Juan Martin Del Potro Has Wins This Summer Over The Current Top 4!

nothing surprising about that..I think he should focus on playing selective tournaments to prolong his career..he shouldn’t care about ranking..if(a big if) he is fit,he is as good as anybody..now his only focus should be to be in the best shape for the davis cup final and win the goddamn thing Argentina so “deserve”

September 19th, 2016 at 11:40 am

Lol at the weak era whiners and old bitter retired players.
It’s so weak that The Top 5 are slam champs, not flukes.

September 19th, 2016 at 5:57 pm

DelPo is making up for lost time!

September 19th, 2016 at 7:33 pm

Anyone knows where is his next tournament? Hope he gets an invitation to Shangai to not have to play quali.

September 20th, 2016 at 9:16 am

^^
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/del-potro-receives-shanghai-2016-wild-card

September 20th, 2016 at 9:28 am

I think that Novak’s GS is the story of the year, and Del Potro’s comeback is number two.
What he’s done is almost miraculous.

He is roughly 2500 points out of the top 8. Technically, if he runs the field in October he could go to London. Sounds ridiculous, but just to put the bug in your ear: this is Rafa’s worst time of year. Stan has, what, one master? So DelPo needs to get by Andy and Novak, twice (Shanghai and Paris), and then gather a few other points… I could be wrong, but I don’t recall Andy typically being strong in indoors, and DelPotro did just beat him.

If fate gives him a little push – knocking out one or both of Andy and Novak early in one of those tournaments… basically JMDP would just need 2 or 3 big wins in the next month to make London!

September 21st, 2016 at 12:04 pm

Thats true TV, I will also put Murray in there too, 3 GS finals and another W title, and another Olympic gold medal, Rafa although he had a mediocre year won a couple of CC titles, and an Olympic gold in doubles, and Stan the USO, but i would put Novak, Delpo and Andy as the years big stories ….

September 21st, 2016 at 1:30 pm

Geez. I wonder what these hypothetical big wins would do to his ailing wrists. Just saying.

September 21st, 2016 at 1:34 pm

Novak’s grand slam has been unceremoniously and criminally forgotten because it wasn’t Roger. God, it’s KILLING them!!!

September 21st, 2016 at 1:45 pm

@TV and Willow – I agree. It might have lost some luster because it was earlier in the year, but even if Novak sat out the rest of the season none of the other men would match his 2 slams and career slam.

September 21st, 2016 at 1:55 pm

Elina i dont believe its been forgotton, as TV, RZ, any myself are all talking about it being the story of the year, and at the time everybody said how incredible it was, but i also enjoy discussing the achievements of other players too ….

September 21st, 2016 at 2:41 pm

I’m referring to the media and the average (read: federer) tennis fan, not for the, relatively speaking, extreme tennis fans like us that almost live and breathe tennis posting on tennis forums many times per week.

September 21st, 2016 at 2:46 pm

Am sure Fed is still comfortable with his 17 Slams.
OMG the jealousy still is going on! Lol.

September 21st, 2016 at 4:58 pm

I think Andy’s progression is difficult to foresee depending on his Scan. He has said he may not be able to play China.

For me DelPotro always a threat on anything but Grand Slams – at least for a while (despite his 5 sets over Andy at Davis – he was completely depleted after that) – so still a way to go as far as stamina goes.

September 21st, 2016 at 7:02 pm

Like summoning a genie or in this case more like shooting fish in a barrel LMAO.

September 21st, 2016 at 8:40 pm

Agree TV, history of the year is DJoko. He may not play for the rest of the year and what he achieved was insane, specially considering that he had to win RG after 3 tries to do the Grand Slam.

And elina is right, this wasn’t covered as if Federer or Nadal had done it. There would be more writers and columns about it for sure.

Second is DelPo, so happy for him to be winning again and hope after Shangai and Paris (as he most likely will get a wildcard there too), his ranking will be good enough for direct entry into main draw or all main events (top 40)

September 21st, 2016 at 11:45 pm

agree elina and daniel; criminally under-celebrated or reported, that 4-in-a-row.
sad imo. : /

clearly delpo will win comeback player of the year, though.

September 22nd, 2016 at 1:18 am

It was an amazing achievement, where i am the papers were full of it, but in Britain people seem more football obsessed, it was all Leicester City winning the EPL ….

September 22nd, 2016 at 1:31 am

That 4-in-a-row from Novak is really a huge achievement and I have to admit, I am a bit grateful to Stan for that. If Novak won the FO in 2015, there would have been no 4-in-a-row. Am not sure, that Novak would have been motivated afterwards.

September 22nd, 2016 at 5:40 am

thank anderson for that GS. 2 sets up and choked like a fish.
most overrated big server of all time.

September 22nd, 2016 at 6:25 am

Of course, pat mcenroe’s fuming.
The failed propagandist cried about the invincible, elegant, graceful federer’s old age since 2009.
Pat & John Mc continue trembling with fear over Novak’s every match.

“How did novak smack that screaming winner?! He’s not the genius gentleman & pretty ballerina Federererer!”
Maybe the trashy brothers should worry that John’s son wrote a book about his John’s lies, cheating, drug use & negligence!
Poor “heroes” will lose again when Novak wins 17 Slams.

Del Po said he was very happy that he risked losing Davis Cup doubles and trusted Mayer to win.
He should be proud because he can actually beat Nadal numerous times in a short period and he never talks about the best player Novak in a degrading way.

He didn’t depend on old Haas choking to gift him a French Open cakewalk draw & title. He didn’t desperately need a severely exhausted Fed to gift him 2 French Open matches.

September 22nd, 2016 at 12:58 pm

Fedexpress in a way i agree with you, its rather predictable the way he plays against the top players, when Querry was in the same position it seemed he wasnt intimidated by Novak ….

September 22nd, 2016 at 1:12 pm