Juan Martin Del Potro He was 20 years old when he was consecrated in the US Open 2009. She had six “finals” before the final that she won with authority and to get the 21 sets that gave him the title he lost four (two on the last day).
Del Potro, champion in 2009. Getty Images.
He started as the sixth seed and gave a big surprise in New York. But there is still a long way to go. Step by step:
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In his debut, he played a 100% Argentine match. From Tandil, to be precise. Delpo He eliminated Juan Monaco by 6-3, 6-3 and 6-1 to get into the second round. In this instance he also beat in straight sets Jurgen Melzer: 7-6 (6), 6-3 and 6-3. And to complete the first week of the tournament he had some ups and downs in the victory against another Austrian, Daniel Kollerer (Pablo Cuevas’ executioner). It was 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-3.
In the round of 16 he clashed with the Spaniardl Juan Carlos Ferrero: it was a triple 6-3. The next stop was Marin Cilic, a friend and fellow traveler since the youth. The 16th in the ranking came forward so that the Argentine could show his best version and celebrate with a final score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 y 6-1.
The semi-finals featured two great matches: Roger Federer vs. Novak Djokovic on one side and Del Potro vs. Rafael Nadal on the other. The Swiss dispatched the Serbian by 7-6 (3), 7-5 y 7-5, while the Argentine gave the left-hander one of the greatest lessons of his career. Triple 6-2.
The final started badly for the Tandil native, who saw the Swiss escape in the first set. Delpo He recovered in the second with endless exchanges. Roger He rested on the scoreboard but he needed to put the icing on the cake. The fourth set went to a tiebreak again and the Swiss could have decided the story. However, the Torre He was lethal and stretched the definition to win it at the end.
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The 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4) and 6-2 It was the most remembered code in a long time. The one that was engraved on the walls of Flushing Meadows. In the 2009 version. The one that has the name of Juan Martin del Potro forever.
