Del Po, please stay in line and wait for your turn :-)
­ i Love to see him playing, I think he is a good guy..­ got many sympathies from whole world.. he played some­ unbelievable match, only possible way to beat this­ summer phenomenal Federer..
but you must be consistent­ in order to advance.. it is hard way to the top. I­ think Del Po will play more and more this phenomenal­ matches, but still not experienced enough to beat top­ guys regularly in order to advance on the list..

Hi Yianni , i agree with you that Federer is a pure­ talent like noone else,though im a nadal's fun.
But­ Del Potro is improving his game very fast and sooner­ or later will be be very closed to federer
As for­ Nadal ,who knows .I Hope to be healthy but Im afraid­ his Knees will not be ok.
It means that he has to­ protect them and not give 100% of his power and­ speed
The other main pretenders (Djokovic,Murray) are­ not improving any more and they dont have many chances­ for No1 spot. We ll see in the future if im right or­ not

Freegagets..no you're not sorry. Please keep your­ grubby sales pitch off the tennis websites. Go find a­ market stall down the east end...

Del Potro is definitely a huge threat on hard court. He­ is certainly next in line after Fed in that dept. Given­ his very fast improvements (Grand slam after 14­ attempts vs 18 for RF), if he improves on other­ surfaces he has a very good chance of making it to­ number one pretty soon. Grass will probably be his­ hardest hurdle.
Overall tennis is becoming very­ exciting!!! Can't wait for the London Masters.

To 59 charles o : too early to predict tht..u r­ forgetting that he beat nadal and federer back to back­ in the US open (though federer is not at his peak but­ still). Yes, he won't win 15 slams but he cud­ definitely be more or less in the same class of nadal­ atleast and may be RF. I hope tht he doesn't stop­ at one or just a couple of GS titles like roddick and­ hewitt.

No disrespect to del potro but i think that was just a­ slam wonder, he is not in the class of federer &­ nadal them two have proven they are best. del potro is­ just gonnna fall in class of the likes of people live­ djkovic,roddick,& few some one slam wonder player­ out there.

pihhhhh i can't and i don't want belive that­ "del potro" is so ambicioz, because the Roger­ Federer win in mostly match between Del potro and Roger­ Federer and i think that Del Potro will not be in 1st­ place In ATP.

Anyway,who ever picked that photo to go with that title­ is spot on,Well done.

Del Potro eyes up the No.1 spot? Really? No chance. lol

Good pick there Coolworld. The Masters Cup clash­ between Fed and Murray was a fantastic match with­ incredible shotmaking. Pretty logical that Del Potro­ after his brilliant victory at Flushing Meadows would­ be looking to reach the pinnacle of tennis. And­ it's nice to see that lack of ambition doesn't­ seem to be a problem for him. Should he be thinking of­ maintaining his position in the top ten? Not in my­ opinion. He should be looking to knock Fed, Rafa,­ Murray, Djoko and Co. into a cocked hat. That's why­ God put him on the planet. Whether he can do it or not­ is another story but if he were to set his sights any­ lower, it'd be very disappointing.

Hi Dimitri, you mean I guessed your age right? It was a­ fluke, what I meant was that 28years and 2 months is­ not 29 in any way! Otherwise I didn't say there is­ anything wrong about your opinion, though I disagree­ that Federer at 28 is old in any physical way. He's­ physically very close to the peak and the way he plays­ tennis is not physical anyway, just look at his arms,­ they're thinner than everyone else's! But­ he's the Grand Master of tennis. Just watch his­ shots in slow motion, wow...

Are all Nadal fans going to start support Del Potro­ instead ? Muscle for muscle, pound for pound, the­ argentine rules. If only he had the skill of Federer he­ would be entertaining.

He shouldn't get too ahead of himself, Djokovic won­ the AO a year ago, and went on to win some more titles,­ but never really pushed for the top spot. Just because­ he has a slam doesn't mean an automatic rise, and­ its still too early to be thinking about the top spot­ imo.

Hey coolword - maybe now u might understand from my­ posts on here today that a lot of what I've said on­ previous days are only for those who understand­ parody.....Chris Morris (the legend that parodies Media­ scare/drama tactics) doesn't bother posting on­ these forums so sometimes I feel the need to try and­ emulate his work .

I remember someone said at the artice: Federer: I­ missed chances, after that he said, I've got to­ give him all the credit because it's not easy thing­ to do, especially coming out against someone like me­ with so much experience.
He said that Federer was too­ arrogant to say that he has that much experience, but­ if you think, he already gives all his credit, its a­ double compliment to DelPo because he beaten someone­ with that much experience is something he can be proud­ off isn't?? Who thinks Federer is arrogant to say­ this, and btw he would be invited to any press to talk­ about the game or so, so he has the right to speak to­ the press when they asked.

Hi everyone,miss the fun and the action,this is maybe­ the worst period of the year,almost not tennis to look­ forward to and we're keen to pick up fights from­ whatever idiot or genius have to say about things yet­ to come or maybe never to pass.
Comment­ 20ish,Corneilius is right,that was clever,ouch,where is­ the world comming to having to agree with you­ Corneilius,lol.
Pjcogs,too few and far between you­ Dream Teacher of mine.
Let the guy say it,and hope he­ does strive for it,it's good for tennis,and­ promises of more and better isn't something we­ should be scared of i believe.
I miss the Nadal of last­ year,i miss the djok we had until he won that AOS,and i­ even miss The JDT,would you believe ? ( Jaw Dropping­ Talent,newbies )
But further more,i miss my cool headed­ and relaxed Federer,if he ever was,hard to tell with­ him,up until the end of his Soderling match,he truly­ was on top of things,he could barely serve after that­ against Nole,and i thought bad day,no problem,but it­ went on against a super cool opponent whom you have a­ real hard time getting rid of even in possession of all­ your weapons.
hope all 8 are fully fit and we're­ treated to the matches of the century at the­ Masters's Final,lats year's best match at that­ Final was Federer / Murray by the way,hope everyone­ agree

Yianni you are correct about my age but what is wrong­ with my opinion?

Don't worry, the mentions in this article of what­ DelPo says, is just a fragment of what he said­ originally. People like Simon Reed are keen on cutting­ out the more uninteresting parts in order to build the­ story that fits them. This should be an initial lesson­ to DelPo (and others), a lesson that nobody quite­ understands to learn, which is to not saying too much­ nor too little and what is to be said and what is not­ to be said. Tough decisions for somebody who just wants­ to play tennis and win. There are lots of examples of­ victims for reporters, read the weekly news about­ Murray, Federer and the other top tenners, not to­ mention other sportsmen and above all the movie­ stars... If you want to be fooled, there's somebody­ there to do it. DelPo is a good guy, of course he wants­ to progress, but that's not all...

And furthermore even the sorries on TV play mess with­ the truth by editing what they show and leaving out­ what they think might reduce from the drama of a­ situation.If you watch '' The Day Today­ '' or '' Brass Eye '' you might­ understand how easily this is done.These programs along­ with being extremely funny show how the Media can­ manipulate and dramatize any situation.Watch &­ learn.

Lol - jimmy, on Thu 17 Sep 5:46PM - I don't even­ waste my money on them (the newspapers) and if you read­ my post properly u will see that I watched Murray being­ interviewed on TV.