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Friday, March 25, 2011
Juan Martin Del Potro Powers Into the Semi's of Indian Wells
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (#90) is slowly finding his old groove back, as he powers into the semifinals of this powerhouse draw in Indian Wells. He lost to current world #1, Rafael Nadal.
All his opponents in his side of the draw were either experienced veterans or up-and-coming players, and it served as a barometer as to how good his game is again.
It is great to see Del Potro reasserting his talent once again. With the French Open, more than a month away, it would be exciting to see how further into the rankings he can make it to make sure he gets into the seeded players. This was his path to the semi's -
SF - lost to Rafael Nadal (ESP) (#1) 46 46
QF - Tommy Robredo (ESP) (#28) walkover
4R - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 76(3) 76(7)
3R - Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (#23) 76(3) 63
2R - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) (#16) 57 64 62
1R - Radek Stepanek (CZE) (#67) 64 60
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