Federer El Aynaoui Halle 2003 highlights

[abmk]

Some highly entertaining tennis.
Boy, was El Aynaoui talented !?
Most talented player not to ever make the top 10 (highest ranking was 14 in March 2003) ?

 

[Standaa]

Interesting how in the early days Fed used to raise his forefoot before the ball toss. He stopped doing that since 2004.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Rod Laver, 2006: "People talk about serves, forehands and backhands. But by far the most important factor in any tennis player's game is movement."

Yet we endlessly hear on TTW that peak Fed is 2014-2019. Anyone with two functioning eyeballs can see how explosive, effortless and fast Roger was then. His movement now is seriously degraded from this level, very obviously.

 

[MeatTornado]

Terrible image quality but more than made up for with an incredible frame rate.

 

[DSH]

Much better was this.
An instant classic!

 

[Red Rick]

Some highly entertaining tennis.
Boy, was El Aynaoui talented !?
Most talented player not to ever make the top 10 (highest ranking was 14 in March 2003) ?

Were they taking turns trying to decapitate line judges?

 

[Standaa]

Much better was this.
An instant classic!

hmm... 2/10

not enough fedr

 

[EdSWright]

Much better was this.
An instant classic!

The era where players actually fatigued, and didn't come out hours later as fresh as a bull.

 

[Raining hopes]

Back when Fraud used to not dump 90% of his BH passes into the net.


Outrageous movement at times from the young old Fraud. Especially in the point at 5:50.

 

[Lew II]

Rod Laver, 2006: "People talk about serves, forehands and backhands. But by far the most important factor in any tennis player's game is movement."

Yet we endlessly hear on TTW that peak Fed is 2014-2019. Anyone with two functioning eyeballs can see how explosive, effortless and fast Roger was then. His movement now is seriously degraded from this level, very obviously.

Federer himself disagrees with you.

 

[Raining hopes]

Federer himself disagrees with you.

And ? Do I have to post millions of quotes from Nadalovic saying Federer is best ever?


Or Nadal saying his upcoming match is going to be tough even if it's against a qualifier at RG ?

Or Djokovic talking about out of body experience at RG 2016 final ?

Or Stan calling Roger the best ever ?

Safin saying his era was tougher ?

Djokovic at RG 2006 talking about how he had his match against Nadal in control ?

Tell me each one of them are lying?
Or if you disagree , you know more than them ?

 

[Raining hopes]

And ? Do I have to post millions of quotes from Nadalovic saying Federer is best ever?


Or Nadal saying his upcoming match is going to be tough even if it's against a qualifier at RG ?

Or Djokovic talking about out of body experience at RG 2016 final ?

Or Stan calling Roger the best ever ?

Safin saying his era was tougher ?

Djokovic at RG 2006 talking about how he had his match against Nadal in control ?

Tell me each one of them are lying?
Or if you disagree , you know more than them ?

@Lew II ,at every step you go against the idea of " Federer being the GOAT and the Best ever" which is something 90% of the tour can be quoted right now. You regularly defy that idea.

Now when it comes to the statement
" Federer is playing better than ever " you keep quoting people.

Hypocritic much?



You believe in Federer so much ? You think he is always right ? That's adorable.

Let's get his honest and most technically sound opinion of Nadal and Djokovic

" He is one dimensional ..." Federer before RG 2006

For Djokovic, Federer indirectly accused him of faking injuries. He went on to say that Djokovic did nothing special in his loss at Canada 2007.


So Nadal is one dimensional
Djokovic is a faker who can't do anything special.
So much for Federer's ultimate opinions.


Most of the time Player say whatever they think will help them please people and not cause controversy. Not exactly what they think.

 

[Lew II]

And ? Do I have to post millions of quotes from Nadalovic saying Federer is best ever?


Or Nadal saying his upcoming match is going to be tough even if it's against a qualifier at RG ?

Or Djokovic talking about out of body experience at RG 2016 final ?

Or Stan calling Roger the best ever ?

Safin saying his era was tougher ?

Djokovic at RG 2006 talking about how he had his match against Nadal in control ?

Tell me each one of them are lying?
Or if you disagree , you know more than them ?

All respectable opinions.

The first one is not true. They say greatest.

 

[Raining hopes]

All respectable opinions.

The first one is not true. They say greatest.

And somehow Federer playing his best tennis now is a Fact and not an opinion ?

And should I also respect Federer calling Nadal one dimensional and Djokovic nothing special ?

 

[Lew II]

And somehow Federer playing his best tennis now is a Fact and not an opinion ?

And should I also respect Federer calling Nadal one dimensional and Djokovic nothing special ?

I never said it is a fact.

 

[Raining hopes]

I never said it is a fact.

But you always try to play it like it is.

Now I will try to accept this as a Fact ,from the most complete player ever:

 

[roundiesee]

Wow that's some awesome tennis from both, nice find OP

 

[Moose Malloy]

Some highly entertaining tennis.
Boy, was El Aynaoui talented !?
Most talented player not to ever make the top 10 (highest ranking was 14 in March 2003) ?

Hmm, Arazi and Escude would get my vote as most talented to not make top 10.

 

[NatF]

Hmm, Arazi and Escude would get my vote as most talented to not make top 10.

Like the mention of Arazi, nuts that he didn't even crack the top 20.

 

[KINGROGER]

Peak Federer. LOL at anyone thinking 2019 version moves anywhere near as well as this.

 

[Purplemonster]

The era where players actually fatigued, and didn't come out hours later as fresh as a bull.

And in that era the game wasn’t as physical, makes it even more suspicious.

