Best 4 Set Match of All Time?
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ForehandCross
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I have not seen 2011 RG SF in a while.
But I remember thinking the first and 4th set to be of extremely high quality, like one of or probably 'the', highest ever I have watched .
But the level did fall a bit in 2nd and 3rd.
But as I said , first and the 4th are probably one of top 10 sets of tennis I have watched.
Berdych Nadal was more even, and extremely high level too. 2012 AO is one of my favorite tournament , so I might be biased but I think it's genuinely better.
Tough to say, but I go with Berdych -Nadal
But I remember thinking the first and 4th set to be of extremely high quality, like one of or probably 'the', highest ever I have watched .
But the level did fall a bit in 2nd and 3rd.
But as I said , first and the 4th are probably one of top 10 sets of tennis I have watched.
Berdych Nadal was more even, and extremely high level too. 2012 AO is one of my favorite tournament , so I might be biased but I think it's genuinely better.
Tough to say, but I go with Berdych -Nadal
BeatlesFan
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Agree with the Pete-Andre match. Other great ones:
1991 Wimbledon semi where Edberg lost the match to Stich without having his serve broken: 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-2)
2011 Fed-Djoker FO
1981 Wimbledon final Mac over Borg 4–6, 7–6 (1), 7–6 (4), 6–4
JaoSousa
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Definitely Edberg Stich is a good one.
Don't remember 81 Wimbledon being terribly high quality, but maybe that is just my deteriorating memory
BeatlesFan
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A 6-1 fourth set might have precluded it being mentioned. One of the few matches where Rafa clearly ran out of gas.
AnOctorokForDinner
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1976 USO and 1981 Wimbledon finals (poor Borg). Excitingly tense/close yet high standard of play as well. Fitting that the master of five-setters suffered his most painful defeats in four sets instead.
RafaelNadal77
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SF FO 2011 for sure.
Third Serve
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The match itself wasn't particularly high quality, save for that third set which was one of the best I've ever seen.
BrokenForehand
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2005 Aus Open Agassi vs Johansson
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I like serve bot
Nadalgaenger
G.O.A.T.
Ooh I immediately searched poll for Sampras/Agassi but Fed/Djokovic FO 2011?is up there too!
Atennisone
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@Yugram @HetTheGreaterer @TheGhostOfAgassi @125downthemiddle @ForehandRF @TripleATeam
USO 2001 leads the vote
USO 2001 leads the vote
TheGhostOfAgassi
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That’s so funny.I doubt everyone has even seen the match from the beginning to the end recently like we did.
NO break of serve! How fun and great!
We learn a lot from these watch parties! I like it. It’s like myth busters.
daggerman
Hall of Fame
Plus the first set was a pretty sloppy error-fest -- mostly due to wind, if I remember correctly
JaoSousa
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Who was the previous HC GOAT?????
maratha_warrior
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There was not a single dull moment from first point to last point in Fed-djoker 2011 RG match .
Almost Every point was a battle in itself .
I have not seen a more enjoyable and beautiful match at RG than Fedovic 2011 semi , in last 15 years .
You get to watch nonstop amazing high -level tennis for 3 hours and 30 minutes .
As a Novak fan , it was sad to see him lose , but as the years pass by , I kind of like this match more and the level produced by both players .
If this match entered 5th set , it would have been one of Greatest of all time along with AO 4th round 2013 and WB 2008 final .
Almost Every point was a battle in itself .
I have not seen a more enjoyable and beautiful match at RG than Fedovic 2011 semi , in last 15 years .
You get to watch nonstop amazing high -level tennis for 3 hours and 30 minutes .
As a Novak fan , it was sad to see him lose , but as the years pass by , I kind of like this match more and the level produced by both players .
If this match entered 5th set , it would have been one of Greatest of all time along with AO 4th round 2013 and WB 2008 final .
Third Serve
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That last part sounds familiar.
Poisoned Slice
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Agassi vs Sampras Australian Open 1995.
DjokoGOAT
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federer before 2020 AO
HetTheGreaterer
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Ignorance is often the key to being misled.
I doubt everyone has even seen the match from the beginning to the end recently like we did.
NO break of serve! How fun and great!
We learn a lot from these watch parties! I like it. It’s like myth busters.
We have indeed learnt a lot from it. Imo, the match was great, but not "the greatest 4 setter". Even nadal-thiem this year at AO was better.
JaoSousa
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But I thought Federer got all of his slams beating baghdatis, bahmet, keifer, philippousis, and crippled gravinbogganis?
DjokoGOAT
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Novak has surpassed federer on HCs and is on his way to do it on grass too. 2019 AO final was on another planet, the way he destroyed a fellow peak ATG
JaoSousa
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Djoker dovotee, stop cheating readers!Novak has surpassed federer on HCs and is on his way to do it on grass too. 2019 AO final was on another planet, the way he destroyed a fellow peak ATG
Nadal was at his peak in Acapulco 2020!
