When Roger Federer Won The Only Blue Clay Title 🔵 | Madrid 2012 Final Extended Highlights
When Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych contested the only Madrid final on Blue Clay back in 2012!
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Federer is the only player who won this tournament not only on three different surfaces but on three different colours of these surfaces 😁
whats the third clay color
@@babachicken333 it was hard court long time ago)
@@babachicken333 red, green (rubico), blue
The field was very weak in the Federer era.
@@miaoFoodNowlol tennix
I know many hate the blue clay, but on screen you can follow the ball trajectory much easier compared to regular clay.
The blue clay court is beautiful！
It was terrible for the players though, that's why it never returned
@@senders779 it was really bad luck, it rained in Madrid those days
@@senders779 why?
@@jonas8993 super slippery and bad bounces. You can tell even watching this vid that they couldn't move too well
Berdych was a very good tennis player. He did not win many tournaments but he was very consistent and would go deep in most tournaments he played in.
He won 13 titles, hardly "not many".
@@zweigackroyd7301 13 titles are not that many when compared to the top players in the game. Milos won almost as many titles as Tomas.
@@user-hd5ee2rc6g Relative to an extremly tiny elite, it is not many - but relative to the top 100, it's a lot
@@zweigackroyd7301 Yes very true and the reason he did not win more titles is because he had to play against those elite players quite often.
Berdych was the chairman of the “The Big 3 ruined my career” club
Aww the Rog-eh on the blue clay! 💙
Blue clay was so good - shame everyone complained. The genius won it anyway.
I agree. A lot of its issues had raised due to poor sanitation system of Madrid masters And the salt added upon the surface making it so fking slippery that no clay coart player could get a decent result on it.(I mean wtf Nadal and Djokovic were in their primes and fked up)
@@user-nv1cg9rx9p Even in this match you can see both of them struggle to change direction or accelerate at times. It is particularly jarring to see roger look off balanced so often, when is generally extremely well-balanced. The speed of the court on this surface was greater than normal allowing aggressive players to be successful. Verdasco and Tipsarevic who beat rafa and novak went for it and won. All of these factors made it play more like grass as generally whoever got ahead in the rally would win due to the difficulty of moving and defending. As cool as it looks, that is not what clay court tennis is about.
Wow the blue is so pretty, shame the court wasn't maintainable, great final here, I miss Fed...
Watching this - it is so much easier to visually pick up the ball as it contrasts well on the lovely blue...should bring it back-I bet they would increase their tv ratings by 10-20%!
With Model Ballgirls 😊
Yeah I guess players complained but damn it's a way better viewer experience. I skip watching most clay matches, it's hard on the eyes and not enjoyable
Not gonna happen, it was terrible to play on
@@senders779they could make it again but better
Berdych was hitting bombs all match long.
In my opinion one of the best forehands in tennis history..brutal hard hitter - but brutal era for him with fedal😅
until every single point that mattered where he hit unforced error bombs every single time. Stop posting lies.
And cheating.
I miss Roger 😢
My biggest regret is that I could have followed his games throughout his career, but at that time I was not interested in tennis. I only started following the championships in 2017. So I followed him for a few years, when he didn't offer the best performance.
That forehand cross court in tough situation...legends can only do that. 👑 🔥
12 years ago and i still remember it vividly like if it's yesterday 💔😢 I remember also will smith at ceremony awarded roger his suit from MIB 3 movie💗
The Swiss Maestro vs the Sinner of the Big 4 era.
even if federer played well after changing his racquet to a bit bigger one, I still miss his blastering forehand with his small racquet until 2013. The change of racquet made his backhand better. which made rafa to struggle a lot. but his win plan against djokovic, which is just smashing forehand against djoker, has gone. I really miss this version of roger. there will be no other roger.
exactly. the 90 didn't lack power on the forehand at all.
Nadal and djokovic complained about the surface. Federer adapted to it... GOD of Tennis 😍😇
Yeap, the greatness of Federer. Accepting the conditions and give your all instead of complaining.
Bro I understand why Roger is great but I can't ignore the fact that this surface prefered grass and indoor hard coart players I mean literally the semifinal final line up was full of those kindnof players. So technically this doesn't count as clay. (I mean I am not taking credit away from Roger. With a surface so slippery he still managed to move well.)