 

[Sport]

But you always try to play it like it is.

Now I will try to accept this as a Fact ,from the most complete player ever:

Djokovic is not more complete than Federer or Nadal. All the members of the Big 3 are about eally complete. Djokovic is not more complete than Federer for obvious reasons.

And Nadal is the most complete player ever in outdoor conditions. Nadal has his Grand Slams more evenly distributed by surface than Djokovic. In effect, Nadal has won at least 2 Grand Slams on each surface (hard, grass and clay). Djokovic only has 1 Grand Slam on clay. 2 GS on each surface >>> 1 GS on each surface.

Djokovic is more complete than Nadal on indoor conditions only. But to be more complete than Nadal overall, Djokovic needs to be more complete both on indoor and outdoor conditions (not only on indoor). In other words, Djokovic needs to win 1-2 extra Roland Garros to be more complete than Nadal. Djokovic ain't more complete than Nadal with only 1 Grand Slam on clay.

 

[BeatlesFan]

And Nadal is the most complete player ever in outdoor conditions.

Sport, please stop embarrassing yourself. Rafa has 18 total slams in "outdoor conditions."

How many does Roger Federer have in "outdoor conditions?" Remember-- whether the roof is closed or not at Wimbledon. it's still considered "outdoor conditions." Cease and desist with this, please.

 

[RF-18]

Djokovic is not more complete than Federer or Nadal. All the members of the Big 3 are about eally complete. Djokovic is not more complete than Federer for obvious reasons.

And Nadal is the most complete player ever in outdoor conditions. Nadal has his Grand Slams more evenly distributed by surface than Djokovic. In effect, Nadal has won at least 2 Grand Slams on each surface (hard, grass and clay). Djokovic only has 1 Grand Slam on clay. 2 GS on each surface >>> 1 GS on each surface.

Djokovic is more complete than Nadal on indoor conditions only. But to be more complete than Nadal overall, Djokovic needs to be more complete both on indoor and outdoor conditions (not only on indoor). In other words, Djokovic needs to win 1-2 extra Roland Garros to be more complete than Nadal. Djokovic ain't more complete than Nadal with only 1 Grand Slam on clay.

Djokovic is definitely a more complete player than Nadal despite you spamming the same nonsense over and over again about outdoor conditions. Djokovic is by far more accomplished than Nadal on all sets of HCs, both outdoor and indoor, and also on grass where he has won 4 Wimbledon titles to Nadals 2. Nadal is only better on clay so far.

Further, Djokovic has won all four majors at once on three different surfaces. He has won all 9 masters events. He has been more dominant AND consistent than Nadal across majority of the surfaces and conditions on tour with almost a hundred more weeks at #1 and being the best player for 5 seasons.

Both Djokovic and Federer are more complete players than Nadal who's game falls apart as soon as he steps indoors.

 

[The Green Mile]

Threads like these don't really last any more, a shame. Too many derailments.

 

[King No1e]

Rod Laver, 2006: "People talk about serves, forehands and backhands. But by far the most important factor in any tennis player's game is movement."

Yet we endlessly hear on TTW that peak Fed is 2014-2019. Anyone with two functioning eyeballs can see how explosive, effortless and fast Roger was then. His movement now is seriously degraded from this level, very obviously.

But didn't you hear? The game is constantly evolving! (Until 2015 of course, after that the evolution stopped).

 

[King No1e]

Djokovic is definitely a more complete player than Nadal despite you spamming the same nonsense over and over again about outdoor conditions. Djokovic is by far more accomplished than Nadal on all sets of HCs, both outdoor and indoor, and also on grass where he has won 4 Wimbledon titles to Nadals 2. Nadal is only better on clay so far.

Further, Djokovic has won all four majors at once on three different surfaces. He has won all 9 masters events. He has been more dominant AND consistent than Nadal across majority of the surfaces and conditions on tour with almost a hundred more weeks at #1 and being the best player for 5 seasons.

Both Djokovic and Federer are more complete players than Nadal who's game falls apart as soon as he steps indoors.

Nadal is more complete outdoor, but Djokovic is more complete overall.

 

[Raining hopes]

Threads like these don't really last any more, a shame. Too many derailments.

Sorry, won't respond to such baits again.

 

[Otacon]

El Aynaoui had a great forehand, a solid serve and good hands at the net. But he was slow and his backhand was a joke. But the most amazing thing about him, is that despite zero financial support from the sporting authorities in Morocco, he managed to turn pro and have success. He was a true self-made man.

 

[abmk]

Much better was this.
An instant classic!

yeah, I know that. But that match is talked a bit in tennis circles.
This one was a new set of highlights. Hence I posted it.

 

[Baghdatis4TW]

Rod Laver, 2006: "People talk about serves, forehands and backhands. But by far the most important factor in any tennis player's game is movement."

Yet we endlessly hear on TTW that peak Fed is 2014-2019. Anyone with two functioning eyeballs can see how explosive, effortless and fast Roger was then. His movement now is seriously degraded from this level, very obviously.

Riiiight.

Tell me, which of these three had the worst career: Ivo Karlovic, Bjorn Phau, John Isner.

 

[el sergento]

Riiiight.

Tell me, which of these three had the worst career: Ivo Karlovic, Bjorn Phau, John Isner.

Well, being fast doesn’t necessarily make you a good mover.

Also, there’s no compensation for being what? 5’9?

 

[augustobt]

Hmm, Arazi and Escude would get my vote as most talented to not make top 10.

Man, Arazi was sick! I truly miss the likes of him on tour.