Posts Tagged ‘Juan Martin Del Potro’
Del Potro Shows Blake Exit at Farmers Classic
Powerballing Argentine Insists He’s Still ‘Far Away From the Top 10’
LOS ANGELES — Together they slugged. Juan Martin Del Potro and James Blake, each hoping to write a comeback story of sorts a month from now in Flushing Meadows, wowed a packed house on the other side of the country with some heavy hitting Wednesday night in L.A. And in the end it was Del [...]
Back-to-Back?: Nando Shoots For SAP Open Title Repeat
Spaniard Tops DelPo 6-4, 6-4; to Meet Raonic in Second Straight San Jose Final
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Fernando Verdasco said that he prepped for his SAP Open title defense by spending two weeks with his feet up on the couch at his home in Madrid. But this wasn’t your ordinary couch-potato blowoff. The Spaniard had limped away from the Australian Open (where he lost to Tomas Berdych in [...]
It’s All In the Wrist: DelPo Advances, Monfils Pulls Out
Argentine Dominant Despite Wrist Pain; Frenchman to Miss 4-6 Weeks
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — In a much-anticipated clash of former Grand Slam champions, Juan Martin Del Potro showed few ill effects from wrist surgery in dismantling Lleyton Hewitt in the SAP Open quarterfinals 6-2, 6-3 on Friday.
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 [...]
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 [...]