@@user-nv1cg9rx9p Technically it doesn't count as clay? What does it require to "technically" count as clay. I'd have thought the fact that it is, in fact, a clay court would be enough, so curious about your criteria.
@@zweigackroyd7301 I meant that it was so fast and slippery it can't be counted as a normal clay coart and must be called blue clay instead. I mean I should not have said technically but yeah. It could have been a different surface all together. ,(although I wouldn't have wanted it to be a masters 1000 it would have still been cold to have it as a 250 or 500)
@@user-nv1cg9rx9p Is it really inherently more slippery, or was that a fault of supply? It is just dyed, so does the dye make it slippery? If so, too bad - I like the way it looks
they should have kept this color, so special !
One of the most beautiful tennis courts we ever had. Not to mention the ball was clearly much more visible! But of course, Nadal (who threatened not to play in the following year) and Djokovic had to complain, and they reverted the court to traditional red clay in 2013. Nevertheless, this was one of the best master tournaments of the decade. Really exciting and full of nice matches.
2012 = the best season in tennis history!!!❤
couldn’t agree more!!
Hahahahahhahaahahahaahaah!2011 is not to bad hahahahaahaahaha...5 masters,3 Gran slam 10 -1 againts federer and Nadal
I think he's talking about the overall season, not just one player, maybe the most competitive year between the big3+murray@@user-og3it7yu8r
Many people say that but I disagree. For me it's the second best of the 21st century (stop saying every time "in history"), the best is 2009. Probably the season with the most Classics (Nadal Verdasco AO, Federer Nadal AO, Nadal Djokovic Madrid, Soderling Nadal RG, Federer Haas RG, Federer del Potro RG, Federer Roddick Wimbledon, Federer del Potro US Open...), but also a season of records (Federer winning all the Slams, becoming the only player to win 15 GS, played the 4 GS finals...) and surprises (Nadal loss at RG, del Potro winning the US Open, Davydenko winning the ATP Finals...). 2012 is still one the best season ever for sure!
Come on... Players like Monaco, Tipsarevic and Almagro reached the Top 10 for their only time. In the 21th century, 2009 was clearly better.
Berdych forehand so classy.
Great game by Roger. 💙
blue clay looks so cool, I would much rather look at this than red clay, shame the players didn't like it
All fantastic ROGER Backhand !
The greatest of all time
He is great, but not the greatest.
He is up there and a legend, but either second or third greatest is where the Swiss Maestro lands.
@@jacobschmidt2709 no no roger is the greatest of all time i dont care rafa or novak had the more titles he’s our magician
@@peolfpetler8500 why not?
How many additional titles would Berdych have had without Federer? They met 26 times, with Federer taking 20 - three were finals.
Same happened for David Ferrer, he was a great player but Federer always won against him. 17 matches, 17 defeats for David. Only 2 finals but most of them in QF and SF of Master1000 titles, sick.
@@TaekiGaming The dominance of three players in the last couple of decades really does mean that some truly exceptional players got less notice than they might have if they had been born a little earlier.
Berdych is one of the greatest of all time! Nice to watch this special game! Blue clay was great! Hope it comes back someday!
That is a stretch… he is far from being one of the greatest of all time 😅
I would not go as far, but for me he was one of the best players in his generation (in the top 10-15)
Remember when Nadal between every hour of this tournament pouting and threatening to never return, while Federer and Serena stayed cool and played TENNIS, not games and politics? Oh and they won the tournament...
Well the court suited them, unlike Nadal who was playing worse tennis on it. Makes sense he would cry like a baby about it😂
It was slippery and injury prone. Someone's game which thrives on speed, endurance, stretching would've been disastrous if this court continued. That amounts to 50%+ players on tour. If the slipperyness was controlled I'm sure Nad and Djo both have kicked 99% of tour's rear.
Federer the freaking GOAT!!!
Keep coping you 🤡
I am so sad they didn't came back blue. That was my favorite tournament to watch ever
blue clay was great, didn't have to strain my eyes to track the ball like i do on regular clay
A good match for Berdych against Federer.
what? Berdych was horrific and threw it away. He later pummeled Federer in a much more consistent match at the US Open.
@@TheRafaelBond horrific? What are you talking about… it was a high quality match between both, Berdych came back in 2nd and 3rd set at 5-4.
@@Gilgarth You clearly have never seen this match. Berdych was an absolute disgrace.
