Juan Martin del Potro: US Open 2009 win, Davis Cup and Olympic heroics rank among greatest career moments

Juan Martin del Potro looks as though he could soon retire from tennis. The former world No 3 and 2009 US Open champion has had an injury-ravaged career and only returned from a two-and-a-half year absence at the Argentina Open this week. It was an emotional occasion for Del Potro, who couldn’t hold back tears in the closing stages of his match against Federico Delbonis and was watched courtside by his mother for the first time in his career.

Ad/> Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas have both paid tribute to Del Potro, saying it is “really sad” that he looks set to call time on tennis. ATP Buenos Aires‘The people’s champion’ — Wilander lauds gutsy Del Potro after possible last match20 HOURS AGO From Grand Slam success to Olympic heartbreak and some epic matches, we look back at some of Del Potro’s top career moments… Winning the 2009 US Open The one Grand Slam title of Del Potro’s career. Had he stayed fit and healthy it seems likely he would have won several more, but his victory in New York was done in style.

Coming into the tournament as the sixth seed, Del Potro made it into the semi-finals along with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. It is the only Grand Slam where the ‘Big Three’ made the semi-finals and none of them won the title. Del Potro dispatched of Nadal in impressive fashion, overpowering him in an emphatic straight-sets win.

Federer was expected to be more of a test as he was bidding for a sixth straight US Open title after a three-set win over Djokovic, which included one of the greatest shots of Federer’s career. Murray, Tsitsipas pay tribute to Del Potro Emotional Del Potro beaten in comeback clash The final was an epic as Del Potro battled back to win 3-6 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2. Federer was