Tennis

Winning U.S. Open title vs. Federer lifts del Potro

Published Sep. 15, 2009 7:27 p.m. ET

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Juan Martin del Potro took a long time to fall asleep prior to Monday's U.S. Open final. He had just waxed six-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 — playing the best match of his life in the semifinals.

Only one player remained — Roger Federer, against whom del Potro was 0-6 coming into the match and who had destroyed him in the 2009 Australian Open quarterfinals and beat him in five sets in the French Open semis.

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