Posts Tagged ‘Juan Martin Del Potro’
Djokovic Battles Health; Del Potro Still Sidelined
• Prior to Madrid, Roger Federer was struggling with his clay-court game. Andy Murray was mired in a slump. Nikolay Davydenko and Juan Martin Del Potro were injured, and after a second honeymoon in Hawaii, Andy Roddick caught a bug. The men’s tour seems to be replicating the women’s circuit, where, since Australia, there hasn’t [...]
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Ivo’s (More Than) Minar Infraction…Safin Disses Berdych...Quotebook
GAMESMANSHIP?: After dropping a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 decision to Tomas Berdych in Shanghai, Marat Safin refused to shake the Czech’s hand, and later complained about what he deemed an unnecessary injury time-out that Berdych took in the second set. Said the Russian, “Grow up a little bit — 26 years old [actually, Berdych is only [...]
Order Has Been Restored
Watson's No Murray Fan...Serena the Naughty No. 1...Quotebook
A NEW NO. 1: A combination of Dinara Safina’s loss to wildcard entrant Zhang Shuai and Serena Williams‘ 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ekaterina Makarova at the China Open has put Williams back atop the WTA rankings at No. 1. The reigning Aussie Open and Wimbledon champ regains the top slot for the first time since [...]
US Open Wrap-Up: The Men
Juan and Not Done: Del Potro Stuns Federer for Title
NEW YORK — Juan Martin Del Potro took a long time to get to sleep prior to the US Open final. He had just waxed six-times Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, playing the most devastating and effective contest in his life in the semis.
But one match was left, against all-time great Roger [...]
Del Potro Clips Cilic
Completion of Nadal v. Gonzalez Postponed Until Friday
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8 Juan Martin del Potro now really looks like Grand Slam contender.
Looking Ahead: Cilic vs. Del Potro
Breakthrough Win Sends Cilic to First Slam Quarterfinal
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — Far from the emerald-green lawns of the All England Club, and the shouldering-a-nation pressures that come with being the British No. 1, Andy Murray has historically played his best tennis on this side of The Pond. He won his first Challenger title in the little seaside enclave of Aptos, Calif., back [...]
Panatta, Pennetta and the Italian Renaissance
JMDP's Frozen Rope...Kim's Comeback...Quotebook
GOOD SPORT OF THE WEEK: Serb Novak Djokovic suggested that quarterfinal opponent Andy Roddick challenge a call in the first set of their Rogers Cup match that turned in the Texan’s favor and later proved pivotal in a 6-4, 7-6(4) loss.
JUST WONDERING: Is towering Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro’s hometown of Tandil the greatest south-of-the-Equator [...]
Del Potro Steps Up To Down Roddick
Pennetta Stops Stosur to Win LA
Andy Roddick’s return to competition made it look like he would sail through the Legg Mason Classic. But Juan Martin Del Potro stepped up with a three-set final victory, as the Argentine inched out Roddick in the third-set tiebreak 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(6).
One of the Great Freak Facts in the History of Yankees in the Land of Wimbledon
NO SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY SPOKEN HERE: When a reporter approaches a tennis expert at Wimbledon and says, “Let’s talk about the Andes,” he’s not referring to that towering mountain range in South America. He’s referring about a couple of Andys: Roddick and Murray.