It's nice the ball is visible
The last golden era of tennis, my favorite sport.
Despite missing out a lot of prime Federer years, 2012 was such a good year to begin my journey of Tennis
The goat of blueclay
This color make me happy
This is a surface more glass than clay, consideing its characteristics and players had went deep in here
Roger’s backhand… there will never be a better one.
Agreed..everyone talks about his forehand...but his back hand slices n drop shots were too good to be true sometimes
Oh shut up, his backhand was always his weakness. Stan, Gasquet, Dimitrov, Guga all had better backhands.
@@elektrik_exekutioner6822 which one of them has 20 Grand Slams?
@@elektrik_exekutioner6822 No they do not, lmao. This is a common narrative amongst tennis fans but neither of them have more than 3 grand slams, Roger's BH is vastly underrated. He could rip it, slice it like literally no other, create impossible angles, make impossible half volleys. I'm not even joking, his single hander is by far the greatest in history.
@@kedarshiralkar1099 So what? Djokovic has 24, does that mean all of his shots are better than Fed's? Stop this nonsense.
Roger federer is very best ❤👌🙏 miss
Even Berdych would wipe out the current crop of players in this weak era
I miss Smurf clay. If they just get the formula right, it’d be a great alternative to red clay. The ball is so easy to follow.
Blue clay looks more slippery than the red one, playing aggressively on this surface is more advantageous. That's why Roger and Berdych here in final.
It's literally the opposite. People complained it was sticky. This makes it easier to be aggressive and finish points quicker. It's why this is the only clay court final federer made post 2009 and one of the only ones berdych ever made
@@patrickbateman1660 Wasn't the majority of complaints of stickiness during the early rounds when it was raining like crazy and the blue clay became lumpy when wet? In this match it looks very dry and slick
I don't know why people keep thinking like it was another type of surface when in reality it was just regular dyed clay. The only problem was they couldn't make much of it in time, and therefore the court became more slippery. What we actually needed were Masters played on har-tru/green clay (IW & Miami).
No one needs that har tru crap.
Can't believe this was almost 12 years ago. Where did the time go?????
And Serena. Let's not forget all the times they shared title wins in singles. Quite the reign.
Long story short, the King of Clay Nadal bitched about it and it was turned back to red 😂
Yeah if it was only the color change people wouldn’t have minded but it was mostly due to how the court was way more slippery than it was supposed to be and completely changed the play style on the aurface
Yeah but it just means he waentbqble to adapt. Obviously the year after they would've perfected it but djokovic and nasal bitched and that was the end of it.@@muscy2637
So did Djokovic
@@muscy2637 exactly, the tourney director admitted he added too much crushed glass, making it a tad slippery, it had nothing to do with the color itself, but instead, big baby Nadal (who has plenty of other red clay tourneys to moan about) refused to return unless they changed back. He attempted to have them change the Year End Championships to clay, too, even though that would totally upend the balance of the calendar. He is so narcissistic, entitled and has such a false humility about him, I'll never understand his fans....
@@bryanmartin5901holy crap who hurt you
So weird seeing a ball bounce like that on a blue court
Blue clay GOAT 😍
Want fedal 2010 and 2011 Madrid clash
Why didn't they keep it it's brilliant
Berdych was a tough guy...
Watching Federer play, I realise just how boring the current tennis players are.
Couldn’t agree more
@@hypie88 or maybe because I have taste
Watch Dimitrov then, or Alcaraz who has a dynamic game that's hard to be bored by.
The company on the backboard Tiriac leasing is owned by Ion Tiriac former player, coach of Becker and worlds richest tennis player
was there ever a carpet court?
Back in the 90s yeah, but they've gotten rid of it and madly enough Federer was the one who got the last carpet court ATP tour title changed to yet another hardcourt one. It was one of his most successful surfaces early in his career too, I felt it would've made the game a lot more interesting.
That Djoko will never have😂😂😂
Honestly blue clay should’ve stuck around. People complained it was causing bad bounces when in reality it had nothing to do with that. Shame they got rid of it after Rafa said he’d never play Madrid again
Blue clay goat
Ill never forget that title. Berdych choked like nothing seen before.
