Juan Martin del Potro was seeded sixth at the US Open 2009. He keeps trying and keeps wanting to come back to play.‘I during my career would have been certainly healthier than him. But these last couple of years, I can totally understand what he’s going through. For Juan Martin del Potro, whose career has been plagued by injuries over the last couple of years, the 2009 US Open was a career-defining moment. [])-[])). Starting out the year, Juan Martin del Potro won his first-ever Auckland Open Masters 250 title. But against all odds, the 20-year-old left Flushing Meadows with his first major title, earning himself a lifetime of … He was in stellar form, but no one would have predicted that we would go all the way, least not while Murray, Nadal and Federer were still in the mix. From start to finish, his career reached its zenith. Juan Martin del Potro avenged this loss at the very next event - the Miami Open - where he defeated Nadal in the quarter-finals. Please enable Cookies and reload the page.This process is automatic. From there, del Potro went from strength to strength.He defeated Nadal and Roddick to reach the final of the Montreal Open which he lost to No. He went on to lose the semi-final to Andy Murray. At a time when there wasn't just a 'big three' but a 'big four', Juan Martin del Potro held his own amongst the greats.The year 2009 was Juan Martin del Potro's year. Juan Martin del Potro spent one hour meeting fans and signing autographs following his open practice session in Tandil. 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He is also one of the few to have won at least three matches against each of the four. Del Potro has a combined 20–51 (28.2%) record against all members of the Big Four, which is one of the best in this category. 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Seeded 8th at the Australian Open, he reached the quarter-finals where he lost to the then No. Just now, mentally it must be unbelievably challenging.‘Yeah, I hope that the surgery is a success for him. Del Potro suffered consecutive losses against Roger Federer at the semi-finals of the Madrid Open and the French Open in 2009.He started his pre-US Open season with a title defence at the Washington Open against No.1 seed Andy Roddick. At the Indian Wells Master 1000 event, Del Potro suffered a similar fate at the hands of Rafael Nadal, who was the World No. I hope he manages to get healthy again and back on the court.‘If he didn’t totally love tennis, there’s no chance he would have kept trying. 2 seed, Roger Federer. In the 2009 US Open final, Juan Martin del Potro, all of 20, faced a daunting task – he was up against Roger Federer, a five-time defending champion and an overwhelming fan favourite. 3 in 2018. First-time Grand Slam finalist Juan Martin del Potro entered the 2009 US Open title match with an 0-6 lifetime record against Roger Federer. Del Potro defeated 24th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 16th seed Marin Cilic and third seed Rafael Nadal to set up a final with Roger Federer. A US Open champion in 2009, Del Potro had just returned to the 2018 final – where he was beaten by world No. He had a few good years, winning a bronze medal at the Olympics in 2012, and reached the finals of the Davis Cup. 1 Novak Djokovic – and was the third-highest ranked player on the planet. With this win, Juan Martin del Potro became the only person outside of the Nadal-Djokovic duo to defeat Federer in a Grand Slam final. Argentinian tennis star Juan Martin del Potro retweeted a nostalgic video this week from his 2009 US Open win over Swiss maestro Roger Federer. 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Juan Martin del Potro was seeded sixth at the US Open 2009. Juan Martin del Potro underwent successful surgery in June to repair a fractured right kneecap, but the Argentine will not be ready for the season’s final Grand Slam. He hasn’t played a competitive match since.He has now undergone his third knee surgery, this time in Switzerland, which takes his total career surgeries up to seven – having gone under the knife four times for his wrists.Murray, who won an epic five-setter against Yoshihito Nishioka on Tuesday in what was his first Grand Slam match since a hip resurfacing operation, was full of sympathy for the Argentine giant and hopes that he will be permitted a clean bill of health for a couple of years before he decides to call time on his career.‘I was sad obviously when I heard that,’ Murray, who defeated Del Potro in the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics, said after beating Nishioka at the.‘I was actually chatting to my team about maybe reaching out to him in the last couple of days.‘Because he’s been unbelievably unlucky during his career with multiple, multiple injuries. He was in stellar form, but no one would have predicted that we would go all the way, least not while Murray, Nadal and Federer were still in the mix. Del Potro finished 2009 as the youngest player in the ATP top 10 rankings.Del Potro fell out of the top 250 in 2010 after a wrist injury. He also became the first man since Andre Agassi to win consecutive titles at the tournament. He suffered a patella fracture.There was a tentative comeback last spring but another slip, this time against Denis Shapovalov at the Queen’s Club, saw him fracture his right knee for the second time in eight months. Del Potro defeated 24th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 16th seed Marin Cilic and third seed Rafael Nadal to set up a final with Roger Federer. He also broke Roger Federer's five-year-long US Open win streak and the first to defeat both Nadal and Federer in the same tournament. No elite-level tennis player has been so cruelly affected by injuries as Juan Martin del Potro but if there’s one man who can understand his pain, it’s,A US Open champion in 2009, Del Potro had just returned to the 2018 final – where he was beaten by world No. Del Potro had never won a match against Federer heading into this contest.In a humongous five-setter, 3–6, 7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 7–6 (7–4), 6–2 Del Potro won his first and only Grand Slam. He also reached a career-high ranking of No. On Tuesday, the USTA announced that the 2009 US Open champion and 2018 finalist will miss the … By 2013 he was back in the top 5 of the ATP rankings and reach his first Grand Slam semi-final in six years, at Wimbledon. After continued injuries, he came back to win a silver at the 2016 Olympics and reached his second US Open final in 2018. 1.