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Showing posts with label Juan Martin Del potro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Juan Martin Del potro. Show all posts
Friday, August 18, 2017
Dimitrov beats Del Potro to reach Cincinnati quarters
Grigor Dimitrov beat big-hitting Argentine Juan Martin del Potro for the first time in six career attempts to book a place in the last eight at the Cincinnati Open on Thursday.
The seventh-seeded Bulgarian advanced to his eighth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final with a 6-3 7-5 victory over Del Potro, who struggled with the intense heat in the closing stages of the one hour 39 minute match.
"He's a tricky opponent... a super-experienced player," said Dimitrov.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Video: Krueger Cincinnati 2017 Hot Shot
Watch Hot Shot as Mitchell Krueger gets out of trouble in fine style against Juan Martin del Potro on Wednesday at the Western & Southern Open.
Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Dimitrov sets clash with Del Potro in Cincinnati
Grigor Dimitrov beat Feliciano Lopez 7-6 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open to set up a last-16 clash with Juan Martin Del Potro.
Dimitrov nearly broke the unseeded Spaniard three times prior to making a strong start in the tiebreak and went on to finish the match with 27 winners.
"Early on, he was serving very well," said Dimitrov. "It was just important for me to stay in the game and just put as many returns in as I could in order to get in the rally because as soon as that was happening I felt I had a pretty good chance of winning every point."
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Video: Del Potro Cincinnati 2017 hot shot
Watch Hot Shot as Juan Martin del Potro is fleet of foot against Tomas Berdych on Tuesday at the Western & Southern Open.
Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Del Potro upsets Berdych in 1st round in Cincinnati
Juan Martin del Potro upset Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-6, 6-0 and advanced to the second round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
Del Potro shook off a first-set loss, jumping out to a 4-1 lead in the second set before settling for a win in the tiebreak, which he led 5-0 and clinched with an ace. He built on his momentum by rolling through the third set against the Wimbledon semifinalist, improving to 12-0 in first-round matches this season.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Video: Kyrgios, Monfils & del Potro into second round at Coupe Rogers Montreal 2017
Three entertainers made it through to the second round on Day 1 at Coupe Rogers 2017.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Del Potro beats Isner in Montreal
Juan Martin del Potro defeated John Isner 7-5, 7-5 at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal.
Delpo, former US Open champion, broke at 5-5 in both sets and overcame 24 aces from Isner to advance.
The Argentine, who never faced a break point, improved to 11-0 in opening-round matches this season.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Enjoy the good life, Del Potro tells Djokovic
Juan Martin Del Potro has some advice for 12-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic as he prepares for a long break from tennis -- stay home and play with the kids.
Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion from Argentina who has endured long absences while battling nagging wrist injuries, knows all too well the challenge Djokovic faces after announcing last week he would miss the remainder of the year with an elbow injury.
"It's not easy to stop for a long time and come back," Del Potro said. "Many players can play good after a long injury, but they won't play as good (soon after) as they will in the future.
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Video: Del Potro Washington 2017 Interview - Pre Tournament
Three-time champion Juan Martin del Potro discusses his favourite memories from his time in Washington, DC and looks ahead to the Citi Open.
Twitter Vid: Delpo training in Washington
Juan Martin Del Potro will be playing at the Citi Open this week as his preparation for the US Open 2017 tennis event... Delpo plays today against Lukas Lacko... For now check out the video he posted on Twitter...
Entrenamiento en Washington. 🎾🏃🏻💪 pic.twitter.com/qDeAUlsjlp
— Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) 31 de julio de 2017
Friday, July 21, 2017
Raonic awarded DC wild card
Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov accepted wild cards to Washington, DC.
The tournament will be held July 29-August 6 at the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center.
The tournament now boasts four of its most recent men’s singles champions competing for the title as Juan Martin del Potro, defending champion Gael Monfils, and 2015 champion Kei Nishikori will return to Washington this summer.
In 2014, Raonic defeated Vasek Pospisil at the Citi Open, in the first all-Canadian ATP World Tour final.
The tournament benefits underserved and low-income kids in the D.C. community through the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation.
Friday, July 7, 2017
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Gulbis upset Del Potro at Wimbledon
Ernests Gulbis knocked out Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 6-4 7-6(3) and advanced to the third round where he will face Novak Djokovic.
Gulbis has struggled with wrist and shoulder injuries since reaching the 2014 French Open semi-finals, losing to Djokovic, and dropped to 589 in the world rankings.
Arriving at Wimbledon on a protected ranking of 99, Gulbis had won only two matches all year at any level.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Monday, July 3, 2017
Video: Wimbledon Tour with Juan Martin del Potro
Juan Martin del Potro give us a tour at Wimbledon...
