Tennis: Del Potro wins third title in Vienna

VIENNA: Juan Martin del Potro defeated Slovenian qualifier Grega Zemlja 7-5, 6-3 yesterday to win his first title at the Austrian Open and improve his standing in the race to the year-end championships. The Argentine top seed made a triumphant comeback form one month away with a left wrist injury as he spent more than an hour winning the first set against the number 70 playing in the first final of his career. Del Potro added Vienna to trophies claimed this season in Marseille and Estoril. He stands provisional seventh in the points race for one of three remaining positions in the ATP World Tour Finals starting on November 5. Zemlja too set a number of personal bests this week including his first top 10 win over Jankao Tipsarevic in the semi-finals and his best-ever performance at an ATP event.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 22^nd,  2012.