Archive for category: Juan Martin del Potro
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Impressive Federer beats Del Potro at the Australian Open
16 time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer will play his ninth successive Australian Open semifinal after defeating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-4 6-3 6-2. He will now play either Nadal or Berdych in the semifinal. Federer got off to a quick 3-0 lead, but del Potro managed to break back [...] -
Federer and Nadal cruise into Australian Open QF
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal moved one step closer to set up a possible semifinal encouter against each other at this year’s Australian Open. Roger Federer overcame Australian talent Bernard Tomic, beating him 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 and qualifying so for the 31st consecutive major quarterfinal. The match started a bit [...] -
Nieminen vs Benneteau in Sydney final
Julien Benneteau of France upset Marcos Baghdatis in the semifinal of the Sydney International, beating him in straight sets 6-4 6-4. Baghdatis was confident going into the match as he defeated Argentine Del Potro in the previous round. But the Cypriot’s serve let him down as he got broken four [...] -
Baghdatis defeats Del Potro, Istomin ousts Gasguet in Sydney
Marcos Baghdatis showed some of his best tennis to beat Juan Martin del Potro in the quarterfinal of the Sydney International, winning 7-6 (9-7) 6-4. Del Potro seemed to be in control of the first set, was a break up and after Baghdatis managed to force a tiebreak, the Argentinian [...] -
Spain beats Argentina to win Davis Cup
Spain won their fifth Davis Cup title as they beat Argentina in the Final, played in Seville. Rafael Nadal secured Spain the deciding point as he defeated Juan Martin del Potro 1-6 6-4 6-1 7-6 (0) and the 3-1 lead in total meant victory for the Spaniards. “Today is one [...] -
Nalbandian,Dimitrov,Nieminen advance into Stockholm QFs
David Nalbandian of Argentina cruised into the Stockholm Open quarterfinals as he only dropped two games to beat Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-1, 6-1. He will now play James Blake, who ousted second seed Del Potro of Argentina. In other second round matches, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria defeated fourth seed [...] -
Blake upsets del Potro at Stockholm Open
American James Blake found his old form as he upset second seed Juan Martin del Potro in their second round match in Stockholm, beating him 6-4, 6-4 and moving into the quarterfinals. The 69th ranked Blake has won this tournament on two previous occasions, in 2005 and 2006. He hasn’t [...] -
Tomic, Dimitrov first round wins at Stockholm Open
Youngster Bernard Tomic of Australia won his first round match at the Stockholm Open after defeating qualifier Jurgen Zopp of Estonia 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-0. 18 year old Tomic is currently ranked 44 and he is the youngest ever player in the ATP Top 50. The Australian set up a second round encounter [...] -
Blake wins in Stockholm, Robredo goes out to Kamke
James Blake of United States defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium in the first round of the Stockholm Open with a scoreline 7-6 (6), 6-3. Blake will now play against the second seed Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro. World no.109 Tobias Kamke upset Tommy Robredo of Spain when he eliminated him [...] -
Del Potro-Baghdatis advance in Stockholm
Juan Martin del Potro and Marcos Baghdatis won their first round match at the Stockholm Open as they overcame the Americans Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 4-6, 7-5, 10-6. They will now play the third seeed German Christopher Kas and Austrian Alexander Peya in round two. Also through is the [...] -
Haas wins opener at Stockholm Open
Tommy Haas of Germany won his first round match at the Stockholm Open as he defeated Somdev Devvarman 7-6 (4), 6-4. Also through is Philipp Petzschner after he eliminated Lukasz Kubot of Poland 6-2, 7-5. First seed in Stockholm is Gael Monfils of France and the second seed is the [...] -
Davis Cup Final Spain vs Argentina to take place in Seville
The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation chose Seville to host the Davis Cup Final 2011 between Spain and Argentina. The Final will be played from 2nd – 4th December and the Spaniards will try to win the cup for the fifth time having won it in years 2000, 2004, 2008 and [...] -
Djokovic says back injury not too serious
World no.1 Novak Djokovic, who has been playing some outstanding tennis throughout this year so far, has probably escaped an injury scare. After having to had to withdraw from his Davis Cup semifinal match against the Argentine Del Potro at the beginning of the second set. But a couple of [...]
