Juan Martin Del Potro beat Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the second of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. ...
08:50 AM, Feb 13, 2013
Juan Martin del Potro is not playing the Davis Cup at all this year having decided he wants to concentrate fully on trying to break into the world's top four. ...
11:53 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The 36th-ranked Frenchman frustrated del Potro with a mix of drop shots, well-angled forehands and backhand slices. ...
01:30 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Del Potro is circumspect about his chances of breaking back into the elite after a winning start at the Australian Open. ...
04:46 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Hewitt warmed up for his 17th Australian Open with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Juan Martin del Potro. ...
02:41 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Ferrer underlined his Australian Open threat by thrashing Gael Monfils 6-1, 6-2 to reach the final. ...
12:37 PM, Jan 11, 2013
London: Juan Martin del Potro believes he can muscle his way into the world's top four next year after returning to the kind of form that propelled him to the US Open title three years ago. The 1.98 metres tall Argentine saw his bid to win the ATP World Tour Finals ended by world number one Novak Djokovic on Sunday but there was enough evidence in his three-set defeat to...
11:26 AM, Nov 12, 2012
London: For a set not even the granite defence of Novak Djokovic could withstand the irresistible brute force of Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday but the Serb then rode out the storm to win the opening semi-final at the ATP World Tour Finals. The world number one soaked up some wrist-bending blows from the inspired Argentine before turning the match in his favour to romp home to a 4-6,...
11:25 PM, Nov 11, 2012
London: Roger Federer reached yet another career milestone with victory over Janko Tipsarevic and David Ferrer dipped into his seemingly endless tank of stamina to beat Juan Martin del Potro on the second day of the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday. Swiss maestro Federer glided to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over outclassed Serbian Janko Tipsarevic to open his Group B account, taking his haul of victories at the elite...
08:53 AM, Nov 07, 2012
Basel, Switzerland: Juan Martin del Potro took Roger Federer's Swiss Indoors title on Sunday, beating the hometown favorite 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3) in the final. Del Potro showed an impressive all-around game to help avenge a heartbreaking loss to Federer in the Olympic semi-finals in August. Federer, who won his hometown event five of the past six years, was seeking his 77th career title to tie John McEnroe at...
09:49 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Basel: Juan Martin del Potro eased into Swiss Indoors final by beating Richard Gasquet of France 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday. The second-seeded Argentinian will face either Roger Federer or another Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu, on Sunday. Del Potro's eighth ace sealed his 61st victory of the season, a career best. He improved to 16-1 on indoor hard courts in 2012, with his only loss coming against Federer in the Rotterdam final...
08:18 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Basel: Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina served 10 aces in defeating Brian Baker of the US 7-5, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals. Del Potro, seeded second, plays Kevin Anderson of South Africa in Friday's quarters. Anderson beat Marinko Matosevic of Australia 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Top-seeded Roger Federer has a quarterfinal against Benoit Paire of France, who on Thursday downed Lukasz Kubot of Poland,...
02:42 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Vienna: Juan Martin del Potro reached his fourth final of the season by defeating Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) at the Erste Bank Open on Saturday. A runner-up last year, the top-seeded Argentine will play either second-seeded Janko Tipsarevic or Grega Zemlja of Slovenia in Sunday's final. The match consisted mainly of short rallies featured no breaks of serve. Del Potro converted his fourth match point with...
11:10 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Vienna: Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro and Janko Tipsarevic won in straight sets on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Erste Bank Open. Del Potro defeated Marinko Matosevic of Australia 6-2, 6-2 to line up a match against Gilles Muller of Luxembourg. Second-seeded Tipsarevic was leading 6-2, 4-2 when Aljaz Bedene retired with a left thigh injury. It was Del Potro's second match since returning from a right wrist...
11:37 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New York: Locked in a taut, thrill-a-minute second set, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro headed to a tiebreaker and promptly produced a 20-stroke masterpiece of a point befitting a pair of past US Open champions. More than a dozen shots in, defending champion Djokovic tossed up a lob. Del Potro, the 2009 champion, sprinted with his back to the court, got to the ball and lofted a lob...
09:15 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New York: His match, and his retirement, put off for at least another day, Andy Roddick stepped out of Arthur Ashe Stadium and into the drizzly night, a black jacket's hood pulled overhead, a bag of ice soothing his right shoulder. He'll try to prolong his US Open " and his professional tennis career " on Wednesday. Roddick's fourth-round showdown against another past champion at Flushing Meadows, Juan Martin del...
09:09 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New York: British teenager Laura Robson drew the curtain on Kim Clijsters' illustrious singles career on Wednesday by eliminating the former world number one from the US Open as other top guns encountered little resistance. While Victoria Azarenka and David Ferrer cruised to straight-sets victories at Flushing Meadows, Belgian Clijsters had tears in her eyes after her shock 7-6 7-6 defeat in the second round. The three-times US Open champion...
10:22 AM, Aug 30, 2012
