Juan Martin del Potro and Rafa Nadal are still expected to produce some spectacular fireworks at the U.S. Open on Friday, even if it was not the semi-final many fans had been hoping for.
Argentine del Potro ruined the potential Nadal showdown with Roger Federer in the semi-final with a superb defeat of the Swiss maestro on Wednesday.
Del Potro and Nadal have met 13 times but many fans will look to their clash at the same point at Flushing Meadows in 2009 when the Argentine beat the Spaniard.
He then went on to beat Federer in a five-set thriller in the final to lift his only grand slam title.
“Physically I’m not in the perfect conditions but when you play semi-finals on the grand slam, everything can happen,” said Del Potro, who has also had to fight off illness.
