Points won by each set: | 27-15, 26-12 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
31 % Del Potro – 12 of 38
19 % Tomic – 8 of 42
Perhaps Del Potro’s [5] last awesome performance… He trailed *2:3 in the opening set against the defending champion [52] when he won 10 out of the next 11 games finishing in style with two consecutive aces. He later said: “Finals are never easy but I was surprised by my level. I thought I played great. I made a lot of winners. Every long, running rally we played I won all of them.” Today as I write this, I cannot exclude it was the last title for the Argentinian, 25-year-old then. Twenty-three months have gone since that triumph, and in the meantime due to serious problems with the left wrist, he’s played just five tournaments notching an average 5-5 record…
Del Potro’s route to his 18th title:
2 Nicolas Mahut 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Q Radek Stepanek 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
S Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-2
W Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-1
Points won by each set: | 27-15, 26-12 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
31 % Del Potro – 12 of 38
19 % Tomic – 8 of 42
Perhaps Del Potro’s [5] last awesome performance… He trailed *2:3 in the opening set against the defending champion [52] when he won 10 out of the next 11 games finishing in style with two consecutive aces. He later said: “Finals are never easy but I was surprised by my level. I thought I played great. I made a lot of winners. Every long, running rally we played I won all of them.” Today as I write this, I cannot exclude it was the last title for the Argentinian, 25-year-old then. Twenty-three months have gone since that triumph, and in the meantime due to serious problems with the left wrist, he’s played just five tournaments notching an average 5-5 record…
Del Potro’s route to his 18th title:
2 Nicolas Mahut 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Q Radek Stepanek 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
S Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-2
W Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-1