A Five-Set Classic Goes To Del Potro
September 15, 2009 by Derek Felix · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – There’s a new U.S. Open men’s champion. His name is Juan Martin Del Potro, who overcame a one set deficit against the game’s best, coming back to dethrone five-time winner Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 before an electrified Ashe Stadium in Flushing. The first Argentine to win [...]
Del Potro Beats Up A Beaten Up Nadal
September 13, 2009 by Derek Felix · Leave a Comment
There will be no Federer-Nadal final. Thanks to a virtuoso performance by Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro, that will have to wait at least another year at the U.S. Open. “I’m sorry,” del Potro told a chuckling crowd which he earlier thanked for their support at his favorite event while speaking with ESPN’s Darren Cahill. [...]
