Watch highlights as Juan Martin del Potro finds a way to beat Marin Cilic in their two-day Roland Garros quarter-final. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. [6] Juan Martin del Potro (ESP) FedEx ATP Head2Head: Nadal leads Del Potro 9-5 Ten-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro, playing some of the best tennis of his career in 2018, will square off in a blockbuster semi-final in south-west Paris on Friday. While Nadal has a 9-5 lead against Del Potro in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, the pair has met only twice before on clay courts. In their two completed red dirt matches, Nadal beat Del Potro 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 at the Paris major in 2007 and 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6(0) in the 2011 Davis Cup final. Nadal also won their last clash in the 2017 US Open...
Juan Martin del Potro will return to the Top 4 of the ATP Rankings for the first time since February 2014 on Monday after advancing to the Roland Garros semi-finals for the second time (also 2009). The sixth-seeded Argentine fought back from 1-3 down in the third set on Thursday to beat third seed Marin Cilic of Croatia 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, in a rain-interrupted two-day victory over three hours and 50 minutes. “I'm feeling so, so happy that I made the right decision for play here,” said Del Potro, smiling. “I am doing well. Of course, I didn't expect to get in semi-finals a couple of weeks before. But now I'm here, and I'm still alive. Physically I’m good,...
Juan Martin del Potro and Marin Cilic are even at 6-6, 5/5 in the first set as rain has postponed their Roland Garros quarter-final until Thursday. Cilic did well to avoid danger while serving at 5-5, 0/30, when rain first suspended their match. The Croatian recovered, saving three break points to hold for the sixth straight time. The two are meeting for the 13th time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series. Del Potro leads 10-2, including all four matchups on clay and three of four at Grand Slams. Del Potro won their 2012 Roland Garros third-round match in straight sets. [ALSO LIKE] Three years earlier, the 6'6” Argentine made his first Grand Slam semi-final at Roland Garros. He's looking to...
For clay admittedly not being his favourite surface, Juan Martin del Potro is sure playing like someone very comfortable on the red dirt. The Argentine marched into his third Roland Garros quarter-final on Monday, beating American John Isner 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. “Being in the quarter-finals in a Grand Slam, in this particular Grand Slam, is very special, is something I'm very happy about and I'm playing well,” Del Potro said. The Argentine is through to his first quarter-final in Paris since 2012, and he'll next face Croatian Marin Cilic, who beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-3. Del Potro's only trip to the Paris semi-finals came in 2009. “Marin is a great player. We know each...
