Watch highlights from the Basel semi-finals, where longtime rivals Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro set a championship clash. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Before the US Open, Juan Martin del Potro was 47th in the Emirates ATP Race To London. The only place it appeared the Argentine would get to see the Nitto ATP Finals action would be from home. But after defeating defending champion Marin Cilic, 6-4, 6-4, in one hour, 37 minutes in the semi-finals of the Swiss Indoors Basel, del Potro moved to within one match of putting himself in the final qualifying spot for the year-end finale with just one tournament remaining, at the Rolex Paris Masters next week. "I played a good match, but always to beat Cilic you must play at a high level," del Potro said. "I'm happy that I did well and reached another final...
Juan Martin del Potro discusses his semi-final victory at the Swiss Indoors Basel on Saturday over second seed Marin Cilic. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Whisper it quietly, but Juan Martin del Potro is building momentum for a shot at Nitto ATP Finals qualification. Five days on from capturing his 20th tour-level title at the Intrum Stockholm Open (d. Dimitrov), the popular Argentine is through to the Swiss Indoors Basel semi-finals. His 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 quarter-final victory over sixth-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, one of the cleanest strikers on the ATP World Tour, on Friday was anything but easy, but it gave del Potro an extra 90 points to move up to No. 13 in the Emirates ATP Race To London. Del Potro is now 310 points behind ninth-placed Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, who holds the final automatic qualification spot for the Nitto ATP Finals....
Juan Martin del Potro discusses his quarter-final win over a tough Roberto Bautista Agut at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.