Juan Martin del Potro against Novak Djokovic – this is the final of the US Open. The Argentine del Potro benefited in the semi-final against defending champion Rafael Nadal, whose knee injury Nadal had to give up.
As an insane fighter Rafael Nadal in the tennis circus is known for. Give up? – only if there is no other way, is his Motto. This trait also people in New York experienced in the semi-finals on Friday. The first set between the Spaniard and his opponent Juan Martin del Potro was still very tight. The Argentines kept only in the Tiebreak to have the upper hand. But Nadal had problems with his right knee, was treated by a physiotherapist with a tape bandage, he removed a little later. May be a result of the marathon of matches against Dominic Thiem in the quarter-final that lasted almost five hours.
He repeated his US Open Triumph in 2009? Del Potro is in good shape
In the middle of the second set, he then spoke in a strongly-worded exchange with the head referee for the first Time of a possible task. But only after the second pass with 2:6 was lost, and every time the ball clear was how restricted his movements were, he gave up finally, and congratulated del Potro, who is about to move into the final. “This is not the best way to win a Match. Rafa is the greatest fighter in our Sport, to see him suffer like today, it hurts,” said del Potro. Nadal said: “I hate to give up, but in the end the pain was too great.”
Opponent In The Final: Novak Djokovic
The Argentinian is now hoping to continue on his second Grand Slam title. In 2009, he had triumphed in New York. In the final he meets the Serb Novak Djokovic. The prevailed in his semi-final match against the Japanese Kei Nishikori with 6:3, 6:4, 6:2 . Nishikori played to error-prone, and was not grown in large Parts of the game, the pressure from Djokovic.
jk/bru/ml (sid, dpa)