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US Open Champion del Potro's Wrist Puts Season in Jeopardy
The news breaking today that Juan Martin del Potro may be out for the rest of the season due to wrist surgery is not a tremendous surprise, but is still fairly unexpected. Having not played since the Australian Open in January, del Potro's lengthy absence with injuries theoretically should have...
WTF! Davydenko Drops del Potro, Wins World Tour Final
Nikolay Davydenko finished off an incredible week in London by winning the biggest title of his career, beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4 in the finals of the World Tour Final in London's O2 Arena. Davydenko beat all three 2009 Slam winners on his way to the title, including his first win in...
Federer, del Potro, Soderling, Davydenko Through on Tiebreakers
With three players finishing round robin play Group B was decided by the first tiebreaking criteria, number of sets won and lost. Soderling (5-2) and Davydenko (5-3) barely edged out Djokovic (4-3) for the two semifinal spots, despite being the two lowest ranked players in their group. But as...
WTF! Federer, Murray Battle Through on Day 1
Andy Murray got the 2009 WTF off to a rousing start in his home country's largest city Sunday, outlasting Juan Martin del Potro over three sets to get the first win of the round robin by the score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. With the crowd on his side and the slow, hard courts in the O2 arena being exactly...
Marat Safin Bids Adieu in Paris
In his last ATP match, wild card Marat Safin fell 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro, in a valiant effort befitting the great tennis abilities he showed over his career. The story of the middle part of this match was mostly about nerves, surprisingly more del Potro's than Safin's. ...
Roddick, del Potro Lose to Qualifiers in Asia
They're more than a thousand miles apart, but Andy Roddick and Juan Martin del Potro played remarkably similar crappy tennis in their first matches of the Asian swing, as each lost his first match since the US Open to a qualifier. Roddick looked bizarrely punchless against #143 Lukasz Kubot,...
US Open Day 15: del Potro Stuns Federer in Five, Cries for Argentina
Men's Final: Juan Martin del Potro ARG (6) def. Roger Federer SUI (1) 3-6, 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 I knew it would be a close match, but I thought that when the going got tough Federer would get going, and del Potro would just get tired. But the opposite happened. As the final moved into its...
US Open Day 15 Prediction: Men's Final
After over two weeks of rain, upsets, tears, and a threat to force playing equipment into official's orifices, we've finally made it to the end of the US Open. Before you get too excited by the finish line nearing, remember that the next race doesn't begin for over four months. So savor this last...
US Open Day 14: Mama Knocks Out Second US Open Title
Women's Singles Final: Kim Clijsters BEL def. Caroline Wozniacki DEN (9) 7-5, 6-3 -- The player who won the U.S. Open wasn't even playing professional tennis as of July. That's pretty crazy. In her first grand slam in two years (and only her third tournament of any kind), unranked, unseeded wild...
US Open Day 11: Del Potro Wakes Up In Time, Rain On Nadal's Parade
For the first time in this tournament, there was a rain delay. For the first time in this tournament, there was a rain delay so long that matches had to be postponed until the next day. For this to happen early on in the tournament would not have been too disruptive, but for it to delay the final...
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