It’s actually easy to see th ball movement on TV screen with blue clay , than the orange /original clay color. For the viewer sakes
here before the bots again
nvm i missed it again 💀
14:30 14:32.... federer draws a double helix with his racquet
Berdich should have been number one in the world with a game this good
he is very good, unfortunately he's unsportsmanlike
He was painfully close to a couple Slams in the hardest ever era to win Slams
@@arvisjaggamar yes true
Jawohl Thiem 😊👍🇦🇹
Bring the blue clay back. I’ve read that it was only slippery because the clay wasn’t cured correctly. Not due to the color.
Roger would have had a positive h2h against rafa if more matches were played on blue clay...
Bro, stop the nonsense, it was just for one year. Great tournament he had, but one year doesn't mean he would win it always. I hate people like you.
And if there were a couple of masters 1000 on grass. The absence of these tournaments is an utter joke
@@_jiwi2674yes leave blue clay...not having even one M1000 on grass is an absolute shame for the sport..it would have easily added atleast 10 masters titles to roger's name...
More to the point, if a preponderance of matches weren't on clay, the balance would be different. Both obviously great on multiple surfaces, but if you had an even number of top tournaments by surface, the story would be different indeed!
@@_jiwi2674 exactly, it is beyond my understanding! there was a time when all tournaments were on grass, now it is hardly 2 3 main tournaments with 1 of them being Wimbledon. Why does AO, RG, and US Open get a long series of tournaments including atleast 2 3 masters 1000 and a couple of 500s as well, but Wimby is rushed into right after Rg without much build-up. Never understood this, Grass is so beautiful to watch, I'm damn sure a M100 Grass tournament will get more viewership than any other tournament. And honestly, there are tournaments like Halle, Stuttgart, etc. why not just convert them to M1000? does not make sense
It look like hard surface than
It's like they're playing on water, I hope blue clay can make a return
Clay should be blue again. Would be cool to See roland garros in blue too
He won because it was a hard court. Madrid when red is basically a hard court, when blue it becomes sticky so its just a hard court.
Wtf is will smith doing on the Dias ?
and the only player who bagel king of clay 3x of 3 different surfaces
Blue Clay just as fast as current Wimbledon 😂
This is prime evidence of what would happen if we had any grass court M1000 tourneys
There really should be a grass court masters and i'm suprised that it isn't talked about more...
Hey guys you know it would really be great if you learned how to deal with framerates etc. Tennis is NOT meant to be viewed in anything lower than 50fps, it's that simple. Now i can no longer upload this match because of your freakin copyright rules yet my version is far superior.
15:28 Fed fan on court? ;-)
Captain Roger Federer
18:16 What was Will Smith doing there?
Why didnt they keep the clay blue??
Just for context, Serena Williams was the women's winner on blue clay too. Two giants of the sport.
How could Berfich loose that match?
So if Roland Garros was played on blue clay Roger would have 15 RG titles and 35 grand slams.
This blue cay was awesome, its a shame that only because nadal Lose and cry about it, blaming the surface, back when nadal used to put his loses on injury or something else
Is this clay?
Will Smith at 18:08
The blue clay of Madrid 2012 aka the tine Rafa and Novak had a fit and declared they wouldn't return to the tournament if Tiriac kept the slippery blue clay.😒☹ And Roger said, "What's all the fuss about?" 🤣
May the blue clay and knee-length shorts rest in chaos
5th one here
Hopefully once the complainers retire it'll be back 🙌🙌
I love how Federer nonchalantly soccer head-butts the Berdych winner from off the wall at 12:30 😎
Exquisite ballgirls
I wish they would have kept the blue clay. So much easier to watch on TV. Of course, tennis is all about the bottom line.
Stark Novak 🇦🇹👍
What minute does Will Smith slaps mr 40:15, or was that Goatkovic, cant remember..🤣🤣
King of clay - Nadal King of hard - Djokovic King of grass - Sampras/Djokovic Kind of blue clay - Federer King of Tennis - Djokovic
I don't think you can call him the king of blue clay when there was only one blue edition. Pretty sure he would not have been able to win it every single year after that in order to really be established king of blue clay. Other than that, great tournament, no doubt.
Berdych the double bounce cheater
Can’t wait to see all the Novak 🤖 and comment who the 🐐 is blablabla 😅
damm court looks crazy fast..i understand why pushers with weaker serves complained about blue clay
Blue Clay surface look like Hard court surface.