Posted: 22.03.09 18:50. Post subject: Хуан Мартин Дель Потро

 Posted: 03.04.09 18:53. Post subject: InGale хочется, хоч..

InGale
хочется, хочется!

 Posted: 04.04.09 04:51. Post subject: Эх, проиграл Потро( ..

Эх, проиграл Потро(
Не дал Рафе феерично закончить четверть хардового сезона, и сам в матче со Скоттом раскрыл все карты , но играл очень здорово, особенно во втором сете.
В третьем держался, пока Энди не взял брейк.

 Posted: 04.04.09 06:16. Post subject: April 2, 2009 - Marv..

April 2, 2009 - Marvelous Del Potro upsets Marvelous Nadal
Blog by Charles Bricker

What a fabulous run of matches, three days in a row, it has been for the Sony Ericsson Open. I only hope tournament chairman Butch Buchholz, one of the great guys in tennis, is cashing in during these depressing economic times.

Beginning on Tuesday, the men's tennis has been way over the top.

First, Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka in a round of 16 minor epic. Then, Roger Federer sticking his nose in front of Andy Roddick at the quarterfinal wire last night. And now this Thursday afternoon quarterfinal gripper with Juan Martin Del Potro rallying from two breaks down in the final set to nick Nadal, the world's No. 1, in the sweatbox that passes as the Crandon Park stadium.

The on-court clock was right at 3:00 when Nadal took the balls in the third-set tiebreak. He went through his usual schtick -- pulling at the seat of his pants, wiping the sweat off the tip of his nose with a wrist band and tucking a couple of loose hairs back behind his ear. Then he prepared to fend off match point No. 4.

Not this time.

His forehand into the net ended his quest for back-to-back Masters 1000 titles (Indian Wells and Key Biscayne) and sent the 6-foot-6, or whatever they're currently measuring him at, Del Potro into the final four.

It was a roller coaster ride. A ribbon road. It might have been a mobius strip. The match was a continuum of momentum changes. Neither player could seize this match by the throat until Del Potro, with both arms extended triumphantly over his long, lean body, began celebrating with the final count at 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3).

In the stands there were Argentine and Spanish flags being flapped by partisans in every corner and the chanting at times gave the match the feeling of a Davis Cup tie. And as noisy as the Argies were during the knock-up, there couldn't have been many who would have bet serious money that Del Potro, only 20 years old, would win this.

In four previous matches, he had failed to win a set from Nadal. Two weeks ago at Indian Wells, Nadal took him down in the quarters by 6-2, 6-4. Del Potro has been playing top-10 quality tennis since the middle of 2008, cracking the top 10 on Oct. 6, reaching a career best No. 6 in January of this year and came to Key Biscayne at No. 7.

Yet despite the impressive ranking numbers, he was still just a 20-year-old with a big upside and a kid who hadn't yet conclusively proved he could play top 10 mental tennis. That was some beautiful ball he played to reach the quarters of the Australian Open two months ago, before he was crushed by Federer 6-3, 6-0, 6-0. The tennis conoscenti winked. Not ready, they figured.

Well, he certainly looked ready Thursday. He had his faltering moments as he was blown off the court in the second set and was down love-3 within minutes of the beginning of the third. But there was no cave-in.

He broke back twice and had three match points with Nadal serving at 5-6. Rafa banged a couple of aces and Del Potro netted an inside-out forehand to allow Nadal to hold and get into the tiebreak, where Del Potro's mental strength would receive yet another severe test.

Nadal had gone in front 3-2, a mini-break, when his backhand return clipped the net and flopped over, leaving Del Potro no play. And now Rafa had the balls and a lead. It wasn't hard to see him up 5-2, but he lost both serves.

He hit an extraordinarily poor drop shot that Del Potro easily reached to force a Nadal error, and then, on the 30th shot of a scintillating rally, the Argentine closed on a short ball and crashed a forehand winner. That long point alone might have said all that needed to be said about Del Potro's mental strength in this match.

From there, it was a bit of luck, a bit of cool shot selection and Nadal's final error.

