Del Potro keen for Federer rematch in NYC

Del Potro, and in all probability Nadal, still stand in his way of reaching the final, but if he maintains the play that accounted for Kohlschreiber in straight sets then he should be on one side of the net when the men’s final takes place on Sunday.

Eight years after losing to Juan Martin del Potro in the US Open final, Roger Federer locks horns again with the giant Argentine in NY today still convinced he should have won the match which ended his five-year reign as champion. (I have) had some good matches against him in the past. “Then I will see if I’m ready to play in good conditions against Roger”. “Obviously, that was good enough to beat me that day”. Then I saw the crowd waiting for more tennis, waiting for my good forehands, good serves. It seemed doubtful whether the Argentinian would even be able to complete the match but he did much more than that. Chants of ‘Del-Po! Del-Po!’ were heard throughout the match, but it appeared it would be for naught after the first two sets.

For del Potro, beating Federer should have meant he had the world at his feet.

The fourth set became pivotal-a marathon hour that nearly broke del Potro as he took another pill. Despite the great comeback that Del Potro pulled off over Thiem, I do believe that he was somewhat limited in the first two sets, and I do have to pick a fit Federer over a questionable Del Potro.

In the fifth set, del Potro closed things on his second match point, when Thiem double-faulted.

Following up from those final two sets, he kicked the seeded Feliciano Lopez to the curb in the third round.

The Swiss might find himself in the unusual position of being less than crowd favourite when he faces the hugely popular Del Potro.

Swiss tennis icon Roger Federer defeated Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach the quarter finals of the US Open 2017 on Tuesday.

Rublev has prevailed in a insane year for tennis, but Nadal has been one of the few consistently great players and will take the match.

Alexandr Dolgopolov is into the fourth round of the tournament for the first time in six years after he hammered Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-0, 6-4 in a match that lasted just 1 hour, 22 minutes. No man has won the U.S. Open without dropping a set in the Open era, which started in 1968. The German has not dropped a single set in the competition. Kanepi took almost a year off before she returned to competitive play in early June this year.

Del Potro told Pam Shriver, who interviewed him on-court after Monday’s match, that he had been sick for two days. I took all the energy from the fans. I guess I was a bit disappointed, you know.

“He combines unbelievable points with mistakes”. “I’m so happy to go through after playing this great match. I will try to do my best – I have nothing to lose”, said Rublev.

Back in ’09, Federer was at the peak of his powers, going for a record sixth consecutive US Open title to add to the French Open and Wimbledon titles he’d won earlier in the year.

Meanwhile, the 19-year-old Rublev was a 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-3 upset victor over ninth-seeded David Goffin of Belgium in a two-hour, five-minute match.

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