Querrey Leads Sydney with Del Potro Appearance; Auckland; ATP Previews

Go Del Potro! Hope he can come back to his best level sometime this year.

January 9th, 2011 at 1:13 am

OK..all eyes will be on del potro. how will this talented argentianin fair up in his return.

last year in tokyo on his first return, he drew F-Lopez in the first round and he was rooted 6-3 6-0. I am reading that since then he is been training hard, ready for new season. what a concidence he draws F-Lo in sydney…again!

F-Lopez has not been great since then either, so there is still hope. go delpo! couple of matches in sydney will be a great start.

January 9th, 2011 at 9:30 am

wish i could see this match. delpo is up a break against F-Lo. keep going delpo

January 9th, 2011 at 9:01 pm

5 all. No stream?

January 9th, 2011 at 9:35 pm

Tie break. mesmerising watching a scoreboard, not to mention highly decadent. What, do you have nothing better to do with your worthless time? Anyway, seems like Delpo is winning his service games more easily than Lopez.

January 9th, 2011 at 9:41 pm

o-oh, Lopez has first mini-break.

January 9th, 2011 at 9:42 pm

he was up a break, gave the break back now tie break. He is not winning a good % on his second serves. not good

January 9th, 2011 at 9:44 pm

score board stuck! oh, i think rain delay. other courts are suspended

January 9th, 2011 at 9:45 pm

This is either the longest rally in history, or the scoreboard has got stuck.

January 9th, 2011 at 9:45 pm

Ah, that explains it, Kimmi. Right, that’s it, bed at last.

January 9th, 2011 at 9:47 pm

play is resumed. delpo is fighting dunbar. he got the mini break back 5 all

January 9th, 2011 at 9:56 pm

and gave it away again. aaaagh, now F-lo with set point..and takes the set.

oh well, he tried. confidence is very important thing in tennis and delpo is lacking a lot of that at the moment.

now he needs to forget the first set and start again

January 9th, 2011 at 9:59 pm

It is good that Del Potro is finally back! I hope he has already fully recovered from his wrist injury. http://www.tennisround.com

January 9th, 2011 at 10:22 pm

nobody has luck on the livestream for this one?

January 9th, 2011 at 10:30 pm

c’mon delpooooo

January 9th, 2011 at 10:38 pm

Not looking good for Delpo right now. 4-2 F-lo in second set tiebreak. I can’t find one stream of this match unfortunately, so staring at scoreboard, probably like the rest of you.

January 9th, 2011 at 10:44 pm

Well Delpo’s clawed back to 4-5 in the breaker, but F-Lo to serve for the match now…

January 9th, 2011 at 10:46 pm

Delpo’s not giving up, 5 all in the breaker … make that 6-5! Set point to Delpo and … he loses it. 6 all.

January 9th, 2011 at 10:49 pm

who knew watching numbers change could be so exciting

January 9th, 2011 at 10:54 pm

Arrgh Delpo took both of F-Lo’s service points and then lost both of his own. 7-6 in the breaker, match point to F-Lo on his racquet. He loses it again. 7 all!! This is crazy, sure wish I could see it. 8-7 for Delpo, again, he has set point on his racquet. Nope. Denied. 8 all!! My god. 2nd serve… 9-8 for Delpo, set point. F-Lo to serve. 9 all. F-lo, second serve. 10-9 for Delpo – yet another set point on his racquet. How many is that? 5 set points? …

FINALLY! He gets the second set.

I think he’ll win the match now, as momentum and confidence will have swung his way.

January 9th, 2011 at 10:56 pm

yeaaahhhhhh! delpooooo!

January 9th, 2011 at 10:56 pm

Great mental toughness from Del Potro to face down match points and bag the set. I wish there were a livestream available.

January 9th, 2011 at 10:59 pm

del potro has had to fight a lot in this match, including that game to hold. if he makes it through, this is a nice confidence-building match for his first outing. let’s go!

January 9th, 2011 at 11:16 pm

OMG, this game has been going on for soooo long. i cant wait to watch this on rerun/you tube, it is very dramatic and drawn out.

January 9th, 2011 at 11:32 pm

and delpo holds! i wishh i were able to see the quality of these points.
i wish delpo would break now after holding that game! fe-lo seems to be holding pretty easily

January 9th, 2011 at 11:33 pm

NOT fair, fe-lo holds in like two minutes

January 9th, 2011 at 11:35 pm

Both players appear to be showing a lot of fight. I thought Lopez would crack after losing that tiebreak, but he’s still plugging away. Del Potro continues to struggle through his service games, but he’s not giving up, either.

January 9th, 2011 at 11:46 pm

Yay! Del Potro prevails in a third-set tiebreak. Lopez also did really well to stay in it.

January 10th, 2011 at 12:07 am

whoaaa! delpo wins in three sets, 3 hours 20 mins. great match from both guys, very proud of delpo getting the win. if he is not too tired out, this should be a good spring for him. like i keep saying, can’t wait for the replay on tennis channel!

January 10th, 2011 at 12:09 am

Kimmi, dari, dunbar, and anyone who saw it. How is the big guy doin? Is this a good start?

January 10th, 2011 at 12:26 am

I think this is a good win because he had to fight so hard, and he came through. That will only help his confidence going forward.

January 10th, 2011 at 12:30 am

Well I didn’t really “see” it, I watched numbers change on the scoreboard.
Saw some highlights on YouTube and there were some very quality points, but there was definitely some see-saw up and down moments for delpo (and lopez for that matter).
Delpo would need SEVERAL deuce to hold, long games, ten minutes or more, then felo would hold in two or three mins. It’s just rustiness hopefully, as he shouldn’t be working that long for hold serve.
But its great match toughness for delpo against a big server, so if he is not too exhausted, it could be a good week for him.
It’s just scary to think he has fourth round points to defend and if he doesn’t get those he will be much lower than 240 or wherever he is now. Should be brief, but still.
Anyway, Congrats to delpo!

January 10th, 2011 at 8:53 am

Fourth round in AO, that is.

January 10th, 2011 at 9:04 am

dari, not only is Delpo’s defending of points a scary situation for him, but for the other players, he’s a scary prospect to have to face early on in the AO draw. He could easily upset someone right off the bat! With his ranking, I am assuming he could play a top guy in the first rounds. I’ll bet those players are saying in their vespers: “please lord, don’t put Delpo on my side of the draw…please”.

January 10th, 2011 at 5:22 pm