Del Potro went up 5-3 when he half-framed a volley that deadened out before Nadal could reach it and it was 6-3 as Del Potro hit behind the fleeing Nadal for a winner.

Wow. Great stuff out there.

The way this match began it looked like a dud. Early on, Del Potro had two winners and 12 unforced errors. But Nadal couldn't cash in for a break and, in fact, he looked out of sync with his forehand and he looked -- dare I say it -- a little bit slow. He didn't look ready to play this match at the outset, but you knew that wouldn't last. He located his rhythm through the second set and into the third. His serving picked up. He recalibrated his forehand and he seemed to be rolling to an easy three-set victory.

But from 0-3 in the third, Del Potro was golden. Nerves? Hardly any. He might have put this away at 5-6 on the second match point. I thought he pushed that inside-out forehand a bit . . . didn't really drive through it. We'll have to go back and look at that on the slo-mo. Still, if there was that little bit of tentativeness there, it didn't carry over into the tiebreak.

And so Del Potro moves on and Nadal is returning to Mallorca to prep for the clay season where, last year, he was 15-1 going into the French Open. He's got some ranking points to defend the next two months, but this is clay. This is Nadal's hallowed ground and there's nothing like the red powder to take the sting out of this upset.

 Posted: 04.04.09 06:30. Post subject: Sony Ericsson Open A..

Sony Ericsson Open
April 3, 2009
A. MURRAY/J. Del Potro 6-1, 5-7, 6-2

An interview with: JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. How were you feeling physically out there in general? Obviously you had a very long match against Nadal. How were you feeling?
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: So tired. Last night I was with the match in my mind. I cannot sleep very well. Today I run a lot again, and I don't feel good with my physical.
But I feel happy. I feel confidence with my game and I did a great tournament, so I go home with a good week.

Q. What do you think you improved most the last few months?
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: The serve, the forehand, and the mind. In this sport you have to be good with your mind, with your team and everything. That's what I working.

Q. There was one point where you took an injury timeout towards the end of the match. What was the problem there?
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: Cramping in my legs. It was too tough, the match, and was normal.

Q. How will you prepare for clay court season now?
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: Well, I have like a week to train in clay courts. I have Monte-Carlo, Rome, and Madrid to be in good shape until Roland Garros.
So I hope I do a great training, good practice to be in good shape for that tournament.

Q. Where will you be training?
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: Home.

Q. You had one time violation, and there were a couple of discussions between you and Andy throughout the course of the match. What did you say to each other at the end of the match?
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: No, we doesn't have discussions. No, we just ask about the balls, because many balls was so close. But no discussions.
After the match, I say, Good luck. Playing very good. He say, You did well yesterday. That's it.

Q. I just wonder, you're going to go to No. 5 in the world on Monday's rankings. How does that make you feel that you're now part that was very top bracket of players?
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: It's good for me, for my future. But I don't want to be 5, I want to be better.

 Posted: 04.04.09 12:24. Post subject: Жаль, не получилось...

Жаль, не получилось. Усталость после матча с Рафой дала о себе знать. И надо было этому Рафе так сопротивляться?
А Хуан молодец! Пусть и дальше так прогрессирует! Горжусь им!

 Posted: 06.04.09 19:38. Post subject: Дельпо поднялся на 5..

Дельпо поднялся на 5-е место в рейтинге - это высший рейтинг в его карьере, пока (ТТТТТТТ).

5 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 4790

 Posted: 07.04.09 11:55. Post subject: Tatiana пишет: Дель..

Tatiana пишет:

quote:

Дельпо поднялся на 5-е место в рейтинге - это высший рейтинг в его карьере, пока (ТТТТТТТ). 5 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 4790

 Posted: 08.04.09 16:59. Post subject: Quarterly Report Ste..

 Posted: 09.04.09 22:42. Post subject: Tatiana Спасибо бо..

Tatiana

Спасибо большое за этот фрагмент! Понравилось! Надеюсь Мартиныч не остановится! :)

 Posted: 10.04.09 07:41. Post subject: InGale спасибо Stev..

InGale
спасибо Steve Tignor! он так прав, главное - Дельпо сейчас учится не бояться корифеев, такая важная часть "конфиденса". удачи ему! VAMOS!

