Tennis: Argentina eye Davis Cup revenge

MADRID: World number 11 Juan Martin Del Potro and his Argentina team are out to avenge their 2008 defeat to Spain when the two teams meet in their December 2-4 Davis Cup clash. In the 2008 final, the South Americans were firm favourites to claim their first title but their challenge was wrecked by infighting within the team as the Spanish pulled off a dramatic victory. However, Del Potro insists that the personality clashes that ruined the Argentines’ 2008 bid are firmly behind them. “That’s in the past,” said Del Potro. “After the 2008 final, we’ve grown up, I’ve improved my game a lot and now we have another chance.”

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1^st, 2011.