real student of the game . He was able to go back farther than any of the contenders near his age .

[@krafthund]

"After Andre Agassi was forced to retire from their...". Hold on! Is Andre Agassi too a "they"?

[@bubufubu]

Are you joking?

[@victor-536]

he is non binary

[@albertogmg]

Sampras backhand is horrible. Today wont be top 50

[@BurnsTennis]

Based on a few clips. The sort of laughable comments you get from "experts" on KZbin.