 Posted: 10.04.09 17:33. Post subject: Clay Court Forecast ..

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Clay Court Forecast Posted 04/08/2009 @ 5 :00 PM By Pete Bodo TENNIS.com This one is pretty easy: cool in the mornings, with periods of sun mixed with clouds and a 40 per cent chance of light showers. But when that thunder starts to roll in from Spain. . . Run for your lives, it's women and children first, stay out from under the trees, and if there are any men left, dial 1-800-Save-Us-From-Rafa! That's pretty much how it's been for about the past three years, with Rafael Nadal going on perhaps the greatest run of clay-court tennis every put together by a male player. The only guy who might hold his own in that conversation would be Bjorn Borg, whose prowess on red dirt was comparable to Nadal's, but who played in an era that generally had less depth-of-competition, especially on clay. So why should things be any different this year? Well, because things change - maybe not on a predictable or annual basis, but everyone embarking on that red clay road is different from the person and player he was 12 months ago (How Zen is that?). But seriously, let's look at some of the top clay-court contenders and evaluate their chances in the upcoming season on clay. No. 5, Juan Martin del Potro: Delpo doesn't have a single win in a Masters Series on clay; he's strictly a hard court hombre. In three years at Roland Garros, he's won exactly one match. He's got an awful lot of body to lug around in endless clay court matches. On the other hand, he obviously has a chance to pick up a bushel of ranking points if he can win a few matches here and there on clay, so I wouldn't write him off entirely. A guy with a huge serve and groundies can come up big on clay, because the slowness of the surface will enable him to get to more balls, and draw a bead on them, than he might reach on a faster hard court. He could be a pleasant surprise.

остальное - здесь

 Posted: 14.04.09 09:56. Post subject: Tatiana пишет: He c..

Tatiana пишет:

quote:

He could be a pleasant surprise

I sure hope he will be a very pleasant surprise!

 Posted: 21.04.09 11:05. Post subject: А есть где нибудь ка..

А есть где нибудь календарь Дель Потро? А то я что то не нашел...

 Posted: 21.04.09 12:46. Post subject: InGale Нет, календа..

InGale
Нет, календаря у него нет

 Posted: 21.04.09 21:16. Post subject: Пасиб, Вик! :) Мале..

Пасиб, Вик! :)

Маленький еще, не дорос до своего календаря... :)

 Posted: 21.04.09 21:30. Post subject: InGale о каких кале..

InGale
о каких календарях ты говоришь его даже у скотта с нолем толком нет. Это тебе не Федя с Рафой

 Posted: 21.04.09 21:34. Post subject: InGale есть о нем п..

InGale
есть о нем пара полуживых сайтов, но календаря там, к сожалению, нет.

 Posted: 21.04.09 22:15. Post subject: по поводу ближайшего..

по поводу ближайшего календаря можно сказать, что Дельпо будет на мастерсах-1000 в Риме и Мадриде, что очевидно, так как турниры обязательные. если будет со здоровьем все ТТТТТТТ. Эсторил, Мюнхен, Белград - в списках не значится. в Китцбюеле сейчас числятся заявленными всего 4 человека, и это не Дельпо. зато он есть в аргентинской команде, участвующей в ARAG World Team Cup, 17-23 мая, в Дюссельдорфе.

Rome Masters-1000 4/27/2009

Madrid Masters-1000 5/10/2009

Dusseldorf ARAG World Team Cup 5/17/2009

Roland Garros 5/25/2009

 Posted: 22.04.09 16:43. Post subject: Стихийное бедствие ..

Стихийное бедствие

Что значит "даже"?! А что, малыш должен на кого то оглядываться?!
Ну, вобщем не дорос еще до своего, не дорос... :)

 Posted: 22.04.09 16:46. Post subject: Tatiana Ага, спаси..

Tatiana

Ага, спасибо за инфу!!!

Я как то нашел его блог, причем буквально пару неделю назад, но он не обновлялся аж с итогового в Шанхае того года... Или с финала КД... они там где-то в одно время были.