TheAssassin
G.O.A.T.
Hell no lol.
Third Serve
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dunno bout that lol
TheGhostOfAgassi
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Just watched the match from the beginning to the end. Shockingly boring and very overrated match.
HetTheGreaterer
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Try watching full match live.
tennis_pro
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2019 uso sf because berrettini shouldve won the first set
TheAssassin
G.O.A.T.
I watched it when it happened and a few times after. Don't condescend to me because you got to check it out for the first time.
I don't even think it's like the best 4 set match ever but it sure beats this year's Thiemdal encounter.
TheGhostOfAgassi
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You should have been there when we had the watch party to lift our spirits. Everyone there, from all all fanbases, had a hard time to even endure that match.I watched it when it happened and a few times after. Don't condescend to me because you got to check it out for the first time.
StrongRule
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Who is voting for USO 2011 here? Yeah, that was for sure the best 4 set match of all time. 
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StrongRule
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Leave alone the fact that there was no moment (before or during the match) when there were any doubts about the winner. The outcome was totally NID, and the match wasn't even close. So not sure how is it suddenly called the best 4 set match of all time.
junior74
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RG2011 is very close and extremely well played, as I recall it.
Nadal Berdych AO12 was top level, until Berdych sort of collapsed when he didn't convert his chance to go 2-0 up (a volley away from doing so, and then it would have gotten interesting). The level in the first two sets was on par with anything Wawrinka and Djokovic has given us IMO.
Nadal Berdych AO12 was top level, until Berdych sort of collapsed when he didn't convert his chance to go 2-0 up (a volley away from doing so, and then it would have gotten interesting). The level in the first two sets was on par with anything Wawrinka and Djokovic has given us IMO.
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HetTheGreaterer
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Yeah I was a bit too exaggerated when I said about this year's thiemdal.I watched it when it happened and a few times after. Don't condescend to me because you got to check it out for the first time.
I don't even think it's like the best 4 set match ever but it sure beats this year's Thiemdal encounter.
But the matches with no breaks of serve are kind of difficult to digest
HetTheGreaterer
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@TheAssassin can be the member for the upcoming parties. New joiners are always fun
ibbi
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, it's not a match particularly high in the drama department, it's about the glorious art of tennis itself. They are both playing soooooooooooo well right up till the end of the 4th set where loose errors finally creep into Andre's game, and that glimpse of human frailty is all that proves the difference.
Besides, it's not like there are no break point opportunities in the match. Is the saving of them not dramatic and exciting in its own way too?
Silverbullet96
Hall of Fame
Think there was mental fatigue involved also, I don't believe Rafa gets tired after 3 sets, no matter how tough. Rmember all the longer matches he's won.
It took way too much effort to take off a set over Djokovic who was on a higher level clearly.
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TearTheRoofOff
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Having checked some highlights it's hard to disagree with this. So much aggressive shotmaking; the winners must have been through the roof. Those sick Sampras half volleys and Agassi's early 00s renaissance ballstriking... What's not to like? Love the matchup.
TheAssassin
G.O.A.T.
Most of viewers probably didn’t grow up watching those guys so I can partially understand. I find it hard to watch 80s and earlier. But Pete Agassi match up was fire.
Besides, didn't that match win the poll in favor of some other 3-4 more recent ones for the watch party? Next time think better which one you are going to vote for I guess...
AnOctorokForDinner
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The scope of available footage dramatically increased in early 80s. There's like a few dozen matches available to view from the preceding decade and next to nothing from pre-Open Era of course.
TheGhostOfAgassi
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No one had really watched that match recently from beginning to end, some had never watched it, and w all the hype from all the “tennis experts” in here that have seen every match ever played since the beginning of Laver time, all the time every day, I thought it would be a good idea to watch it. Cause I don’t have time or interest to watch that much tennis from all eras. And I don’t feel like pretending I’m an expert either as I feel most posters on this board do. I admit I’ve seen that match long long time ago, but no way I remembered enough to form an opinion about it now. Just some seconds of fragments of it if I’m completely honest.Most of viewers probably didn’t grow up watching those guys so I can partially understand. I find it hard to watch 80s and earlier. But Pete Agassi match up was fire.
Besides, didn't that match win the poll in favor of some other 3-4 more recent ones for the watch party? Next time think better which one you are going to vote for I guess...
That fire you are talking about I’m not sure. It’s probably more shown in some short clips and in highlights. Cause to watch that whole match in one go from beginning to the end wasn’t much more exiting than watching an average servebot match w no breaks of serve. The same feeling than Isner Anderson match kept creeping in. Thank god it was only 4 sets, felt like ages.
AnOctorokForDinner
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If Sampras-Agassi could actually remind ypu of Isner-Anderson, well then you're a dummy when it comes to tennis lol. Narrow-minded sillies proud of their narrow minds, so sad.
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