Sixteen years later, Juan Martín del Potro’s shout at Arthur Ashe Stadium still rumbles. The Tandilense, with 20 years, lifted the US Open 2009 trophy after an epic final against the best of all time. That title, the last Grand Slam of an Argentine, He marked a before and after in local tennis.
Juan Martín del Potro won in New York as no one, with a right that broke all the molds. The journey to the title included unforgettable comebacks and a legacy that inspires the new generation of Argentine tennis players, who seek to repeat their achievements in the world.
The path of Juan Martín del Potro until the final of the US Open
LTorre de Tandil began the tournament as number 6 in the world in the ATP and Juan Monaco ranking. The clash against his compatriot culminated in a victory in three ladders 6-3, 6-3 and 6-1. Then, he battled the first set against Jürgen Melzer With a 7-6 in favor in the Tie Break and then a double 6-3 to take the game.
The third round brought him a more worked game, although he had started with a 6-1 against Daniel Köllererthe Austrian took the second by 3-6. After an intense battle and a double 6-3 on the third and fourth set, Del Potro’s tennis already noticed that it was for important things.
Already in the round of 16 and a painting that predicted a historical tournament in the United States, Juan Martín del Potro measured before a former number one of the ranking as it was Juan Carlos Ferrero. While Spanish was not easy in development, the result marked another triumph in three runs, all won 6-3. Thus, in rooms, a particular duel would arrive.
Marin Cilicwho he knew of his career as a youth in tennis and with whom he had a friendship, was his first rival in the final rounds. He fell 4-6 in the first, but then the Tandil tower took out its best version: 6-3, 6-2 and an overwhelming 6-1. Now, among the best four, were the Argentine and Rafael Nadal on the one hand, while they were Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
The beast had never received a lesson in tennis like the one that gave him Juan Martín del Potro In the United States. The Argentine swept who many consider the best of all time with a triple 6-2, while the Swiss battled with Nole to access the final. This would see the faces before a stadium and a whole country waiting for the miracle.
An unforgettable title for Argentine tennis: Del Potro cut the streak to Roger Federer
On September 14, 2009, before 23,735 spectators at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Del Potro faced Roger Federernumber one and US Open Pentacampeon. The Swiss, undefeated in New York since 2003 after 40 gamesHe was looking for his sixth title followed.
Del Potro had never won him until then, so he was not another game. The duel was worthy of film, An Argentine young man planted face to face against the best of all time at that time. The first went to the Swiss, but Juan Martín never gave his arm to twist.
After a hard battle, The second set was taken in the Tiek Breakbut The European took advantage that they should recover energies and It was imposed on the second by 6-4. There was no margin of error and Delpo knew it. Fate smiled at Tandil: 7-6 in favor in the tie break again and everything was defined in a fifth set.
The stadium, which at first had Roger Federer at the beginning, had changed his opinion completely. And no, it’s not that they wanted to see the king fall, they were excited to see the young Argentine stand up face to face, equally. But there was no equality, there was no balance, after putting 2 to 2, for Juan Martín the triumph was logical and swept it: 6 to 2 above and number 1 had fallen.
Thus, the young tennis player who already surprised but needed to conquer a Grand Slam had achieved it, in an unbeatable context, before the best and best. It was a triumph that so far no one could achieve 16 years of it, it is still remembered as if we were still in 2009, enjoying a historical fact for Argentine and South American tennis.
Source: Ambito
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