Reuters - Sat, 28 Nov 23:38:00 2009
Juan Martin del Potro reached the final of the ATP World Tour Finals after squeezing past Swede Robin Soderling 6-7 6-3 7-6 to set up a showdown with Nikolay Davydenko in London.
The Argentine looked to be on his way out when Soderling broke him for a 4-2 lead in the third set but the Argentine world number five hung in to eventually prevail 7-3 in the tie-break, firing down his 12th ace.
I'm very happy to make my first final, one more match before my holiday, an exhausted Del Potro told the crowd.
Davydenko had earlier knocked out
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| Berrer - Clément 7-6, 4-6, 0-0 |
| Match |
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| Wickmayer - Martic 2-2 |
| Match |
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| Karatantcheva - Görges 6-2, 2-0 |
| Tanasugarn - Lisicki 3-0 |
| Match |
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| Monfils - Rochus 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 |
| Match |
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| Rezai - Rodina 6-4, 6-4 |
| Match |
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| Bammer - Erakovic 7-6, 7-5 |
| Malek - Mirza 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
| Dushevina - Voskoboeva 6-4, 6-2 |
| Rodionova - Date Krumm 6-1, 1-0 Ab. |
| Time | Match |
|---|---|
| 14:00 | Pablo Cuevas v Frederico Gil |
| 14:00 | Rui Machado v Igor Andreev |
| 14:00 | Juan Carlos Ferrero v Nicolás Massú |
| 14:00 | Juan Ignacio Chela v Carlos Berlocq |
| Time | Match |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | Feliciano López v Nikolay Davydenko |
| 10:00 | Marcos Baghdatis v James Blake |
| 10:00 | Viktor Troicki v Jürgen Melzer |
| 10:00 | Florian Mayer v Tommy Robredo |
| 10:00 | Igor Sijsling v Robin Söderling |
| Time | Match |
|---|---|
| 19:00 | Andy Roddick v Ryler DeHeart |
| 19:00 | Lu Yen-Hsun v Fernando Verdasco |
| 19:00 | Radek Štepánek v Xavier Malisse |
| Time | Match |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | Elena Vesnina v Tathiana Garbin |
| 10:00 | Alisa Kleybanova v Flavia Pennetta |
| 10:00 | Elena Dementieva v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
| Time | Match |
|---|---|
| 04:00 | Yaroslava Shvedova v Chanelle Scheepers |
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Comment 19 - 38 of 38
Of course, Delpotro and other players who beat Murray are always sneaking and squeezing, while eurosport hero Murray is always over rated and over hyped, damn biased articles...
ty very much, Jimmy!
Yes, London time. Enjoy the match!
Jimmy, 2.30 London time?
vd, at 2.30
who cares about who will be no. 4 or 5. Its all about being no.1 and 2 in the world.
"No upcoming events to take place in the next 24 hours." What the f*ck is this? When is the final taking place?
I was pleased to see the gentle giant beat Soderling last night and will be happy for him or Davydenko to win the final today - both great players AND pleasant guys too.
Yeahhh.U goooo Del Po.I like both Martin and Nikolay.I think i'm gonna stay neutral on this match:)) Let the better win:))
Wise question would be ..."Who will finish year as 5th seed"? Del Potro or Andy...Murrey?
Final :Davidenko vs Del Potro...both tennisers are nice and I like them so...let best win!
wowww del potro really shocked noone gave him chance at the beggining of the tournament including me...good luck to both players.by the way it was nice to see sod knocked out as i am a nadal fan:))))
Go DelPo! Show them who is the best in the world!
nice post rhymes
Del Potro is confirming his star quality by consistently producing the goods on the big points. The first point of the final set tie-breaker was a memorable example. I think the key to the final might be Davydenko's serving. If he can play with a good percentage of 1st serves, his current form suggests he can more than hold his own with anybody in the rallies. Delpo looks daunting when he steps in to return second serves. After such a tough week, fatigue could play a part.
Davydenko should win! This guy totally deserves it at this moment! Del Potro will definitely win this tournament in the years to come...Davai Kolya!
I hope Davydenko wins!!!
I am for Davydenko tomorrow, not because I think that DelPo isn't good enough, he is fantastic, a lot better than some others in the top ten. It's just that Davydenko is 28 and hasn't many years left on the tour while DelPo has his whole career ahead of him and he'll probably win this particular tournament many times over anyway.
nice one matt go baldies :)
well delpo has my support, great win good that the sod is out and will hopefully be a great final. happy for either to win may the best on the day win.
Great for Davydenko and Del Potro to compete on a world stage: one of the best of the older players and definitely the best of the very new. Del Potro has weathered the storms of both Federer and Nadal and has had too little support from fans who haggled over "Mono-Knees" challenges of what seemed likle the "only" players. And Davydenko played solidly through and prevailed over the vain efforts of the "Doping Narks" who sharpend their teeth, hoping to end his career.. Good things are happening in pro tennis. Enjoy! Whoever wins tomorrow, I sincerely hope no fans will start the "cheater...etc.." crappy posts to cast a pall over the glory..
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