Tennis: Del Potro advances at Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES: Second-seed Juan Martin del Potro battled past James Blake 6-4, 7-6 in the ATP Los Angeles, while third-seed Marcos Baghdatis was sent packing from the event. The Argentine, on a comeback trail after a wrist injury, booked a quarter-final clash with Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis. Baghdatis, however, was bundled out by Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun, who defeated the Cypriot 6-3, 6-4 to set up a quarter-final clash with American Ryan Harrison. “It was a tough match,” said del Potro.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 29^th, 2011.