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DEL PORTO BEATS SERRA

Juan Martin Del Potro has defeated Florent Serra of France in the opening round of the US Open. Del Potro won the match in the straight sets by 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-4. The Argentinean player looked in fine nick and flattened his opponent with some immaculate forehand shots. Del Potro, who has been given the 7^th seed in the competition, took 2 hours and 34 minutes to win the match. With this victory, Del Potro has reached the second round where he will play against Ryan Harrison of USA.

The first four games of the first set went with the serve and the scores were levelled at 2-2 at the end of the fourth game. Del Potro capitalized on the breakpoint that he got in the fifth game and broke the service of Serra to get ahead in the set. He held his service in the next game to make the score 4-2. The Argentinean superstar served out the 8^th game and the 10^th game and won the first set by 6-4. In the second set, both the players held their entire serves and the set went into the tie breaker. Del Potro started the tie breaker very well and took a lead of 3-1. He maintained the lead till the end of the tie breaker and sealed the second set as well. In the third set, Serra fought hard and he matched Del Potro shot by shot. There was no breakthrough in the third set till the end of the ninth game and Del Potro was ahead by 5-4 at the end of the ninth game. Serra failed to hold his service in the 10^th game and lost the match.

In the post match interview, Del Potro praised his opponent and said that Serra was very good on his service, but, he got a bit nervous during the vital moments of the match which proved to be costly for him.

INTO THIRD ROUND

Juan Martin Del Potro has defeated Gilles Simon of France in the third round of the men’s tennis singles tournament of London Olympics. With this victory, Del Potro has secured a place in the quarter finals. Del Potro is the highest ranked Argentinean player in the competition. The match between Del Potro and Gilles Simon was pretty close and Del Potro had to struggle for 1 hour and 51 minutes to win the match. He won the match by 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

In the First two games of the first set, both the players held their service and the score was 1-1. But, after that, Del Potro thrashed the Frenchmen. He broke the service of Simon thrice and won the next five games in a row to win the first set by 6-1. After losing the first set, Simon was under pressure to make a comeback. In the first six games of the second set, both the players held their service and the scores were leveled at 3-3. But, in the seventh game, Simon got a break through and then, he held his service in the next game to take a lead of 5-3. To extend the set, Del Potro had to hold his service and he did exactly that to make the score 5-4. In the tenth game, Simon was serving for the set and he didn’t miss the opportunity. He held his service in the tenth game to win the second set by 6-4. In the third and final set, Del Potro played aggressively. He won the first three games of the set to take a lead of 3-0. Thereafter, he didn’t let Simon come back into the match and won the match.

Del Potro was overjoyed after winning the match. He said that he is playing well and he would like to continue the same momentum in the upcoming matches as well. In the quarter final, Del Potro will play against Kei Nishikori of Japan.

STEPANEK KNOCKS DEL POTRO OUT

Juan Martin Del Potro has been defeated in the second round of the Rogers cup by Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic. The Argentinean star, who had won the Bronze medal in the London Olympics a few days ago, looked completely out of touch in the match. He looked tired and Stepanek defeated him easily. The Czech player won the match in the straight sets by 6-4, 7-6(5). He took 1 hour and 50 minutes to defeat Del Potro.

In the very first game of the match, Del Potro’s service was broken. Stepanek held his service in the next game to make the score 2-0. In the next five games, both the players held their service and at the end of the seventh game, the score was 4-3. Del Potro made the set interesting by breaking the service of Stepanek in the eighth game. Read more »

Juan Martin Del Potro Practice

Del Potro Video clip Rating: five / 5

Del Potro backs Nishikori

After beating Kei Nishikori of Japan in the Wimbledon championship this year, the tennis superstar of Argentina, Juan Martin Del Potro, has said that Nishikori is a super talented player and he is going to be a star in the coming years. As per Del Potro, it is very hard to play against Nishikori, especially on the grass court. As per Del Potro, it was necessary to put pressure on Nishikori right from the very beginning. So, he played with a lot of aggression and played his forehand very well.

This was the third match between Del Potro and Nishikori. These two have played against each other two times before. On both the occasions, Del Potro had beaten Nishikori and this was his third victory over Nishikori. As per Del Potro, when he had played against Nishikori previously, Nishikori hadn’t given him a tough time. But, this time around, Nishikori made him work very hard for his points. Nishikori said about Del Potro that it is very hard to disturb the balance of Del Potro, because he plays his groundstrokes amazingly well.

Dale Potro said that he has played most of his tennis on the courts of Argentina which are very hard in nature. So, for a player like him, who used to be playing on the hard courts, it is very hard to adapt to the grass courts. On being asked how well his knee is, Del Potro answered that he has almost got rid of his knee injury. On being asked about his chances in the London Olympics, the Argentinean said that he would love to win a medal in the London Olympics. But, at the same time, he said that it is going to be very hard as there would be some great players taking part in the London Olympics.