Monday, October 29, 2012
Del Potro stuns Federer to win Basel title
By Brian Homewood
BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Juan Martin del Potro, beaten in his six previous meetings with Roger Federer this year, turned the tables on the world number one to win a memorable Basel ATP final on Sunday.
Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro returns the ball during his final match against Switzerland's Roger Federer at the Swiss Indoors ATP tennis tournament in Basel October 28, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannTwo of the three sets went to tiebreaks with the towering Argentine eventually winning 6-4 6-7 7-6 to claim his second title in as many weeks following his win in Vienna one week ago.
The two were meeting for the first time since their epic Olympic Games semi-final when Federer eventually won in a 36-game final set.
There was no quarter given this time, either, in a match featuring long baseline rallies and with Del Potro managing the only service break in the fifth game of the first set.
(Editing by Justin Palmer)
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