Sixth seed Del Potro advances to US Open quarters
Updated On: 09 September, 2009 10:07 AM IST | AFP
Sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro fired 22 aces and 44 winners on Tuesday to defeat Spanish 24th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 and advance to the quarter-finals of the US Open.
Sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro fired 22 aces and 44 winners on Tuesday to defeat Spanish 24th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 and advance to the quarter-finals of the US Open.
The 20-year-old from Argentina will play for a semi-final berth against Croatian 16th seed Marin Cilic who defeated British second seed Andy Murray.
"I'm happy to be in the quarter-finals. It's a return for me," Del Potro said. "It's like magic."
Del Potro won his only match against Cilic in the fourth round of this year's Australian Open.
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Ferrero, who missed last year's US Open with a right shoulder injury, won both prior meetings with Del Potro but they were both on clay in 2006. This time, he went 0-4 on break points and never threatened the serve smasher.
Ferrero won the 2003 French Open title and was the 2003 US Open runner-up.
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