What a game of tennis this is!
When you look at the final scoreline, you wouldn’t really know how well contested this game of tennis was. 6th seeded Dominic Thiem took on the #24 seed Juan Martin del Potro in this US Open Round of 16 clash. Even though he was much lower seeded, del Potro started as favourite to win this game.
However, it was a sad story at the start for the Argentine del Potro, as his serve was broken multiple times in the first 2 sets. Thiem seemed to be in a hurry to finish off the game and del Potro’s medical condition wasn’t helping his cause.
Apparently, the Argentine was suffering from a viral since 24 hours prior to this game and it was very evident on his face, that he was not comfortable. He took a medical time-out in the first set itself; he took something to help him but that may have taken a while to set in, as he lost the first two sets 1-6, 2-6.
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Just as all hope seemed to have faded away, del Potro started dominating the Austrian youngster and won the third set rather convincingly, 6-1. He played some powerful strokes and it seemed like the game could turn around from there, even though del Potro was still struggling.
The fight he put up was amazing and the crowd was completely on his side, cheering every point. He broke Thiem in the fourth set and took an early lead of 2-1. However, Thiem managed to pull himself back together from that stage and broke del Potro back a couple of times to take a convincing lead again.
He played even though everyone thought he shouldn’t:
Del Potro should just retire, clearly not in a state to play
— Christopher Heaton (@Christo59860743) September 4, 2017
It was unthinkable an hour ago but @delpotrojuan has stormed back to take the 3rd set 6-1 off Thiem!
Grandstand on fire currently!#USOpen pic.twitter.com/8Fzsvu5nYd
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 4, 2017
Certainly, there was no coming back for del Potro after he was trailing 2-5 in the fourth set but he kept fighting, breaking Thiem’s serve once again. Audiences from around the world were treated to some special shots and long, intense rallies. The momentum kept shifting throughout that set, with JMdP equalizing 5-5 and ultimately winning the fourth set tie breaker. 2 hours and 50 minutes the game has been going on for. Final set to go.
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