Juan Martín del Potro

Few who saw it will forget it, the final here in New York in 2009 between Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro. It was…

What were the chances that all three of just four former US Open champions in this year’s draw would sit in the bottom half come…

There was certainly no excess of luck for Kyle Edmund in this year’s Wimbledon draw. He opened against the only British qualifier, Alexander Ward, so…

For a man who won his first Major almost eight years ago, Juan Martin del Potro does not have a huge tally of matches in…

Middle Saturday at Roland Garros was already proving to be a day of firsts, with more of them lined up by middle Sunday. The always-popular…

It was a momentous day not just for Argentina but for one of the biggest men to pick up a tennis racket for that nation,…

The Davis Cup final of 2016 was a sporting contest with ‘first time’ and ‘never before’ at every turn. The mighty Argentina, one of the…

For two men born just five days apart, who have grown up alongside one another on the tennis tour from 12-year-old juniors, to turning pro…

That there were only three seeds left standing as the Swiss Indoors reached the quarter-final stage must have come as little consolation to David Goffin.…

After a rather tougher encounter with Robin Haase to win his 11th straight match in Basel, Juan Martin del Potro admitted that he would not…

If there is one man that a tennis player does not want to see in his half of the draw—whether they be world No1 Novak…

When Andy Murray, in the gloomy days at the end of last year, led a triumphant British team to its first Davis Cup victory since…

Two of the US Open’s Grand Slam champions and, it so happens, two of the most popular men with tennis fans around the world, Juan…

“The report of my death was an exaggeration.” Thus wrote Mark Twain when asked to comment on reports that he was on his deathbed. The…

Four years is a long time on the tennis tour, but that was how long it was—indeed a shade longer—since two of the sport’s Grand…

The introduction for Juan Martin del Potro, as he took to the lush turf of The Boodles event at Stoke Park, home to one of…

A top-quality draw for the Mutua Madrid Open promised every champion and runner-up since this Masters moved to the spring clay in 2009: The entire…

After 24 hours at the Miami Open during which every review returned revolved around two men and one match—the highly anticipated clash between Roger Federer…

For Roger Federer, 2009 “was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” It was a year that seesawed from tear-stained disappointment at…

Some men faced with the lay-offs that Juan Martin del Potro has endured since he burst into the headlines, aged just 20, to beat Roger…

With the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, set to begin in just 12 days’ time, the tournament received both good and…