2024-08-22 20:05:10
This Wednesday Juan Martin del Potro and Gabriela Sabatini They returned to the US Openwithin the framework of the exhibition duels that the USTA Foundation made, called Stars of The Open. The former tennis players beat the legends in a doubles match Andy Roddick y Caroline WozniackiGabriela Sabatini and Martín Del Potro at the US Open, Novak Djokovic: these were the main searches on Google based on data from Trends.
Sabatini and Del Potro vs Roddick and Wozniacki at the US Open
The United States Tennis Association —USTA— organized a series of exhibition matches between tennis players and former tennis players who had outstanding performances in the US OpenIt was in this context that Juan Martin del Potro and Gabriela Sabatini They defeated the American team by 11 to 9 Andy Roddick and the Danish Caroline Wozniackiboth former world number 1.
Del Potro with Djokovic
There was also a very funny crossover between Del Potro y Novak DjokovicThe Serbian had just played in the qualifying round with John McEnroe ante André Agassi y Carlos Alcaraz. Already the day before the exhibition Delpo had trained with Absentwith whom he maintains a very good relationship.
With microphones on, a clash occurred in the middle of the rally that provoked laughter from everyone present. “Was winning the gold medal your greatest achievement?” he asked. Delpo“My biggest success was beating Juan Martin del Potro in the US Open final in 2018,” the Serbian replied ironically.
The Tower of Tandil joined in that game: “My greatest success was beating you in Rio,” he replied, referring to the 2016 Rio Olympics. “And in London (2012)!” he reminded her. Absent“Delpo is my nemesis at the Olympics. He has been my killer,” joked the Belgrade native.
“She made me cry the other day when she won the gold medal. It was one of the few times I cried watching a tennis match.I was very excited, I have a very close relationship with him. I know how much I wanted to win that gold medal“It was impressive, I remember that before starting he made a video passing in front of the medals, begging to win them,” said the native of Tandil in an interview with ESPN after their training together.
When Del Potro and Gabriela Sabatini won the US Open
Juan Martin del Potro He is one of the best Argentine tennis players in history. At his peak, when he was number 3 in the world, the various injuries he suffered began to keep him away from the courts. Although his career is full of achievements, naturally the one that stands out is US Open 2009 and the Davis Cup 2006the only one in Argentina in its entire history.
Not only did he become the first Argentine to win the Grand Slam American since what was done by Guillermo Vilas in 1977, but the obstacles he had to overcome remain in his memory: he prevailed Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals already Roger Federer in the final, 2 of the 3 best tennis players of the century and for many of history.
For its part, Gabriela Sabatiniat just 20 years old, won the US Open 1990In the final she defeated none other than the German Steffi Grafformer world number 1 and winner of 22 Grand Slams. She had already reached the final in 1988, where she fell to the Czech Martina Navratilova.